The Kingdom of Bhutan is reopening to tourists on Friday with a hefty hike to its daily tourist tax. Before the country closed its borders in March 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, travelers...
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China’s EV Startups Suffer Widening Losses Despite Sales Boom
Sept. 19, 2022 6:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) HONG KONG—China’s electric-vehicle market is booming, but the country’s hottest EV startups are seeing losses grow even as sales rise. Rising ba...
Big Changes Coming to Starbucks in Target, Kroger
Starbucks (SBUX) has been in Target (TGT) locations for well over two decades. Since 2003, a Starbucks coffee shop has been put in almost all of the new builds of Target stores, (as long as there ...
Verizon is ‘not going to throw away money’ to woo consumers with cheaper phones, CEO says
In a competitive market for wireless deals, Verizon Communications Inc.’s chief executive says the company is “not going to throw away money” on promotions. The company recently rolled out its deals f...
I have $950,000 invested with a large financial firm, but they are charging me $1,100 a month in management fees. Is this reasonable?
Is your financial planner charging you too much? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I am currently a customer with a large bank and have about $950,000 invested in the markets through them. I am being...
Elon Musk Predicts the Near Death of These Cars
Elon Musk undoubtedly has helped change the face of the automobile industry. In less than 20 years, Tesla (TSLA) , which he co-founded, has become the benchmark for what all other carmakers aspire to...
Tesla May Be Set to Build a New Plant – but Not the One You Think
Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla (TSLA) , has promised that this year he’ll announce the locations of the electric-vehicle manufacturer’s next factories. The list should probably incl...
Best hotels for business travelers in Asia-Pacific
Business travelers are on the road again. So there’s no better time for CNBC Travel to name the best hotels for business travel across Asia-Pacific. CNBC joined with the market and consumer data...
Senators introduce the next retirement savings proposal – the EARN Act
The EARN Act is the latest addition to the lineup of proposals legislators have put forth to bolster retirement savings. Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Mike Crapo, a Republican from ...
Burger King $400 million plan to revive U.S. sales with remodels, advertising
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL – Burger King signs are seen at the local fast food restaurant. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images Burger King on Friday said it plans to spend $400 million over t...
Tesla Is Planning a New Business
Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...
Tesla’s Planning a New Business. It’s a License to Print Money, Says Musk.
Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...
With inflation, many retirees will pay more federal income taxes
The federal income tax is generally indexed for inflation. Most particularly, the income brackets to which the marginal tax rates apply are increased in line with the “Chained CPI-U.” While the chaine...
Cheaper electric vehicles coming despite rising battery costs
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers. The latest came ...
Runfy (RUNF): A Health and Lifestyle Blockchain Project with Enormous Potential for Growth
– Advertisement – The goal of modern technology is to make humans’ lives easier. Thus, the development of modern transportation and communication methods has affected many aspects of our l...
Volkswagen and Porsche Take a Huge Risk With a Big Bet
Nothing stops Volkswagen (VLKAF) . Not Russia’s energy war on the European Union. Moscow has decided to cut gas supplies to Europe before the cold autumn and winter months because of the countr...
‘I thought we were pretty solid’: My girlfriend and I sold our Florida home. The $200,000 profit was wired to her account. She refuses to give me my fair share.
My long-time girlfriend and I moved to Florida three years ago. After renting a home for a year in an area we liked, we bought a home together. I was not working at the time, she was, so we agreed tha...
The Boss May Not Like It. But Millions of Workers Aren’t Coming Back to the Office.
Erin Li, a 29-year-old working for an advertising firm in Los Angeles, is looking for a new job that allows full-time remote work. Li is worried that her current employer will require her to work fro...
Another sign of a looming recession? Americans’ ‘financial health’ fell for the first time in five years
Are you late paying for your utilities? Do you have enough set aside for a rainy day? Less than one-third (31%) of Americans are “financially healthy” in 2022, down 3% from a year ago, according to th...