“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 […]
Former President Donald Trump claimed during the presidential debate Thursday that immigrants entering the United States illegally were taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs,” a claim with little basis that Democrats immediately seized on as evidence that Trump and Republicans were not serious about cultivating support from voters of color. It also touched off a […]
There are five members of the Hartz household: Julia and her husband Kevin, their two daughters and their $483 million company—Eventbrite. The couple launched the business in 2006 alongside their third co-founder—Renaud Visage—with Kevin initially taking on the title of CEO. In 2016 Julia took the reins, just in time to take the company public […]
hobo_018 / iStock.com Layoffs are a fact of life in the modern economy — even when the economy is growing and unemployment is low, like now. The list of companies that have announced layoffs this year alone reads like a “who’s who” of corporate titans and includes Amazon, Walmart, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Tesla, Bristol Myers […]
The leader of America’s biggest bank wants to see schools doing more to bring students up to pace with the working world, instead of leaving it to businesses to bridge the gap. Jamie Dimon has long been an advocate of getting younger people into well-paid positions, and believes schools should be monitored on whether their […]
Jun. 26—The city of Albuquerque’s job training program is now offering courses for employees of local hospitality industry businesses. Job Training Albuquerque, which is a partnership between the city of Albuquerque and Central New Mexico Community College, is working with New Mexico Restaurant Association to offer the courses. There are online courses for servers, private […]
A former Sumter police officer is in custody after soliciting women for sex in exchange for money, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. SLED charged Darren McCain, 30, with misconduct in office after McCain allegedly contacted several women, an arrest warrant says. McCain obtained the victims’ contact information through his official capacity with […]
Celebrated personal finance guru Dave Ramsey calls out Americans who consider saving enough money to quit their jobs because they hate them as a bad life plan. Here’s what Ramsey had to say about this flawed approach. Don’t Miss: The average American couple has saved this much money for retirement — How do you compare? […]
The pay at Buc-ee’s is well above minimum wage and the benefits are generous, yet some job seekers may have difficulty meeting the qualifications to work at the new travel center coming to South Mississippi. The first job openings just posted on Indeed and other websites. These listings are for management positions at Buc-ee’s in […]
(Bloomberg) — Irish workers have been making the short trip over to the UK to find employment for centuries, escaping famine and more recently the aftermath of the financial crisis. Most Read from Bloomberg But new data suggests that job seekers from across the Irish Sea are drying up after Britain’s departure from the European […]
The morning anchor for Peoria’s CBS and Fox affiliates is leaving the stations, with plans to take a job in Wisconsin. Kyreon Lee said last week that she would be leaving WMBD and WYZZ, where she has served as morning anchor for the past three years. In a Facebook post, she said that the decision […]
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the long-running murder trial of Karen Read must decide whether she was a callous girlfriend who drove off after running over her Boston police officer boyfriend with her luxury SUV, or whether police framed her to cover up a brutal beatdown by his fellow officers. Karen Read shares her […]