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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides substantial tax breaks for homeowners who navigate the rules. Most of the breaks started in late 2023 or early 2024 and last through 2032. The tax breaks are designed to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient and reduce use of fossil fuels. Most of the program, known as the Section 25C energy efficient home improvement credit, is administered by the states based on guidelines the Department of Energy issued in July 2023. Since the states have some flexibility, your potential savings depend on where you live. Also, the tax breaks…

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The US State Department has determined that five Israeli security units committed gross violations of human rights prior to the outbreak of the war with Hamas in Gaza, but is still deciding whether to restrict military assistance to one of the units under US law. The other four “have effectively remediated these violations,” deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday. The US is still deciding whether to restrict assistance to the remaining unit – reported to be the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion. “We continue to be in consultations and engagements with the Government of Israel. They have submitted additional…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The billionaire owner of L’Occitane has made an offer to take the skincare company private in a deal that gives it an enterprise value of about €6.5bn.Reinold Geiger, the Austrian who already controls the company, has offered to pay HK$34 per share to buy the rest of the business and delist it from the Hong Kong stock exchange. Its most recent closing share price was HK$29.5. The deal is worth up to HK$13.91bn (€1.7bn), the company said on Monday, and values its equity…

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Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) was once hailed as the next Tesla or BYD because of its plan to conquer the EV market with its luxurious and technologically more advanced specifications, backed by the Saudi sovereign fund. But for an EV maker to out-compete Tesla, it first has to be able to compete. Lucid is far from that, with its under 2,000 unit quarterly sales and losing money on each car sold. The investment sentiment towards the company is divided – bullish says with Saudi’s support, it can become a national brand and thus grow fast in the foreseeable future; while bearish says…

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Last updated: April 29, 2024 11:15 EDT | 2 min read Trust Wallet is reportedly back on the Google Play Store following its temporary removal Monday morning, sparking concern among Android Trust Wallet users.“Unfortunately, Google has temporarily removed our app from the Play Store,” the crypto company posted to its official X page around 7:00 a.m. EST. “Google notified us of this potential action, and we submitted an appeal weeks ago. However, while awaiting a response from Google to our appeal, Google removed our app anyway.”Trust Wallet Back Up And Running On Google Play StoreThe post warned that Android users…

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A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently fired about 50 employees for protesting the company’s relationship with the Israeli government. His explanation boiled down to four words: This is a business. Some people disagreed with his actions, including the group that organized the protest. “Google is throwing a tantrum because the company’s executives are embarrassed about the strength workers showed at last Tuesday’s historic sit-ins,…

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We are selling 560 shares of Wells Fargo at roughly $60 each. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 2,110 shares of WFC, decreasing its weighting to roughly 4.0% from 5.08%. We always say discipline trumps conviction. No matter how strong a company’s outlook may be, it’s important to take some gains along the way, especially when encountering the high-quality problem of a stock becoming too big of a position due to outperformance. Our general rule of thumb is that when one of our positions gets to a weighting of around 5%, we ring the register and lock…

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The share price of Trump Media soared by more than 12% in afternoon trading Monday, continuing a stunning rise that began in mid-April.The DJT ticker was up more than $5 per share just before 1 p.m. ET.Trump Media owns the Truth Social app frequently used by the company’s majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump, who is also the presumptive Republican presidential nominee this year.”TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE REAL VOICE OF AMERICA!!!” Trump wrote in a post on the site earlier Monday.The company began public trading on March 26 with a price of more than $70 per share. Over the next…

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Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for 3-year loans and lower for 5-year loans when compared to fixed-rate loans for the seven days before. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to…

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Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. During the week of Apr. 15, 2024, average private student loan rates increased for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to take out 10-year fixed-rate loans and 5-year variable-rate loans. 10-year fixed rate: 10.45%, up from 9.40% the week before, +1.055-year variable rate: 7.75%,…

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