At the height of her power, Elizabeth Holmes wasn’t exactly a girlboss. The founder and former CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos, whose fraud trial begins this week, didn’t place a ton of public emphasis on feminism or building women-centric spaces.
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For the average benefit recipient, currently receiving $1,543, that could amount to $94 per month. It’s a few years too late for a serious increase, but certainly better than the 1.3% bump we saw for 2021 and the 1.6% the year before.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman has appointed a receiver to take over financial decision-making for the condominium association.
The CDC said the delta variant, a version of the coronavirus first identified in India, was first detected in the U.S. in January. It’s now spreading in more than 90 countries.
For Some Americans, Pandemic Prompted Early Retirement
An estimated 3 million people nationwide have left their jobs earlier than expected since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Rising Prices Likely To Lead To Higher Social Security COLA
For those who rely heavily on Social Security benefits to pay their bills, the recent uptick in prices in what seems just about everything are cause for concern.
Principal Will Stop Selling US Retail Fixed Annuities
Principal Financial Group will stop selling U.S. retail fixed annuities and consumer life insurance products and pursue sales of blocks of those assets already in force, Bloomberg reported Monday afternoon. The company will continue selling variable annuities.
Supreme Court Rules 7-2 To Keep Obamacare Intact
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 7-2 ruling handed down today, knocking down the law’s latest Republican challenge and preserving the ACA and the ability for millions of people with preexisting conditions.
UnitedHealthcare Delays New ER Visit Policy Based On Feedback
UnitedHealthcare has decided to delay the implementation of a new policy that would reduce coverage, or stop payment, for patients’ non-emergency visits to an emergency room.
Inflation Is Surging — The Price Of A Toyota Pickup Helps Explain Why
The Labor Department is set to release on Thursday its latest measurement for inflation during the 12-month period ending in May. April’s reading showed prices climbing by concerning 4.2%.
Is The Economy Recovering Too Quickly?
According to the U.S. Pandemic Misery index developed by the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, 80 percent of Americans experience a coronavirus-related hardship over the course of the pandemic.
Prosecutors objected to the motion saying Robert Feldman doesn’t need to work because he’s living off his dead wife’s life insurance policy that was worth $751,000.
The 59-year-old already paid a visit to the lottery headquarters and is choosing to receive his winnings as a one-time lump sum payment of about $634,517 rather than annuity payments for the full amount.
Pumpkin Pet Insurance is betting big on earned media to increase website traffic and sales after seeing initial success with its brand launch last year.
Through Aug. 15, more than 35,000 uninsured Kentuckians with incomes greater than 400 percent of the federal poverty level can sign up for a recently launched health insurance marketplace subsidy.
The US Tax Code Can Make Things Harder For Black Americans
But it is White Americans who disproportionately benefit from the tax breaks for those things, Emory University tax law professor Dorothy Brown told lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee last week. That’s why she believes the US tax code helps to perpetuate the racial wealth gap.
One-third of Americans estimate it will take two to three years to get their retirement plans back on track, due to such factors as job loss or retirement withdrawals, according to Fidelity Investments’ 2021 State of Retirement Planning Study.
AOC Says Biden’s $2T Infrastructure Plan Falls Short By About $8T
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that President Joe Biden’s more than $2 trillion infrastructure plan doesn’t go far enough and isn’t fast enough. The New York Democrat also took issue with the amount of spending, arguing that an ideal plan would cost about $10 trillion.
One of the world’s largest container ships is stuck in the Suez Canal, and the ship’s owner and insurers face…
Caesars Entertainment sued a group of insurance carriers, accusing them of declining to cover more than $2 billion in estimated…
