Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images The year is ending but, with a little ambition, you can still find some opportunities to cut your 2019 tax bill. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect in 2018, did away with several breaks filers could take prior …

During the 1978 – 1979 school year, it cost the modern equivalent of $17,680 per year to attend a private college and $8,250 per year to attend a public college. By the 2008 – 2009 school year those costs had grown to $38,720 at private colleges and $16,460 at public …

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings gives a keynote address, January 6, 2016 at the CES 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images A lot can happen in a decade. Since 2010, the S&P 500 has returned nearly 185%, an impressive gain for the …

As we get ready to say goodbye to the 2010s, CNBC.com is taking a look back at the key players, events and transformations from Wall Street to Silicon Valley to corporate America to the White House that shaped a “Decade of Disruption.” In the lead-up to New Year’s Day 2020, …

Financials have been on a tear. The financials sector on Thursday rallied to a new high for the first time since 2007, with the big banks JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup all showing off big gains. The financials ETF, the XLF, which did not hit a record …

With the Mega Millions jackpot at $340 million, Friday the 13th might turn out to be someone’s ultra-lucky day. Heading into Friday night’s drawing, the top prize has been climbing for more than two months with no one matching all six numbers in the twice-weekly drawings. And while the odds …

It just got even better for this year’s best-performing sector. The tech sector added a little more fuel to its rally on Thursday, jumping to fresh highs after a 43% surge in 2019. Look beyond the U.S. for the next opportunity in the tech rally, says Ari Wald, head of …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – In Hong Kong, when the tempo of traffic-light signals accelerates to about 800 ticks a minute, visually impaired residents know they can safely cross the road. But over the past six months of unrest, many streets have lost their beat. FILE PHOTO: Joy Luk prepares her …

Lyft went pubic on Friday, March 29, 2019, with a value above $20 billion. Lyft Lyft said on Thursday that it’s introducing a car rental service, allowing customers to rent a vehicle without having to go to the counter. Hertz and Avis shares plunged on the news. “With Lyft Rentals, …

René Lacerte, CEO and founder of Bill.com Source: Bill.com Shares of fintech company Bill.com soared a whopping 60% on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Bill.com, which sells software services to small- and medium-sized business to help with payment processes, was priced at …