iPhone 12 Pro MaxTodd Haselton | CNBCSpam calls are on the rise. According to RoboKiller, which makes a popular phone app that blocks them, the number of spam calls received in the U.S. jumped 26%…
Retire Better: Thanks to COVID-19, Social Security’s day…
I’ve mentioned before that Social Security is now dipping into its reserves—the so-called “trust fundâ€â€”to pay benefits. That’s because the system isn’t taking in enough cash from payroll taxes, which is how the gargantuan Social…
Op-ed: Pandemic investing must embrace greater uncertainties
Certainty is always more abundant than accuracy on Wall Street. Well argued, data laden hypotheses support opinions that drive buyers and sellers.A high-profile money manager and fellow talking head, Mr. I. M. Sureofmyself, was describing…
RIL to offer partly paid-up shares in rights…
Mumbai: Reliance Industries’ shares rights issue, its first in three decades, will open on May 20 and close on June 3 and offer partly paid-up shares to its existing shareholders, the conglomerate informed bourses on…
Coronavirus live updates: India surpasses China as cases…
This is CNBC's live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks.Global cases: More than 4.5 millionGlobal deaths: At least 307,159Most cases reported: United…
Antitrust allegations against Facebook’s WhatsApp in India
India's antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook's WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of messaging app users in the country, three sources told Reuters on…
The Moneyist: Where’s my $1,200 stimulus check? My…
Dear Moneyist, I was married and didn’t qualify for the $ 1,200 stimulus check based on my 2018 tax returns. I am now divorced and filed my 2019 tax returns separately. It seems that millions…
Get more in hand, but PF kitty to…
MUMBAI: Take-home salaries of employees would increase with the government’s move to reduce the statutory employee provident fund (PF) contribution from 12% to 10% for three months. However, this would come at the cost of…
Who says 5-year MF SIPs giving lower returns…
Ajay Tyagi, Executive Vice-President and Fund Manager for Equity at UTI AMC, busts a few myths about equity investing in bear markets, mutual fund SIPs and the so-called bad patch for financial stocks. Read on…How…