Category: Finance

Who wrote the book on personal finance for youth? An 18-year-old from Kingston

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Noah Booth is an 18-year-old Grade 12 student in Kingston who is planning to attend Dalhousie University next year to study science.Handouts

While most of us were online shopping and ordering takeout during the pandemic, high school student Noah Booth wrote a book.

It’s called A Rich Future: Essential Financial Concepts for Youth. Did I lose you there? Clever book-naming may not be Mr. Booth’s strength, but he’s a pro at book-writing. Think of this volume as a definitive answer to a question I get a lot: Can you recommend a personal finance

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Senate Finance chair pushes GOP megadonor for answers about financial ties with Clarence Thomas



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Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden is pushing back on assertions from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow that the panel lacks authority to request personal tax information and travel records from him as part of a probe into whether hospitality he provided to Justice Clarence Thomas could have triggered violations of US tax law.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Crow’s attorney, the Oregon Democrat asked the Texas billionaire’s team to provide a number of documents to the committee by June 2. Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee met earlier this week and discussed issuing a subpoena if Crow did

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This Toronto finance creator made almost $45K in one month and shared the untapped income streams people are ‘sleeping on’

Toronto finance creator Reni Odetoyinbo is spilling all her secrets on how she managed to make $44,000 in one month alone with social media at her fingertips.

Odetoyinbo spoke with Now Toronto and said that having different streams of income is the ultimate key to her success.

But what does that mean exactly? We asked her.

Now Toronto: You made thousands of dollars through multiple income streams, how did you do it?

Reni Odetoyinbo: I made $44,000 through brand partnerships, speaking engagements, affiliate income, social media marketing consulting services, Google AdSense, and digital product sales. I was able to do

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Team Adams ordered to cough up nearly $20k in campaign finance-related fines

Major Adams’ inaugural committee got socked Monday with $19,600 in fines for violations it committed immediately before and after his Jan. 1, 2022 swearing in, according to a ruling from the city’s Campaign Finance Board.

At a Monday morning hearing, the board found that Adams’ inauguration team ran afoul of three campaign finance rules that apply to entities that handle transitions and inaugurations.

One of the violations — for failing to respond to the board’s information requests and for providing late responses to requests — carries the largest fine of the three and will cost Adams’ inauguration committee $14,400, according

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China and US debt concerns may dominate the G7 finance chiefs’ talks

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People walk down station stairs featuring the logo of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, in Niigata, Japan, on May 10.Shuji Kajiyama/The Associated Press

China will be the elephant in the room at this week’s meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders, who will seek to diversify supply chains away from the country – but also try to get Beijing’s co-operation in solving global debt problems.

The conflicting goals come on top of the vulnerabilities of the G7 rich democracies face due to their heavy reliance on China, which is

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Disney stock sees biggest decline in six months after subscribers miss estimates

Disney (DIS) stock tumbled as much as 9% and closed down 8.7% on Thursday — its biggest decline in six months — after the media giant reported quarterly results on Wednesday that showed earnings per share missed estimates by a penny while Disney+ shed 4 million subscribers in the quarter.

The subscriber miss comes as streaming losses narrowed amid Disney’s continued efforts to slash $5.5 billion in costs this year.

The report was the first since Disney announced its new three-pronged business reorganization — Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products — as CEO Bob Iger attempts to

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Insider Reveals Sour Deal in Vikings’ Trade of Za’Darius Smith

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The Vikings are on the hook for some of Za’Darius Smith’s 2023 base salary after trading him to the Cleveland Browns, Mary Kay Cabot reported.

The Minnesota Vikings made due to a bad situation, sending a disgruntled Za’Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns in a trade that essentially swaps two draft picks.

Minnesota gave Smith away to the Browns primarily to clear up their finances for future years after a financial disagreement with the Pro Bowl pass rusher prompted him to announce his demand for a trade in March.

The Vikings, who still need to create cap space to

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Tech stocks holding ‘very, very narrow leadership’ in markets, the expert explains

ETF Think Tank Director of Research Cinthia Murphy joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the state of the market, the debt ceiling, inflation, tech stocks, AI, and rate cuts.

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– It’s been a choppy month for markets, between the Fed decision and the debt ceiling showdown. Investors are showing, though, signs of what our next guest says is, quote, “tep bullishness.” Joining us now is ETF Think Tank Director of Research Cinthia Murphy for this ETF Report brought to you by Invesco QQQ.

So let’s get right into this, Cinthia. Tell us about the leadership. Where is the

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