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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of October 18, 2021. I quit. A record 4.3 million people left their jobs in August, 2021, the highest number of “quits” since December 2000, according to the latest data from the Department of Labor. August’s numbers also demonstrated an increase from July […]
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The debt download. The U.S. Senate passed a bill last week temporarily increasing the debt ceiling by $480 billion, which will allow the country to continue to meet its financial obligations through December 3, 2021. The debt ceiling is a borrowing limit set by Congress that must be increased every few years. The Senate voted
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Check out Stash’s initial public offering (IPO) calendar, which includes public offerings from the past month, as well as offerings expected in the next 15 days. We’ve included companies with a market cap of $500 million or more. These might be available on Stash’s platform once they trade on the stock market.* We’ll update this
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of October 4, 2021. Who’s gonna budge? Congress approved a short-term funding bill to keep the government open through December 3, temporarily avoiding a government shutdown. The bill includes $28.6 billion for communities affected by natural disasters, and $6.3 billion towards the resettlement
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You may have noticed that you’re spending a little more than you usually do at the grocery store. That slight uptick in prices can be explained by inflation. Inflation is the rate at which prices for goods and services increase over a period of time. One way inflation is measured is with something called the
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of September 27, 2021. Debts are due. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reportedly reached out to Wall Street titans last week for help, as she attempts to suspend the debt ceiling, which is the federal government’s borrowing limit. Without the suspension, the federal government
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Check out Stash’s initial public offering (IPO) calendar, which includes public offerings from the past month, as well as offerings expected in the next 15 days. We’ve included companies with a market cap of $500 million or more. These might be available on Stash’s platform once they trade on the stock market.* We’ll update this
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of August 30, 2021. The Delta rush. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 16 and older. It was previously available under emergency-use authorization only. The FDA has not approved the vaccine
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of August 23, 2021. I, Robot. During Tesla’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) day, CEO Elon Musk said that the company would develop humanoid robot and that the company would be able to debut a prototype next year. The robot will reportedly have a computer
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Check out Stash’s initial public offering (IPO) calendar, which includes public offerings from the past month, as well as offerings expected in the next 15 days. We’ve included companies with a market cap of $500 million or more. These might be available on Stash’s platform once they trade on the stock market.* We’ll update this
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Working hard to advance your career can be great, but not if it comes at the cost of your mental health. That’s why, for many, hearing the recent news that tennis champion Naomi Osaka and gold-medal Olympic gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from their respective sporting competitions this summer may be a reason to pause and
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of August 2, 2021. Spending and mending. Fueled by a rebound in consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew by 1.6% in the second quarter of 2021, compared to an increase of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021. On an annualized basis, the
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of July 26, 2021. A shot at the big time. Last week, biotechnology company and Covid-19 vaccine producer Moderna joined the S&P 500, one of the world’s best known indexes, which tracks the performance of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. Moderna’s
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of July 19, 2021. Alzheimer’s drug debate. Three major U.S. hospitals—The Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai in New York, and Providence in Renton, Washington—said they would not administer Aduhelm, the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug from biotechnology company Biogen. Meanwhile, healthcare providers, including Medicare, are
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You may have heard some talk about inflation recently – or maybe you just took a look at used car prices. Either way, there’s no denying the fact that inflation is becoming a hot topic around the country. But is all this concern over inflation justified? If so, what’s causing it? More importantly, what can
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of July 12, 2021. Starstruck. The billionaire space race took another leap forward on Sunday as entrepreneur and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson flew to the edge of space and back. Taking off from New Mexico’s Spaceport America, it was the first time
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Starting July 15, 2021 most families will be eligible for monthly, per child payments from the federal government. The extra money comes to them from the American Rescue Plan, and is an expansion of something called the child tax credit. (Read more about the tax credit here.) How can I claim my money? Most people
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Check out Stash’s initial public offering (IPO) calendar, which includes public offerings from the past month, as well as offerings expected in the next 15 days. We’ve included companies with a market cap of $500 million or more. These might be available on Stash’s platform once they trade on the stock market.* We’ll update this
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of July 6, 2021. Au Revoir Amazon. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon, officially stepped down from his role as chief executive officer on Monday, July 5. Andy Jassy, who previously led Amazon’s cloud business known as Amazon Web
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Many parents will soon be eligible for extra federal money for their kids, thanks to an expansion of something called the child tax credit. And nearly two thirds of U.S. parents say that the additional money will be essential to supporting their families. That’s according to a May 2021 survey¹ from Stash on the changes
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