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Spousal benefits are commonly called family benefits; benefits available to family members. Let’s start with spousal benefits in order to truly understand ex-spousal benefits. Current spouses are eligible to receive 50% of their spouses Primary Insurance Amount at their full retirement age. For spousal benefits to be available to a current spouse, you need to meet the following criteria: You need to be married at least one year. You both need to be at least 62 years old. One spouse needs to be receiving their Social Security benefit. The receiving spouses Primary Insurance Amount needs to be at least two…

US stocks were mixed at the market’s close, as investors hunkered down ahead of earnings — and outlook on the much-hyped artificial intelligence sector — from chipmaker Nvidia.Wall Street’s S&P 500 finished less than 0.1 per cent higher, with the index staging a late rally to recover from losses earlier in the session. The technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite shed 0.1 per cent.Nvidia finished the session 0.8 per cent lower, having chalked up its biggest daily jump in two months on Tuesday.Among other stock moves, retailer Target closed 21.4 per cent lower, its biggest one-day drop since 2022 after reporting disappointing results.In…

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call November 20, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Jimmy Sexton – Head of IRSridhar Ramaswamy – CEOMike Scarpelli – CFOChristian Kleinerman – EVP of Product Conference Call Participants Mark Murphy – JPMorganKeith Weiss – Morgan StanleyKash Rangan – GoldmanRaimo Lenschow – BarclaysKirk Materne – EvercoreBrad Zelnick – Deutsche BankBrent Thill – JefferiesMichael Turrin – Wells FargoAlex Zukin – Wolfe ResearchBrad Sills – Bank of America Operator Good afternoon. Thank you for attending the Snowflake Q3 Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Matt and I’ll be your moderator for today’s call.…

This year, California took the second of two steps to allow residents with unlimited assets to participate in its Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) program. Advocates hoped the move would make the program far more widely available. Conservative critics feared it would become a budget-busting open door for the wealthy to take advantage of a public program. Both were wrong. Yet, the California experience may end up in the middle of a bruising battle over Medicaid LTSS, where conservatives try to tighten federal program rules while blue states try to ease them. California’s Changes Before California changed its asset…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldA test launch of SpaceX’s megarocket failed to perform as planned on Tuesday, as president-elect Donald Trump looked on, with flight directors abandoning an effort to catch the vehicle’s reusable booster just minutes into the mission in a setback for SpaceX owner Elon Musk.Trump had travelled to Brownsville, Texas, to witness the sixth test of the unmanned Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. The vehicle is a crucial part of the US’s plan to put humans back…

Northern Technologies International Corporation (NASDAQ:NTIC) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 19, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Patrick Lynch – President and CEOMatthew Wolsfeld – CFOVineet Dalal – VP of Natur-Tec Conference Call Participants Gus Richard – NorthlandJoseph Vidich – Manalapan Oracle Capital Management Operator Good day, and welcome to NTIC’s Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. Instructions will be given at that time. As a reminder, this call may be recorded. As part of the discussion today, the representatives…

Tens of millions of private-sector workers lack access to a retirement savings plan through their employer, which experts at the AARP Public Policy Institute warn could pose a significant burden to future taxpayers. The institute estimates that 57 million private sector workers in the U.S. – about half of the workforce – are not offered either a traditional pension or a retirement savings plan through their employer, a problem that has persisted for decades, according to David John, senior strategic policy adviser at AARP.In April, an AARP survey showed that 20% of adults at least 50 years old had no…

After retirement, people have self-reported that they miss the people more than the position or money. Not only are they more limited in social interaction, but as we get older our circle of friends naturally shrinks because of deaths, moves, or lack of effort. In this Forbes article, I describe the loneliness epidemic and the important benefits of making friends as grown-ups after retirement. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is one of my role models. I was fortunate to hear her speak twice and actually got to personally meet her backstage. Dr. Ruth was writing until the end of her life in…

G20 nations have called for effective taxation of the super-rich, measures to alleviate poverty and a ceasefire in Gaza, despite objections from Argentina’s President Javier Milei to key elements of the joint declaration.Argentina withdrew a threat to block the communiqué, but in a presidential statement criticised aspects including greater state intervention to fight hunger, in a dig at a flagship initiative launched by host Brazil at the leaders’ summit on Monday. In a document released following the first of two days of gatherings in Rio de Janeiro, G20 members pledged to reform the UN Security Council.They also repeated a demand from…

This article was written byFollowI am mostly a trader engaging in both long and short bets intraday and occasionally over the short- to medium term. My historical focus has been mostly on tech stocks but over the past couple of years I have also started broad coverage of the offshore drilling and supply industry as well as the shipping industry in general (tankers, containers, drybulk). In addition, I am having a close eye on the still nascent fuel cell industry.I am located in Germany and have worked quite some time as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers before becoming a daytrader almost…