The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued final regulations this week on Section 1035 exchanges for life insurance contracts, eliminating a number of tax gotchas from regulations issued in 2019 that also affected corporate reorganizations and death benefits for survivors. Processing Content A 1035 exchange allows taxpayers to swap out an existing life…
Dive Brief: Grayscale Investments Sponsors has named two current finance executives to temporarily take its finance reins after long-time CFO Edward McGee stepped down, the company said in a recent securities filing. McGee, who has been the crypto asset manager’s finance chief since 2019, left the company on July 2 for personal reasons, according to a…
This DIY gel air freshener is fun to make, give away as gifts, and makes your house smell like your favorite smells like pine or cinnamon. As we get closer to Christmas, I really want my home to smell like the holidays. I have a real tree, but it just doesn’t seem like enough scent…
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Lebanon’s political circumstances, together with Iran’s strengthened regional position, make Hezbollah’s complete disarmament highly unlikely. By conditioning Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon on this outcome—but with no provisions about cutting Hezbollah’s Iranian lifeline—the new framework agreement is dead on arrival.
The following is from Taking Stock by Jordan Grumet with permission from Ulysses Press. Copyright © 2022 by Jordan Grumet. This passage has been edited to be more readable on the web. I used to have a patient who was an undertaker. We had many conversations about philosophy and practicality, and it didn’t take long…
Ford (F +2.87%) is the top-ranked mainstream brand in J.D. Power’s 2026 U.S. Initial Quality Study — the first time the automaker has led the mass-market rankings since 2010. The study, released in late June, measures the problems owners report in their first 90 days with a new vehicle. Ford posted 152 problems per 100…
The Trump administration is in the process of refunding tens of billions of dollars in tariffs to importers in the wake of a Supreme Court decision in February invalidating them, but the threat of further tariffs has clouded the picture for companies turning to their accountants for help. Processing Content The refunds are coming from…
There were 728 new ETFs listed in the U.S. in the first half of 2026, and CFRA has identified five of them as notable launches (see Table 1). We screened the new launches and identified those that have rapidly gathered assets or innovated in growing ETF categories. These products are representative of the rapid and…
At night, all I want is for my living room to feel as cozy as humanly possible. As part of that goal, I figured adding lots of warm lamp light would help. So I bought some cordless wall sconces (the lightbulbs are rechargeable so I don’t have to hard wire them). But of course, I…