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How to use the IRS tax withholdings web tool to avoid a 2023 tax bill

Sergey Mironov | Moment | Getty Images If you had a surprise tax bill this season or your refund was smaller than expected, it may be a good time to review your paycheck withholdings. The IRS collects taxes throughout the year, typically through paycheck withholdings for W-2 employees or quarterly …

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Alphabet merges A.I.-focused groups DeepMind and Google Research

Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google LLC, speaks during a Google AI event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet is merging its internal Google research team with DeepMind, a moved designed to bring two groups …

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5 ways to trick yourself into saving money

If you’re like most people, you find that saving money is harder than spending it — especially when impulse purchases are just a mouse-click away. To help you save money, financial planners recommend following some sort of a budget, like one that follows the 50-30-20 rule. But first making and …

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Taylor Swift avoided FTX lawsuit by asking a simple question

When it comes to making business decisions, Taylor Swift does her due diligence all too well. In 2021, the pop superstar was approached by the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX about a $100 million sponsorship deal that would have involved selling tickets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to her fans, according to …

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Tesla stock falls on year-over-year income, earnings drop

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. The new plant, officially called the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is producing the Model Y as well as electric car batteries. Christian Marquardt – Pool/Getty Images Shares of electric …

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How to track your tax refund

Tax season 2022 is officially over — your tax return or extension request was due on April 18. With the average tax refund over $2,800 as of April 7, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you might be wondering when that check will hit your account or mailbox. You …

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Savings interest rates hit a 15-year high but fewer Americans benefit

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images The returns savers stand to get on their money are the highest they’ve been in 15 years, thanks in part to stubborn inflation, which pushed the Federal Reserve into hiking interest rates over the past year. Top-yielding online savings account rates are now just north of 5%, …

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Ford F-150 Lightning fire footage highlights a growing EV risk

DEARBORN, Mich. — New video footage of a fire involving a Ford F-150 Lightning this year highlights a growing concern around electric vehicles: volatile fires from the batteries that power them. The previously unreleased footage, which CNBC obtained through Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act from the Dearborn Police Department, shows …

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Investors who do their homework can find good opportunities

Three companies that saw trading swing on earnings this week showcased opportunities for investors who can look past early bias and buy in when the rest of the market is skittish, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “The actual hitters, the people who do enough homework” are able to step up …

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Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over Twitter data being used in A.I.

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Twitter CEO Elon Musk threatened to sue Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing the software giant of illegally using the social media company’s data to train its artificial intelligence model. Musk’s threat by tweet came after Mashable and other publications reported that Microsoft would drop …

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