Bloomberg Biden Tax Rule Would Rip Billions From Big Fortunes at Death (Bloomberg) — Jeff Bezos has an ex-wife, a girlfriend, four children and billions of reasons to watch whether Joe Biden’s tax overhaul wins congressional approval.The Amazon.com Inc. founder’s heirs may have to pay more than $36 billion if the president succeeds in closing a loophole that helps the rich transfer much of their fortunes tax-free at death.Under current rules, whoever inherits the Amazon shares Bezos… Source link

Google expects its future lies in a hybrid work model under which some 60 percent of Googlers will spend a few days per week in the office, 20 percent will work in new office locations and another 20 percent will work from home. The Mountain View, Calif.-based technology giant’s more flexible stance on remote work was announced as the company shared CEO Sundar Pichai’s vision for its post-coronavirus-pandemic hybrid workplace with employees. Google’s latest hybrid work model is… Source link

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.  Richard Nieva/CNET Google on Wednesday said… Source link

As investor interest in cryptocurrency spikes, bitcoin could rise to $1 million over the next five years, one expert told Yahoo Finance Live. “Bitcoin is going to $1 million a coin,” CoinDesk Learn Editor Ollie Leech said. “I actually believe that it will, at some stage, with just the scarcity aspect alone, it makes it an incredibly exciting asset to hold… Bitcoin is uncontested.” The timing of bitcoin crossing $1 million is the big question. Leech says the next bitcoin halving — a… Source link

A shareholder resolution calls for a third-party audit of Google’s whistleblower policies. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A year after Alphabet’s board voted against a measure to review its whistleblower protections, one of its shareholders is pushing the measure again in the hope that institutional investors will bolster support for the effort in light of high profile firings at its subsidiary, Google and complaints of illegally spying on employees. Brought by Trillium… Source link

Google is giving its employees more flexibility to work from different locations or entirely from home, taking a more lenient policy as the Alphabet Inc. company prepares for a return to office life after the pandemic. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai outlined the plan to staff in a note Wednesday morning. The influential Silicon Valley giant, one of the first to send employees home in 2020, has slowly opened its offices, but said its employees can work remotely until September. Google… Source link

Bloomberg ‘Worse Than Brexit’: Scottish Independence Weighs on U.K. Assets (Bloomberg) — A week that could set in motion the eventual collapse of the 314-year union between England and Scotland is concentrating City trading desks on market disasters ahead.As Scots enter a May 6 vote pitched on whether there should be a second independence referendum, fund managers and sell-side strategists see potential for massive chaos across the U.K.’s economic landscape in the years to come. Yet in… Source link

Google Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a new entertainment hub for Android tablets… Source link

Quail Hollow Club returns this week to host another Wells Fargo Championship. The course is one of the longest on TOUR. It’s loaded up to 7,521 yards as a par-71 layout. Distance is a clear advantage when you get a course that long. There are two stats I will focus on this week and both of them bake in power as part of the equation. I want to find golfers that can stripe it off the tee and also attack from long range on approach (200+ yards). Let’s jump into the numbers to see if any value… Source link