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Quicken Enables Users to Share Financial Info

Quicken’s personal finance app now lets users share their financial information with trusted parties.

With this new feature of the Simplifi app, spouses can share information to align their budgeting, parents can help their children develop healthy financial habits, and users can help their aging parents manage their finances, Quicken said in a Wednesday (Feb. 1) press release.

Users can also share information with accountants to streamline tax preparation and with financial planners to collaborate year-round on budgets, the release said.

“When it comes to financial planning, consumers can feel isolated due to the individual-based approach many financial tools take,”

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Federal deficit stood at $3.6-billion with four months left in 2022-23 fiscal year

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears as a witness at a Senate committee on national finance, in Ottawa, on Dec. 7, 2022.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

The federal deficit stood at $3.6-billion as of November with just four months left in the 2022-23 fiscal year, suggesting federal finances are outperforming official projections.

The Finance Department’s monthly fiscal monitor report said the $3.6-billion deficit for the April to November period compared to a $73.7-billion deficit during the same eight months one year earlier.

The report said the federal government ran a $3.4-billion deficit in the month of November alone, compared with a

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The meeting kicks off the small-business BOOST program

Small business owners will get a BOOST on Monday, Feb. 6, with the kick-off meeting for the Moline Community and Economic Development Department’s new Business Owner Occupied Stabilization Transformation Program for small-business owners and entrepreneurs. The session will begin at 6 pm at Western Illinois University Riverfront Hall, 3300 River Drive, Moline. Doors open at 5:30 p.m

The program is designed to provide entrepreneurs and current small business owners financial assistance, provide access to tools and skills to make the business endeavor a success, and secure direct funding in forgivable loans. Brick-and-mortar, home-based and mobile businesses are eligible.

Applicants must

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Alliance Marketing announces new executive team

Independent grocers

Illustration courtesy: ARG

The board of Alliance Marketing LLC has selected a new lineup of executive directors for Alliance Retail Group (ARG), the Hendersonville, Tennessee-based self-negotiating retail ad group announced on Wednesday.

“The board is excited to work with a team that will continue to help independent operators thrive in the highly competitive grocery business,” ARG said in a statement.

The team includes:

  • Greg Rush, chairman of the board for Alliance Marketing, LLC. Rush has served as VP of merchandising and CMO for Houchens Food Group, Inc. since October 2021. He previously held roles of increasing responsibility in distribution, logistics,
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News-Herald players of the week for Jan. 26

Jan. 26—Grace McCoon

PerryGirls basketball

SeniorPoint guard

On the court: In victories over Lakeside and Edgewood, averaged 22.5 points, 4 assists and 3.5 steals per game.

Off the court: Plans on majoring in business marketing. “My favorite school memory is playing basketball with my sisters and friends.” Hobbies include shopping, running and traveling. Favorite food is Italian. Favorite movie is “The Blind Side.”

Rafa Jurado

Andrews OsborneBoys basketball

SeniorForwards

On the court: Helped the Phoenix to a 2-1 record. Had totals of 20 points, 34 rebounds, 10 steals and 14 assists. Took eight charges in a

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Bullish outlook for base metals – Business News

There’s no way enough mines can be built on time to meet net zero energy transition targets on the timelines policy makers have promised, but industrial metal miners – especially lithium and nickel miners – could get a very rich try.

That was one of the takeaways from a commodities outlook Tuesday for industrial and battery metals at the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver.

There are numerous macroeconomic factors that could affect commodity prices in 2023,

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Is the FTC Banning Non-Competes?

Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that will ban many non-compete agreements throughout the country if it is enacted.

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Non-compete agreements are agreements that prevent employees from working in certain industries following employment with their current employer. They are often limited by geographic scope and time.

For example, a non-compete clause may prevent a physician from working in the medical field for one year following …

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Why the Bank of Canada can’t cut rates this year, despite what the market says

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in an interview after announcing an interest rate decision in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in an interview after announcing an interest rate decision in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable

The Bank of Canada won’t be lowering its key lending rate this year despite financial markets already pricing in multiple cuts starting this fall, according to a senior economist at Vanguard.

“Their credibility is at stake,” Roger Aliaga-Diaz, senior economist and head of global portfolio construction at Vanguard, tells Yahoo Finance Canada in an interview.

“[The Bank of Canada’s] fear is if they give in to what the market is asking or expecting, and

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