Microsoft Corp.’s permanent closure of its retail stores during the global coronavirus pandemic is not surprising given the insignificant amount of revenue the stores contributed to the company, but it may be a sign that the Surface hardware business may be finally chopped. to block. Microsoft MSFT, -2.00% announced on …
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(Update story with comments from James Shanahan, financial services analyst at Edward Jones.) The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced the results of its annual stress tests for 33 large US banks and US subsidiaries of foreign banks. Since the Fed’s “severely adverse scenario” for stress testing was designed in February, …
Read More »Why is there so much drama about when to claim Social Security?
No wonder there is such wide disagreement about the optimal age to start receiving Social Security. The seemingly trivial differences in the way you ask the question lead to dramatically different answers. You’ll get an answer if you frame the problem in terms of how long future retirees must live …
Read More »Apple Says More With Their Silent Actions Than On The Main Stage Of WWDC
While under scrutiny from European regulators for its practices on the App Store and Apple Pay, Apple Inc. made a slight change on Monday that could be a sign that it is poised to relax some of its long-standing strict rules. At its global virtual developer conference on Monday, Apple …
Read More »How to start your journey of financial independence
[ad_1] Regardless of the current state of your finances or how your career has progressed, true financial independence is something that draws us all. Who would not want the ability to choose when and where to work instead of being forced to work out of necessity? Retirement and financial independence …
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