Het dagelijks leven was vorige maand 5,9 procent duurder dan een jaar eerder, meldt het Europees statistiekbureau Eurostat op basis van een nieuwe berekening. Eerder meldde het bureau dat de prijzen in doorsnee met 5,8 procent waren gestegen. Vooral de dure energie drijft de prijsstijgingen op. Gas en olie stegen al hard in prijs in
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For Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, investing can be a real headache. “As a rule, I don’t invest [often], because then you’ve got to be watching it every day, and I like my head to be really peaceful and low stress,” Wozniak tells CNBC Make It. That’s why he says he tries to avoid buying stocks
A look ahead to the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meeting next Tuesday.
In this article WMT An employee restocks frozen food products at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart said Wednesday that it wants to hire more than 50,000 employees by the end of April, as it chases growth in newer businesses from online grocery to advertising.
A pedestrian walks past the Alibaba headquarters building in Beijing. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Chinese companies listed publicly in the U.S. surged Wednesday as China on Wednesday signaled support for the stocks. Regulators from both countries are progressing toward a cooperation plan on U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, according to Chinese
In this article BABA BIDU 9618-HK China’s economic headwinds and slowing retail sales growth could weigh on Alibaba’s fiscal second quarter earnings when it reports numbers on Thursday. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Shares of Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. are falling Monday as investors reassess their positions amid renewed delisting fears.
Getty Images As inflation rises, many Americans are shifting life milestones, including retirement. Some 13% of Gen Xers and baby boomers say they have postponed or considered delaying plans to leave the workforce due to soaring costs. That’s according to a survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute, showing a cross-generational wave of Americans canceling or
Getty Images If you didn’t put the maximum amount of money into an individual retirement account or health savings account last year, you still have about one month to do so for 2021. The deadline for 2021 contributions is April 18, 2022, the same day individual tax returns are due. For those who can afford
In his State of the Union Address, President Biden called for leveling the global research & development (R&D) playing field by increasing federal R&D spending, specifically by asking Congress to pass the bipartisan United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). While USICA proposes increasing government investment in R&D, it does not address a recent tax
A contractor frames a house under construction in Lehi, Utah, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Private residential construction in the U.S. rose 2.7% in November. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates are starting to take their toll on the nation’s homebuilders, who are more concerned about affordability heading into the
De Tweede Kamer heeft gisteren bijna unaniem ingestemd met het wetsvoorstel dat de wettelijke betaaltermijn verkort. MKB-Nederland is blij dat grote bedrijven de rekening van hun mkb-leveranciers straks binnen 30 dagen moeten gaan betalen. Hier heeft de ondernemersorganisatie lang en hard voor gepleit. De wetswijziging komt tegemoet aan de doorgaans zwakkere onderhandelingspositie van mkb’ers. Mkb
Sunny Balwani, former president and chief operating officer of Theranos Inc., leaves federal court in San Jose, California, Oct. 2, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images He was the man behind the lab curtain at blood-testing start-up Theranos. Now he takes center stage in his own criminal fraud case. Opening arguments in the