Financial Focus: Ask the Professor- for FREE Tax Assistance
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA Yes there have been so many changes? From stimulas checks to , once taxable, ...
Economy
Financial Focus: Your 2020 Tax Refund – The IRS Cloggy Processing hole from hell!
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA Got those stimulas checks- from the Government? Was a good thing, huh? Over the...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2021 – Rental Income/Expense (Part 5 of 7)
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA Many people own a home or property that they rent out. People do it...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2021 – Business & Self-Employment (Part 4 of 7)
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA If you have been keeping track of our income tax deduction series, you should...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2021 – 2022 Itemized Deductions (Part 3 of 7)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio While the majority of Americans probably may not be eligible to itemize, I encourage you to give...
Financial Focus: The Path to Your 2021 Tax Return – Children (Part 2 of 7)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio If you read part one of our seven-part series on how to get all your tax money...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2022 (1)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio Most people mistakenly think that tax preparation is tax planning time. But by thinking this way, they...
Dubai ruler approves $15.5 billion budget for 2021
Dubai, the business and financial hub of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has approved a 57.1 billion dirham ($15.55 billion)...
AfDB Board of Directors approves borrowing program for 2021
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 2021 borrowing program for up to US$10.4 billion...
AfDB Board of Directors approves borrowing program for 2021
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 2021 borrowing program for up to US$10.4 billion...
Financial Focus: Retirement Planning Success — from today to tomorrow (Part 1)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA This semester I am teaching a group of students about Retirement Planning. My own definition,...
State Labor Department releases preliminary local area unemployment rates
The New York State Department of Labor has released preliminary local area unemployment rates for October 2020. While disclosing this...
Author and Financial Authority Stephen Leeb Advises: Buy Gold
By Robert Golomb Conversing in person with the revered stock market and gold authority Stephen Leeb, or reading the latest...
NYS economy boosted with increase in employment rate
New York State economy has boosted with an increase in the employment rate. This was disclosed in a statement released...
Financial Focus: Joe Biden and the US Economy
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA By the time you read this, it will be pretty much presumed, if not...
EDUPEACE | Quality education is the solution
By Mahfouz Adedimeji Following the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world, through the General Assembly of the...
Economic analysts warn South Sudan against hefty loan
South Sudan has secured $88 million loan from the Africa Export-Import Bank after receiving cabinet approval. While reacting to the...
JWSI: Over 1.4m Jordanians live on under $100 a month
The Jordanian Women Solidarity Institute - Tadamon has said that as many as 1.35 million Jordanians live on 68 dinars...
JWSI: Over 1.4m Jordanians live on under $100 a month
The Jordanian Women Solidarity Institute - Tadamon has said that as many as 1.35 million Jordanians live on 68 dinars...
State Labor Department releases preliminary August 2020 area unemployment rates
The New York State Department of Labor has released preliminary local area unemployment rates for August 2020. The rates released...
Stocks pick up session highs as tech extends gains
Stock has recovered from sharp losses of the previous session as it saw a rise in shares with Amazon leading...
CBO: US needs $900B annually to restore pre-COVID debt
The Congressional Budget Office have revealed that the United States need about $900 billion annually for 25 years to restore...
Oil prices rise as OPEC pledges commitment to output cuts
Oil prices have risen after the OPEC+ meeting, which pressed for additional consistence with the group’s production cut decision to...
Politics: I’ll Kneel by Wansoo Kim
From now on, However hard and painful I am, I won’t draw the rainbow about you Nor will I raise...
KSA urges OPEC+ to increase oil output
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has urged members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and OPEC+ to increase...
ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusive recovery from COVID-19 crisis
The International Labor Organization Director-General, Guy Ryder, has welcomed the commitment of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers to a...
Trump bars offshore oil drilling in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
United States President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum to bar offshore oil and gas drilling in Florida, Georgia and...
US oil prices fall as stockpiles signal bumpy demand
The United States oil prices has fallen after data showed that United States crude stockpiles unexpectedly rose last week, bringing...
