Woman spending time with her elderly mother getty Medicare Advantage managed care plans, which in 2021 covered 26 million enrollees, will get an average 8.5 percent increase in total Medicare payments next year. At the same time, MA plans are rapidly embracing a wide range of social services and supports for older adults living at…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 01: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the jobs report for the … [+] month of March from the State Dining Room of the White House on April 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Getty Images Millions of federal student loan borrowers have not had to…
Topline An increasing number of Wall Street experts are now forecasting a possible economic downturn on the horizon, with alarms growing louder after the widely-observed yield curve inverted last week and indicated a looming recession. Some experts are warning that the economy will take a “major hit” next year as the Fed struggles to ……
Katherine Collins Putnam Investments After 18 years working at one of the world’s biggest investment managers, Katherine Collins decided she wanted to reconnect investors to the real world. Collins, who had served as both a portfolio manager and director of research, thought the primary role of investing had been lost. Finance overshadowed investing. Securitizations and…
President Joe Biden (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Getty Images President Joe Biden plans to extend the student loan payment pause for four months. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for your student loans. Student Loans Huge news for student loan borrowers: the student loan payment pause could now be…
In 2021, bitcoin the asset (BTC) advanced along its monetization cycle to become established as a global store of value. In 2022, the second stage of monetization is coming into focus—BTC is maturing as a medium of exchange. This is possible through the fundamental stability and security of the Bitcoin blockchain and by virtue of…
By Michelle Dhansinghani LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 19, 2019: A general view of Royal Exchange at Bank with commercial … [+] skyscrapers currently under construction. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) Getty Images In part one of my two-part comparison between the American and British fintech ecosystems, I explored a growing trend of open banking and…
Why would a semi-retired journalist take a part-time job at a florist’s shop? Getty I was 64 on New Year’s Eve 2015, when I worked my last shift at the Chicago Tribune. I packed up my cubicle, turned off the lights and – just like that – dropped the curtain on one of the most…
Lightning Labs CEO and cofounder Elizabeth Stark on stage at the Lightning Conference. LIGHTNING LABS / ENID VALU Bitcoin developer Lightning Labs raised $70 million from early investors in Tesla and SpaceX to help turn the first major blockchain into a network capable of transacting trillions of dollars in volume annually, making it a competitor…
Left to right: Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson (background) and Bill Murray in a scene from … [+] the film ‘Ghostbusters’, directed by Ivan Reitman, 1984. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Getty Images Tax Notes reporters Jonathan Curry and Caitlin Mullaney set the record straight on 10 common tax myths. This transcript has been…