The Most and Least Popular Ages to Claim Social Security
Whether you realize it or not, Americans’ reliance on Social Security is near an all-time high, at least according to national pollster Gallup. In April 2019, Gallup surveyed retired workers and found that 90% of them are at least somewhat reliant on their monthly benefit check to make ends meet. This ties an all-time high, […]
Why The Bucket Strategy Is The Best For Retirement Withdrawals
So it’s time to withdraw from your tax-protected retirement stash, usually an IRA. According to a new law, when you reach 72, you have to take out at least the amount that’s calculated under actuarial tables, using your expected lifespan. This move is called a required minimum withdrawal, or RMD. Those who turned 70½ last […]
How falling behind on a payday loan can lead to an arrest warrant
You’ll find the words in Utah’s constitution: “No imprisonment for debt.” And yet more than 3,000 people in the state were served arrest warrants arising from an unpaid loan between September 2017 and September 2018, according to a new report on payday loans by the Consumer Federation of America. “People are definitely going to jail,” […]
Alphabet’s Loon, telecoms unite to boost high-altitude internet
The HAPS Alliance includes large carriers, Nokia and Airbus. Alphabet’s Loon just got a big boost from telecoms in its bid to provide high-altitude internet to the world. The company has partnered with several industry giants to form the HAPS Alliance, a group devoted to promoting the use of stratospheric vehicles for internet access. Most […]
AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
It could wipe out resistant bacteria strains. The use of AI to discover medicine appears to be paying off. MIT scientists have revealed that their AI discovered an antibiotic compound, halicin (named after 2001’s HAL 9000), that can not only kill many forms of resistant bacteria but do so in a novel way. Where many […]
Ford hopes you’ll trade some privacy for discounted car insurance
It’s offering usage-based coverage with promises of lower rates. Ford thinks it has a way to make car insurance more appealing: taking advantage of the data available from connected cars. It’s teaming up with Nationwide to introduce its own take on usage-based insurance. If you have one of several 2020 Ford or Lincoln models (like […]
Porsche opens Europe’s most powerful EV charging park
Too bad there’s only one. Porsche just unveiled what might be your dream EV charging park — if you happen to be swinging through eastern Germany, anyway. The automaker has opened Europe’s most powerful fast-charging park in Leipzig, giving visitors a dozen 350kW stations to rapidly charge your Taycan (or any compatible EV, thankfully) and […]
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) Price Target Cut to $1.50
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) had its price objective dropped by equities researchers at Morgan Stanley from $2.80 to $1.50 in a research note issued to investors on Friday, BenzingaRatingsTable reports. The brokerage presently has an “equal weight” rating on the coupon company’s stock. Morgan Stanley’s price objective points to a potential downside of 9.09% from the company’s […]
AEterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) Shares Gap Down to $1.02
AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ:AEZS) (TSE:AEZ)’s stock price gapped down before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $1.01, but opened at $1.02. AEterna Zentaris shares last traded at $0.97, with a volume of 16,747 shares. A number of equities analysts have weighed in on AEZS shares. ValuEngine raised AEterna Zentaris […]
Ultrapar Participacoes (NYSE:UGP) Shares Gap Down to $4.97
Shares of Ultrapar Participacoes SA (NYSE:UGP) gapped down prior to trading on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $4.77, but opened at $4.97. Ultrapar Participacoes shares last traded at $4.87, with a volume of 59,978 shares traded. Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on UGP shares. ValuEngine raised Ultrapar Participacoes from […]