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How to Budget During a Pandemic

How to Budget During a Pandemic

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readRight now with everything that’s going on, navigating your finances might feel overwhelming. However, there are some strategies that will help you manage cash shortfalls. Mariel Beasley of Duke University’s Common Cents Lab offers ways to help you manage during these trying times. Use Mental Accounting Translated, this means prioritizing what’s […]

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How Firms Can Restore Balance Sheets to Better Health

How Firms Can Restore Balance Sheets to Better Health

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readAccording to the World Bank Group, for businesses in emerging markets and developing economies, the bottom fourth percentile of the non-financial corporate (NFC) sector saw their balance sheets deteriorate. Looking at these businesses’ Interest Coverage Ratio, the average figure dropped to 0.06 from 0.35 between the fourth quarter of 2019 and […]

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New Year-End Tax Provisions

New Year-End Tax Provisions

🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readIn late December, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which in addition to providing COVID-19 relief provisions also included many tax provisions and extenders. The Act contained many COVID-related tax provisions, as well as a slew of extenders ranging from one year to permanent. This article will focus on the miscellaneous […]

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Standalone 5G Networks: Potential Vulnerabilities that Could Result in Denial of Service for Customers

Standalone 5G Networks: Potential Vulnerabilities that Could Result in Denial of Service for Customers

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min read5G networks promise high speeds, lower latency, and more robust security compared to its predecessors – and this has created a lot of buzz. As a result, there is a lot of competition among operators to roll out the network while manufacturers are already producing 5G devices. The deployment of 5G […]

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Paying the Price for Vice: The Evolving Landscape of Excise Taxes in America

Paying the Price for Vice: The Evolving Landscape of Excise Taxes in America

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readWhile excise or vice taxes have long been a part of the American tax landscape related to alcohol and cigarettes, the recent invention of vaping and legalization of marijuana and other substances is changing the landscape. What Are Excise Taxes? Excise taxes are taxes on specific types of consumable products such […]

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