FatCamera | E + | Getty Images Real estate investors could soon pay more taxes on high dollar transactions. President Joe Biden calls for higher taxes on real estate transactions with profits greater than $ 500,000. The tax plan is set to help cover the US $ 1.8 trillion family plan, which pumps money into…

Even if students return to school and workers return to the office, changes in consumer spending will survive the pandemic. “The house has become the center,” Ravi Saligram, CEO of Newell Brands, told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Monday. As companies become more flexible and their employees work remotely in a post-pandemic world, Saligram…

President Joe Biden greets workers during a visit to WS Jenks & Son hardware store in Washington, DC, the United States, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Small business owners in the US are more confident, but hardly, as fears of price inflation, hiring costs, tax hikes and partisan…

A football fan sings slogans before a protest against Manchester United ownership. Andy Barton, SOPA Pictures | LightRocket | Getty Images Manchester United The Premier League game against Liverpool at Old Trafford was postponed after protests against the Glazer family. Hundreds of fans entered the stadium ahead of the closed-door competition, which was originally scheduled…

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore told CNBC that she was “very concerned” about the current Covid-19 crisis in India and urged the world to send urgent aid to the country. During World Immunization Week, Fore also said it was a “race to save lives” through vaccination, especially in some of the world’s poorest countries with…

Indonesian ride hail app Gojek has announced plans to turn every car and motorcycle on its platform into an electric vehicle (EV) by 2030 in an ambitious tripartite sustainability strategy. The company, dubbed the “Three Zeros” agenda, aims to achieve zero emissions, zero waste and no socio-economic barriers by the end of the decade, co-founder…

The worst chlorine shortage the country has ever seen is set to rock this summer’s pool season. “We cared about it,” said Cody Saliture, owner of Texas Pool Professionals, which has been in the business for 17 years. The Rockwall, Texas-based company serves 200 customers a week, and Saliture said it recently started stocking chlorine…

Astra VP of Manufacturing Bryson Gentile (left) and CEO Chris Kemp remove a protective cover from a missile fairing half. Michael Sheetz | CNBC ALAMEDA, Calif. – Astra missile maker wants to simplify the launch business. The soon-to-be-listed company aims to both reduce manufacturing costs and drastically increase the number of starts on a daily…

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images April Harris of dessert company Keeping You Sweet, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, and Gwen Jimmere of Naturalicious share several things in common: they are Black female entrepreneurs who have succeeded building businesses on their own, and they have succeeded in winning deals with national retail partners including…

The Oscars are Hollywood’s biggest night out, but fewer and fewer people outside of that circle are attending the event. Last Sunday, the audience for the annual Oscars show dropped to a new low. According to Nielsen data, 10.4 million people watched which film took home the best picture award. That’s a nearly 56% decrease…