Lebanon begins forensic audit of central bank
Lebanon has begun a forensic audit of its central bank. While disclosing this on Wednesday September 9, 2020, the Finance...
Financial Focus: How does the City get needed money in this Coronavirus year?
There is no doubt that New York City needs help. With a current NYC unemployment rate of 20% with many...
EDUPEACE | COVID-19: Calamity as Opportunity
For billions of people across the world, the Coronavirus pandemic is the worst humanitarian calamity of our life-time. Globally, it...
US energy companies cut production as Gulf Coast awaits twin storms
Forecast U.S. Gulf Coast storms have forced energy companies to, as a matter of urgency, cut oil production as the...
Financial Focus: The Joe Biden Economic Tax Plan
As we get ready to watch the Republican convention and the other side of our democracy, one thing that we...
More gas injection issues force Exxon to limit Guyana crude output
The South American country’s environmental regulator said on Friday, August 21, 2020, that a series of mechanical issues is forcing...
NY DEC confirms infestation of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, evaluates means to eradicate invasive pest
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the confirmation of an infestation of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid...
U.S economy gains 1.8 million jobs as labor market recovery flags
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly report released on Friday August 7, 2020, has shown that in July last month, the...
Democrats sponsor bill to end racial inequality in US economy
Congressional Democrats have introduced new legislation to reduce racial inequality in the United States economy. The Federal Reserve Racial and...
Face Mask: Georgia Governor withdraws legal action against Atlanta
Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp, has withdrawn his request for a court to stop enforcement of Atlanta’s requirement that face masks...
Apple removes 29,000 apps, 26,000 unlicensed games from Chinese app store
Apple Inc has removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store, including more than 26,000 games. According to data from...
Ivanka Trump is Travelling to Cote d’Ivoire This Month to Promote Her Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative
WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, April 5, 2019/ -- Ivanka Trump is travelling to Ethiopia and Cote d’Ivoire his...
USAID Launches Farmer-to-Farmer Program in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 30, 2019/ -- The five-year USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer Program (2018-2023) launched on May 30. At a launch event...
New Jersey, New York to quarantine interstate commuters
Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has stated that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will start implementing a mandatory...
Councilman King and Borough President Diaz Help Elderly Residents of Coop-City
Robert Press Four pallets of boxes loaded with food supplies to the elderly residents of the Council Towers VII at...
George Floyd Death: Massive exodus hits NYPD, 272 officers file for retirement
Not less than 272 uniformed officers from the New York Police Department have filed for their retirement from services. The...
Clustering in special economic zones can boost the creative industry in Central Africa – Antonio Pedro
Head of Economic Commission of Africa’s Office for Central Africa, Antonio Pedro, has said in a virtual conference tagged “ResiliArt”...
IMF approves 12-month US$5.2b Stand-By Arrangement for Egypt
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has Approved a 12-month Stand-By arrangement for Egypt, with access equivalent to...
Lebanese protesters express anger over economic crisis, burn down banks
The depreciation of local currency by more than 25 percent in just two days has sparked fierce protest in Lebanon,...
ICYF, Turkish president hold bilateral meeting, discuss Landmark projects
The President of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum, Mr. Taha Ayhan, and the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip...
HYCM adds 50 cryptocurrency CFDs, reduces spread of cryptocurrency products
HYCM, a well-established global forex broker, has added over 50 cryptocurrency CFD pairs on its MT5 platform. While expanding its...
UN demands sanctions of Russian mercenaries, others over conflict in Libya
The United Nations has demanded that United States and the European Union impose sanctions over the activities of Russian mercenaries...
Rolling Stones threatens legal action over use of song at Trump’s campaign
The British rock legends, The Rolling Stones, have threatened a legal action against the US President, Donald Trump, for using...
Breaking: Gunmen attack stock exchange building, kill four assailants in Pakistan
Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange building in the city of Karachi. While disclosing this on Monday June 29,...
