Biden Enforcing A 28% Corporate Tax Rate Would Make The U.S. ‘The Most Uncompetitive Country In The G7’ Says Kevin O’Leary President Biden is pushing for significant changes to make big corporations pay more taxes and quadruple the tax on stock buybacks, which benefit wealthy investors and CEOs with low-tax payouts. He wants to raise […]
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I’m 40 with two school-age kids. I want to leave my corporate job and live off the interest from my $500,000 investments. Is this a wise move?
“I am considering moving the $500,000 into a brokerage account and living off the monthly interest earnings for the next five years.” – MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Dear MarketWatch, I am 40 years old, married, with two school-age kids. We have $500,000 in a 6-month CD earning 5%, which is approximately $2,000 per month. I am […]
Corporate IT spending isn’t reflecting the AI boom: Morning Brief
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Everyone is so gaga for AI these days that whenever I encounter skepticism, it piques my interest. That’s why Guggenheim’s latest note on IT spending caught my eye. Lead analyst John DiFucci calls […]
Maddow debunks Trump corporate support myth
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday debunked claims that large corporations and their executive are staunch supporters — financially and otherwise — of Donald Trump, a line the MAGA campaign has been pushing in the weeks ahead of the fast-approaching presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden. Heading into the debate, she began, the press has […]
‘Father of the 401(K)’ is ‘very disturbed’ by the corporate greed in workplace retirement plans — here’s why
‘Father of the 401(K)’ is ‘very disturbed’ by the corporate greed in workplace retirement plans — here’s why Ted Benna is considered the “father of the 401(k),” thanks to his redesign of the popular investment vehicle back in 1978 — a design that’s still used today. Nowadays, 34.6% of working-age Americans have a 401(k)-style account, […]
The US economy is headed into a corporate bankruptcy cycle that will spike unemployment, veteran forecaster says
mathisworks/Getty Images The US is heading into a bankruptcy cycle that could spark more job losses, Danielle DiMartino Booth said. The veteran forecaster pointed to the rise in large bankruptcies so far this year. June could see a rise in large bankruptcies, raising unemployment, she predicted. A wave of large bankruptcies is about to hit […]
Murphy’s corporate transit fee proposal to pay for NJ Transit may be getting complicated
During his budget address in February, Gov. Phil Murphy proposed a new corporate transit fee to serve as a “dedicated funding stream for NJ Transit” but now, just weeks away from the budget deadline, the fate of the fee and what it will fund is less clear. A new proposal presented by the Murphy administration […]
Trump offers CEOs a cut to corporate taxes. Biden’s team touts his support for global alliances
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told an influential group of CEOs that he wants to further cut the corporate tax rate he lowered while in office, while President Joe Biden’s chief of staff separately told them that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would help their businesses. Both Trump, the presumptive Republican […]
Trump, Biden aide woo corporate America executives
By Gram Slattery, David Shepardson and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Jeff Zients, U.S. President Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff, on Thursday met with top American business leaders in Washington as they seek to curry favor with corporate America months ahead of elections, two sources said. Trump […]
American Air Fired Commercial Head After Sales Strategy Alienated Corporate Clients
(Bloomberg) — American Airlines Group Inc. dismissed its commercial chief in the wake of a critical review from Bain & Co. that found its new marketing strategy was alienating corporate clients, according to a person familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer Robert Isom fired veteran executive Vasu Raja in recent […]
The Biden administration is targeting corporate giants in a ‘deliberate’ antitrust push
Joe Biden’s administration is going after big corporations with antitrust lawsuits. It’s an aggressive approach that makes Biden stand out compared to his predecessors. High-profile cases include Live Nation, Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, as well as non-tech companies. President Joe Biden is really leaning into his pro-labor image. The Biden administration has launched investigations and […]