Ensuring Tax Rates Don’t Rise with Inflation

With record inflation now squeezing American household budgets, you can thank our Senior Fellow Emeritus Steve Entin for shielding U.S. workers from being pushed into higher tax brackets. If ever there was a paycheck protection program, defending people from bracket creep may be the most important one ever designed. It all started some 40 years…

Holiday airfare will be most expensive in 5 years as pandemic fears wane

Los Angeles, CA – November 23: An air travel passenger is hugged while being picked up amid a long line of travelers awaiting rides after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport terminal 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images…

Goldman Sachs to kick off Wall Street layoff season with hundreds of job cuts this month

People enter the Goldman Sachs headquarters building in New York, U.S., on Monday, June 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is planning on cutting several hundred jobs this month, making it the first major Wall Street firm to take steps to rein in expenses amid a collapse in deals volume….

Taxpayers have just a few weeks left to claim their share of $1.2 billion in IRS fee refunds. Here’s how to take advantage

Source: Getty Images If you missed the deadline for 2019 or 2020 tax returns, you may receive a refund for late-filing penalties. But you must file overdue returns by Sept. 30 to qualify. The IRS will shell out more than $1.2 billion in collective refunds or credits to nearly 1.6 million late filers, according to…

Goldman’s Apple Card business has a surprising subprime problem

In this article GS The weakest American borrowers are starting to miss payments and default on their loans, and that is showing up at a surprising place: Goldman Sachs. While competitors like Bank of America enjoy repayment rates at or near record levels, Goldman’s loss rate on credit card loans hit 2.93% in the second…

NBA star James Harden is putting his nonprofit’s support behind an effort to boost financial literacy among young adults

James Harden of the Philadelphia 76ers looks to pass against the Toronto Raptors during game five of the Eastern Conference First Round on April 25, 2022. Tim Nwachukwu | Getty Images For NBA player James Harden, boosting financial know-how among young adults is personal. Harden, a point guard and shooting guard who recently signed a…

Where Walmart, Amazon and Target are spending billions in a slowing economy

In this article HD LOW GPS AMZN WMT TGT KSS A Walmart employee loads up a robotic warehouse tool with an empty cart to be filled with a customer’s online order at a Walmart micro-fulfillment center in Salem, Mass. on Jan. 8, 2020. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images When the economy slows…

JPMorgan Chase acquires payments fintech Renovite to help it battle Stripe and Block

The main entrance at JPMorgan’s headquarters in New York City. Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase has agreed to acquire a payments startup called Renovite to fend off threats from fintech firms including Stripe and Block , CNBC has learned. The bank, a major player in the global payments arena, said that…

Shanghai, Mumbai, Melbourne and beyond: CNBC names the best Asia-Pacific hotels for business travel

In this article 69-HK IHG-GB HLT AC-FR .SSEC MAR Business travelers are on the road again. So there’s no better time for CNBC Travel to name the best hotels for business travel across Asia-Pacific. CNBC joined with the market and consumer data firm Statista to produce rankings of the “Best Hotels for Business Travelers.” A…