Extra information from banks can battle tax evasion

A man walks past the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 25, 2020. Al Drago | Reuters The head of the IRS believes that stricter disclosures by the country’s banks could help fill a yawning tax gap and recoup billions in owed revenue. In a letter viewed by CNBC, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig told Senator …

Inventory futures are little modified as September will get off to sluggish begin

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Source: The New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after the S&P 500 finished the first trading session of the month near the flatline. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 5 points, or 0.01%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 …

Google reportedly plans to begin utilizing its personal chips in Chromebooks from 2023

Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President, Chrome at Google Inc., holds up a new Chromebook Pixel as he speaks during an introductory event in San Francisco, Calif., On Thursday, February 21, 2013. Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, introduced a touchscreen version of the Chromebook laptop, increasing its challenge to Microsoft Corp. …

Biden spricht über das Ende des US-Krieges in Afghanistan

US-Präsident Joe Biden spricht am 31. August 2021 im State Dining Room des Weißen Hauses in Washington DC zur Beendigung des Krieges in Afghanistan. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Präsident Joe Biden verteidigte seine Entscheidung, den US-Krieg in Afghanistan nach 20 Jahren Konflikt zu beenden, und sagte, die Ära großer US-Militäreinsätze …

China prohibits kids from taking part in on-line video games for greater than three hours per week

Children and teenagers under the age of 18 are only allowed to play online video games for up to three hours a week in China, according to the new rules published Monday by China’s National Press and Publication Administration. The move is a new blow to the country’s gaming giants from Tencent to NetEase, who …

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit document highs as know-how shares climb

The S&P 500 hit another record high on Monday as the market continued to rise in the final days of August. The broad market index rose 0.6% to hit a new intraday record high, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1% for its own all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuated between gains and losses …

Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as a powerful Class four storm

Traffic moves bumper to bumper along I-10 West as residents evacuate towards Texas before the arrival of Hurricane Ida in Vinton, Louisiana. Adrees Latif | REUTERS Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms to hit the region since …

US drone assaults Kabul. an ISIS-Ok car loaded with explosives

U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Jan. US Marines | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States launched a military strike on an ISIS-K target in Kabul on Sunday, a development that comes in the final days of a huge humanitarian evacuation mission. …

After wobbly liftoff, Astra Area rocket fails to succeed in orbit as soon as once more

Rocket builder Astra Space on Saturday launched its first rocket since the company went public. After a wobbly liftoff, the rocket failed to achieve its goal of reaching orbit.  At liftoff, the rocket appeared to move sideways rather than straight up. Astra founder, chairman and CEO Chris Kemp told CNBC that about a second into the flight, …

China is reportedly contemplating banning US exchanges from home tech firms with delicate knowledge

Investors will see an electric screen in a stock exchange hall on February 18, 2021 in Shanghai, China, displaying stock price data. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Beijing has envisaged new rules that would prevent domestic Internet companies from going public in the US, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Chinese …