Green card holders are acutely aware of how important their green card is since it grants them permanent residency and permission to work within the United States. In fact, when traveling outside of the US, it must be presented to reenter. If a green card (Form I-551) is lost, stolen, or destroyed, it must be replaced immediately. The
Month: December 2021
In this article NOC Concept art of a “Starlab” space station Nanoracks NASA awarded a trio of companies with contracts to develop private space stations, as the agency prepares for the retirement of the International Space Station. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and Nanoracks were awarded a combined $415.6 million under NASA’s Commercial LEO
The minister in charge of Japan’s new digital agency has blamed decades of conservative regulation for holding back the country and declared that the nation’s technological ambitions were being stifled by its “laws, systems and customs”. Karen Makishima told the Financial Times in an interview that the country had moved too slowly to loosen rules
For India’s millions of cricket fans, matches this year have been punctuated by adverts for cryptocurrency. The ads, featuring Bollywood stars and offering free bitcoins, largely glossed over the risks and legal ambiguities of trading the digital coins. “At the Cricket World Cup, at least 70 per cent of the advertisements coming on television were
Wealth advisors strive to maximize investment returns for their clients by staying one step ahead of shifts in tax laws. So what happens when they charge out of the gate with pre-emptive financial moves — sell appreciated stock, offload a business, transfer assets — that later turn out not to have been necessary? There can
In this article ASAN OLLI DOCU MRVL ULTA Florida, Port St Lucie, The Landing at Tradition, outdoor mall, Ulta, beauty cosmetics store. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Marvell Technology — Shares of Marvell Technology surged more than 11% in extended trading after
Sharing is Caring! Via International Man International Man: Oil is one of the most political—and politically incorrect—of all the commodities. That makes the oil market fertile ground for the speculator, who looks to take advantage of politically caused distortions in the market. What is your take on the speculative potential of oil in general? Doug
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. Top of the food chain This probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone in the crypto industry, but Binance founder CZ has
The much-anticipated Aston Martin Residences in Miami achieved another milestone this week with the topping out of the 391-unit building, bringing it one step closer to expected completion in 2022. Located in downtown Miami, it is the first residential project for Aston Martin, who was tapped by developer G&G Business Developments to create the design
courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images With soaring home values, many sellers expect a sizable profit when listing their property. However, capital gains taxes may put a damper on their windfall. Home sales profits are considered capital gains, taxed at federal rates of 0%, 15% or 20% in 2021, depending on income. The IRS offers
sponsored UK and Swiss based gaming and blockchain company, GAIMIN.IO Ltd has developed a PC-based platform to create a global, decentralised data processing network with “supercomputer” level performance. The GAIMIN platform utilises underused processing power available from high performance GPUs and rewards users in its own cryptocurrency, GMRX, for participation in the GAIMIN data. Why
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about when spousal benefits may be available and how they can be paid, marriage and disability benefits and potential reductions due to filing early. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers
Municipals continued to cut their own path and were little changed with a few large deals taking the focus again Thursday even as U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities rallied. Refinitiv Lipper reported a significant drop in municipal bond mutual fund inflows at $36 million in the latest week, a signal the volatility of other
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It always comes down to the hubris of central planners, who believe they can tame, micro-manage and control the… by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Almost two decades ago, German economist Horst Siebert coined the term the “Cobra effect” to describe the real-world consequences of “well-intentioned” government interventions that go awry and produce the exact opposite results from
Platinum is regarded as an important precious metal by many investors, though it’s less commonly talked about than gold and silver. Many investors use platinum as either a hedge against inflation or a safe haven in troubling economic times. Platinum is also valuable as an industrial metal, used in the manufacturing of products such as
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Nov. 5, 2021. Taylor Mickal / NASA The first National Space Council of the Biden administration is meeting on Wednesday, with Vice President Kamala Harris set to outline the White House’s approach to space policy. Revived after two decades under the previous presidency,
The US and Russia traded threats of “serious consequences” should either side escalate tensions on the Ukrainian border following weeks of rising concerns in the west that a Russian build-up of military activity could spill over into war. Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday for the first time
Lord Rothermere has increased his bid for Daily Mail and General Trust by £35m in an attempt to secure support from shareholders who complained he was trying to take over the publisher of the UK’s bestselling daily newspaper too cheaply. Within hours of the increased offer, however, one of DMGT’s largest investors warned it would
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foreign public companies that are listed in the United States may be delisted if their auditors do
With retail investors and financial advisors increasingly investing in cryptocurrencies, should they be using tax-advantaged retirement accounts to buy digital assets like Bitcoin? That’s the idea behind Alto Solutions, a Nashville-based fintech that lets investors put alternative investments ranging from fine art and venture capital to startups and real estate in self-directed retirement accounts. The
In this article FDS MS F SPGS UBER KR A shopper holding an umbrella walks towards a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Stacie Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Kroger — Shares of Kroger ran up 12.5%
Sharing is Caring! The dip buyers got annihilated yesterday. Stocks started the day up as traders “bought the dip” expecting that once again the Fed would intervene to prop the markets up. They were wrong, and stocks rolled over a dropped hard into the close. What is going on here? What is going on is
On Thursday, Fidelity Canada officially launched the Fidelity Advantage Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the Fidelity Advantage Bitcoin ETF Fund (mutual fund), marking the first such assets to be made available in the country and confirming earlier reports on the matter. The funds have the tickers FBTC and FBTC.U, denominated in Canadian and United States dollars,
The home services marketplace Lessen, which is geared towards facilitating the logistics for every stage of home services and repair for both residents and service professionals, announced today their close of a Series B raise bringing the company’s valuation to over $1 billion. This latest raise, of $170 million, was led by Fifth Wall with participation from
press release PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain based P2E Fantasy Sports Game TradeStars has announced the launch of staking of their native token TSX. Users will now be able to stake their TSX tokens and earn more TSX tokens as rewards. TradeStars and TSX TradeStars is a P2E Fantasy Sports game built on Ethereum, where users can
Saving enough for early retirement often takes a few variables to succeed. You need enough income to stash money away to last over a 40- or 50-year retirement, a disciplined plan to methodically invest the funds and some luck. The luck can run out if, say, you lose your job for an extended period of
Private investment and flexible federal rules will be key to ensuring that the new $1.1 trillion infrastructure program perseveres beyond a 10-year horizon, governors said Tuesday during the National Governors Association Infrastructure Summit. A bridge project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a case study in how big public projects will need private investment on top
(Bloomberg) — Food prices climbed closer to a record high, giving consumers and governments around the world an even bigger inflation headache. Most Read from Bloomberg A United Nations gauge of global food prices rose 1.2% last month, threatening to make it more expensive for households to put a meal on the table. It’s more
Don’t call it a year just yet. Watch the headlines over the next few weeks and then watch… by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News It has been a wild and volatile month for gold investors, and what happens next will go a long way toward determining whether or not 2022 will be a better