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US adds 353K jobs in January, soaring past expectations

The U.S. economy added 353,000 jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate to 3.7%, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. January’s employment report far exceeded the Wall Street Journal’s forecast of an increase in jobs of 185,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 3.8%. “The labor market is a small driver of […]

Meta’s new dividend adds $200 billion in value, Zuckerberg nets $29 billion in one day

Shares in Facebook’s parent company Meta soared after the company announced its first-ever cash dividend following its biggest quarterly growth in more than two years. The company’s market value rose more than $200 billion on Friday, putting it on pace for the fastest single-day increase in market value for a U.S. company, according to tracked […]

Pakistan Adds 14 Years to Imran Khan’s Decade-Long Prison Sentence

Just one day after former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan took office, declared He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for mishandling classified documents, while another court sentenced him and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in prison for corruption. The new conviction against Khan comes from the Toshahana case, named after the […]

Bilt Rewards gets $3.1B valuation, adds Roger Goodell, Ken Chenault to board

Built Rewards, a New York-based startup that operates a loyalty platform that allows users to earn points on rent payments, has more than doubled its valuation to $3.1 billion, leading to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and American – Added former Express CEO Kevin Chenault to the board of directors. The New York-based startup, led by […]

Bottom Line: Intuit adds lobbying giant amid tax prep fight

tax Essential government work is registered to lobby on behalf of , on a wide range of issues including intellectual property, data privacy, artificial intelligence and tax administration. intuition, QuickBooks, Mint, Credit Karma, MailChimp, and TurboTax. Expanding the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Free Direct Tax Filing Services (Offered by Intuit and Other Tax Preparation Giants) […]