Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty Images If you’re still waiting for a tax refund, there’s a silver lining: it may be accruing interest, and the rate jumps to 5% from 4% on July 1, according to the agency’s latest quarterly adjustment. Typically, the IRS has 45 days after the filing deadline to process returns … Read more
With US airlines grappling with pilot shortage, American Airlines AAL has received encouraging tidings on the labor front, in the past week. Two regional carriers, Piedmont Airlines and Envoy Air, owned by AAL will hike the pay of their pilots by 50% through the August end. Latin American carrier Copa Holdings CPA reported a decline … Read more
After graduating college in 2021, it became apparent that my wardrobe was in dire need of help. I had spent the 12 years prior in a school uniform and only owned a handful of t-shirts from college clubs or trendy pieces purchased in a panic. As I entered the workforce, I knew I needed to … Read more
Catherine Nagawa, PhD’22 (right), with Brian Lewis, PhD, is an IMSD scholar who helped organize the social side of science event. Say you’re at a cocktail party or a dinner. Networking is involved—a job could be on the line. Which hand should you use to hold your drink? And on what side of your shirt … Read more
The Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate by three-quarters of a point, the largest increase in nearly three decades, at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday in an effort to quell runaway inflation. “The motivation for all of this is that prices are going up,” said Chester Spatt, a professor of finance … Read more
If you’ve ever needed to pay someone back for a coffee or for splitting a meal, you might be familiar with peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services. P2P payments are transactions between two parties with separate bank accounts. A P2P service mediates these transactions by allowing consumers to send money to another person’s bank account through a … Read more
PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Efma, an association of more than 2,550 retail financial services companies in 133 countries, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the winners of the seventh annual Innovation in Insurance Awards during a virtual ceremony. The global program, which recognizes the best new innovative ideas and projects in insurance, attracted 398 entries from 251 institutions … Read more
We use affiliate links. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Learn more. REVIEW Briefcases are hit or miss for me. I often find them to be too small for my needs, too big to be practical, or built around odd styling. … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut their spending unexpectedly in May compared with a month before, underscoring how surging inflation on daily necessities like gas is causing them to be more about buying discretionary items. US retail sales fell 0.3% last month, down from a revised 0.7% increase in April, according to a government report … Read more
If you have never worked a job with a business casual dress code, it can be confusing at first. Many are relieved to not have to dress as formal, but make the embarrassing mistake of assuming business casual is totally informal. The site The Adult Man offered a very thorough explanation of what all your … Read more