Americans Lose Trillions Claiming Social Security at the Wrong Time

Americans Lose Trillions Claiming Social Security at the Wrong Time

Almost all American retirees claim Social Security at the wrong time, a newreport estimates, which means they will miss out on a collective $3.4 trillion in benefits before they die. While they can tap their benefits as early as age 62, retirees could boost the size of their checks for every year they wait until age 70, when the maximum benefit […]

Bitcoin surges above $11,000 thanks to Facebook’s currency plans

Bitcoin surges above $11,000 thanks to Facebook’s currency plans

Bitcoin surged to a near 16-month high above $11,000 Monday, overshadowing showings across stock, foreign exchange and commodity markets, with investors looking ahead to the week’s G20 summit. Bitcoin reached $11,251.21, surpassing $10,000 for the first time since March last year, as the cryptocurrency sector got a huge boost from Facebook’s unveiling of its own […]

Toys ‘R’ Us, Back From the Dead, Will Open U.S. Stores in 2019

Toys ‘R’ Us, Back From the Dead, Will Open U.S. Stores in 2019

Maybe American kids will only have to live through one Christmas without Toys “R” Us. About a year after shuttering U.S. operations, the remnant of the defunct toy chain is set to return this holiday season by opening about a half dozen U.S. stores and an e-commerce site, according to people familiar with the matter. Richard […]

How to Freeze Your Salary: Get Pregnant

How to Freeze Your Salary: Get Pregnant

Nilab Tolton had been working as an associate at the ­international litigation firm Jones Day for five years when she learned she was pregnant. Looking back, Tolton says she knew but also didn’t know—at least not in a conscious, articulable kind of way—that having a kid was going to complicate her goal to make partner. […]

Vietnam to crack down on Chinese goods relabelled to beat US tariffs

Vietnam to crack down on Chinese goods relabelled to beat US tariffs

Vietnam has said it will crackdown on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabelled “Made in Vietnam” by exporters seeking to avoid US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports. Vietnamese customs have found scores of such cases amid the ongoing US-China trade dispute, the department said in a statement posted to a government website on Sunday. “The faking […]

Vietnam could emerge as a developed economy: expert

Vietnam could emerge as a developed economy: expert

A corner of Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Sydney (VNA) – The prolonging trade war between the US and China makes it easier for Vietnam to continue its upward trajectory toward becoming a developed economy, Bennett Murray recently wrote on the ‘Foreign Policy’ paper. He cited the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment’s report as saying that the […]

Sunday Strategist: Your Flying Uber Will Arrive in Four Years

Sunday Strategist: Your Flying Uber Will Arrive in Four Years

When the flying version of the Toyota Camry comes along, Uber wants to be sure to have its logo on the windshield. The ride-sharing giant planted a flag in the still-very-hypothetical flying-car space in Oct. 2016 when it launched a 98-page white-paper into the digital ether about the “future of on-demand urban air transportation.” This is Uber playing […]

Vietnam on track to overtake Singapore in decade: DBS

Vietnam on track to overtake Singapore in decade: DBS

MAY 29, 2019 08:03 JST Laborers work at the construction site of an apartment building in Hanoi.   © Reuters NEW YORK — Vietnam’s economy could grow as much as 6.5% a year over the next ten years and exceed Singapore in size by 2029, according to DBS Bank. Fundamentals including improvements in productivity and infrastructure, […]

Why Vietnam is Overtaking China as a Destination for US Export Manufacturing

Why Vietnam is Overtaking China as a Destination for US Export Manufacturing

As has been the case for several emerging Asian countries, Vietnam has followed an export-led growth model, combining trade liberalization and foreign direct investment promotion to spur exports. Vietnam’s growth has accelerated in recent years in part due to the US-China trade war, which kicked off more than nine months ago, and shows no sign of abating. […]