Buy now, pay later firms like Klarna and Block’s Afterpay could be about to face tougher rules in the U.K. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — More startups are being spun out of Swedish digital payments firm Klarna than any other financial technology unicorn in Europe, according to a new report from venture
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The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images KKM Financial has converted its Essential 40 mutual fund into an ETF, joining the growing shift by asset managers to a more tax-efficient fund model. ETFs make it easier for investors and financial advisors with taxable
Leopatrizi | E+ | Getty Images If you need a tax preparer for the 2025 filing season, now is the time to start looking, experts say. Finding a preparer could take longer amid the industry’s staffing shortage, particularly for areas of specialty expertise, such as cryptocurrency or international taxes. “I would absolutely 100% recommend starting
Matt Champlin | Moment | Getty Images When a real estate agent works with a prospective homebuyer, they’re required to point out physical or material defects in the property. A death on the property? It depends on the state where the house is located. In most states, death doesn’t count as a material defect requiring
Because the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn’t automatically send out periodic account statements, it’s easy to wonder about the status of your account. True, you’ll get letters from the IRS if you have overdue amounts from a past year, or if the IRS believes you have made a mistake on your return. But that doesn’t
President Donald Trump talks to the press outside the White House, July 19, 2019, left, and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, at the vice president’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, Oct. 7, 2024. Getty
Medical device maker Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected quarterly results and upped its earnings guidance for the third straight quarter. Shares rose more than 1%, shaking off an initially subdued reaction. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose 4.9% to $10.64 billion, topping estimates of $10.55 billion, according to data provider LSEG.
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In this article NVDA GTLB FTNT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Loren Elliott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Optimism around artificial intelligence has helped lift the S&P 500 in 2024, boosting key chip stocks and power plays in the utilities space. Investors seeking sustainable returns will need
The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City. Greg Iacurci I paid $95 to recycle a mattress. It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item. But the economics of mattress recycling illustrate why it can
Hidden inside a 46-story luxury condominium building in Miami is a massive garage where dozens of busy robots whisk cars to and from parking spots. The futuristic 24/7 operation unfolds across a 13-level garage and employs five car lifts, dozens of lasers and hundreds of bar codes embedded in the floors. Residents who pull into one
Updated for tax year 2024. No doubt about it, winning the lottery dramatically changes a person’s life. A financial windfall of that magnitude quickly grants you a level of financial freedom you probably have trouble imagining. But becoming a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot winner doesn’t change everything. If you are the lucky winner, you