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Just days after millions of Americans rushed to file their taxes, a new report has revealed just how adept many of the country’s biggest companies remain at avoiding taxes. Nineteen companies among the Fortune 100 paid a rate of less than 10% on their profits when it came to their 2021 federal income taxes. And four of those companies even managed a negative rate — meaning they will effectively enjoy a refund from the federal government, according to a new analysis from the left-leaning… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. shares fell sharply on Monday, taking the e-commerce giant into negative territory for the year, as a sustained rise in Treasury yields is hurting the earnings outlook for companies with high valuations. Most Read from Bloomberg Amazon shares fell as much as 2.5% on Monday and were on track for a sixth straight negative session, the longest such streak for Amazon since an eight-day drop that ended in August 2019. With the decline, the stock is now down 1.4% for… Source link

Investopedia 6 Social Security Changes for 2021 Every October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announces its annual changes to the Social Security program for the coming year. Below is our analysis of the Social Security changes that were announced in Oct. 2020 to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021, according to the SSA’s annual fact sheet. Keep them in mind when you update your Social Security information. For 2021, nearly 70 million Social Security recipients are seeing a 1.3%… Source link

The Federal Reserve managed to avoid turning to negative interest rates through the pandemic-induced recession of 2020. But if the economy faces another downturn, will the central bank be backed into short-term borrowing rates below zero? In a UBS survey of almost 30 central banks around the world, 21% of respondents said they could see the Fed turning to negative interest rates if needed. The concern: With U.S. short-term rates yet again backed up at near-zero, a Fed that may be slower to… Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Yahoo Small Business, a division of Verizon Business, today released the findings of the Yahoo Small Business 2021 Microbusiness Outlook Report, a new survey exploring the state of microbusinesses (businesses with five or fewer employees) in the U.S. and their outlook as they emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. A highlight of the findings are as follows:  50% of microbusiness owners continue to struggle with the economic impacts of COVID…. Source link

Amid lack of government assistance, 85 percent of microbusiness owners relied on community support for survival, but despite challenges, 95 percent are optimistic about 2021 SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Yahoo Small Business, a division of Verizon Business, today released the findings of the Yahoo Small Business 2021 Microbusiness Outlook Report, a new survey exploring the state of microbusinesses (businesses with five or fewer employees) in the U.S. and their outlook as… Source link

undefined Stocks traded mixed on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow looking to kick off May on a high note while the Nasdaq declined. The S&P 500 added about 0.4%, while the Dow jumped by 0.9%. On Friday, the S&P 500 ended ended lower, but still closed out its best month since November with a monthly advance of more than 5%. In April, the communication services and consumer discretionary sectors led gains in the S&P 500, returning to a leadership position after lagging earlier in 2021 amid a… Source link

Bloomberg Cathie Wood’s Power in Some Stocks Is Even Bigger Than It Seems (Bloomberg) — A rough week for Cathie Wood is reminding Wall Street that Ark Investment Management has a lot of cash in not that many companies. In fact, the firm’s dominance in some stocks may be even greater than it seems.Ark now owns more than 10% of at least 29 companies via its exchange-traded funds, up from 24 just two weeks ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Less discussed are holdings of Nikko… Source link

Google’s John Mueller clarifies a misconception about duplicate content, saying it’s not a negative search ranking factor. Having the same content repeated across multiple pages is not something that would cause a site to rank lower in search results. Mueller says it’s normal for sites to have a certain amount of duplicate content. Google’s algorithms are built to handle it. He touched on this topic last week, but it’s brought up again during this week’s Google Search Central SEO… Source link

Former U.S. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker discusses facebook shutting down a popular stock trading group. Google is helping clean up negative reviews of trading app Robinhood on Google Play after the platform came under fire for restricting some trading, reports show. Reviews on Robinhood’s app had a one-out-of-five star rating and nearly 275,000 reviews on Google Play on Thursday after the platform initially restricted trading for some securities including GameStop, Bed Bed &… Source link