Starting to feel the winter chill and dreaming of a holiday in a warmer climate? Qantas has announced a “Red Tail Sale” with over 450,000 discounted fares to almost 30 destinations and 120 routes around the world. The sale includes first, business, premium economy and economy seat for destinations including London, Los Angeles, New York, … Read more
Hemant Rustagi, CEO, Wiseinvest, says that despite mutual funds and other options being there, some investors go for very conservative options for their children’s education thinking that this is one of the most important goals and they would not like to take any risk on that money. Maybe NPS Vatsalya will add one more option. … Read more
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, Australians are earning up to $4000 a month in supplementary income through side hustles on online marketplaces such as Airtasker. Among them is Frank Hoyt, 40, a panel-beater by trade, who travels around Australia fixing hail-damaged cars. But as his day job slows he has turned to Airtasker, where he earns … Read more
A view of flooded streets after 24 hours of continuous heavy rain over Fort Myers, Florida, United States on June 13, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Consumers preparing to renew their homeowners insurance policy may experience some unexpected sticker shock. Between May 2022 and May 2023, home insurance prices rose an average of … Read more
Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images The number of federal student loan borrowers with six-figure debts is on the rise. In the second quarter of 2024, 2.4 million borrowers carried a federal student loan balance between $100,000 and $200,000, up from 1.8 million people who owed that much during the same period in 2017, according … Read more
Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to make the first interest rate cut in years this fall, which can influence mortgage rates to go down. Even small cuts in rates could make a meaningful difference in what a homebuyer will pay. To that point, people in the market to buy … Read more
Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while giving a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27, 2024. Jon Cherry | Getty Images News | Getty Images With the price of bitcoin hovering around $70,000 again, experts have tax advice for new … Read more
Commuters sit in traffic on southbound Interstate 5 during the afternoon commute heading into downtown San Diego on March 12, 2024 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Young professionals may be falling back in love with the nine-to-five aesthetic — known as “corpcore” — but few are logging the hours at the … Read more
Woolworths has announced it is launching new hybrid stores aimed to create a “quicker and easier self-serve checkout experience”. The hybrid stores will mix self-serve and manned registers after buying data showed a “shift” in customer habits. “As customer buying habits have shifted, we are seeing more frequent, smaller basket sizes, and a strong customer … Read more
More than half, 56%, of Americans would decline a wedding invitation from a close friend or family member if they felt they couldn’t afford it, according to a recent Bank of America survey. And it appears that the older a person is, the more comfortable they are saying “no.” Gen Z and millennials are less … Read more
