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‘The best experience’: He’s been on 30 trips with a company that links travelers…
Glyn Evans has been on 30 trips with the same travel company, but he can still pinpoint the moment that stands out as his favorite. During a trip to Las Vegas, he served as best man for a couple on the same tour who got married on a…
Goldman Sachs sees ‘significant’ investment opportunities as the population ages
The world is getting older — and with that demographic change comes "significant" investment opportunities, according to Goldman Sachs. Fertility rates are declining and people are living longer, resulting in an older demographic taking…
‘The Sound of Music’ turns 60 this year. Salzburg has plenty in store for fans
In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace.Others did too.Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace's Pegasus Fountain, singing "Do-Re-Mi," one of most…
What to expect from travel prices in 2025 — and which destinations have the best vacation
Osaka, Japan.Jiale Tan | Moment | Getty ImagesThe new year has many travelers thinking ahead to 2025 vacation plans — and how much those trips may cost.About half — 51% — of Americans say flight cost will determine their destination…
Rome’s Jubilee is expected to attract 32 million people. Here’s why — and how to avoid
Vatican City is the world's smallest country by size and population.That's not stopping an estimated 32 million travelers from visiting this year for Jubilee 2025, a year-long global celebration among those of the Catholic faith.The…
IRS rejects more than 20,000 refund claims for pandemic-related tax credit
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel speaks during an IRS event in McLean, Virginia, on Aug. 2, 2023.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesThe IRS is sending more than 20,000 rejection letters to taxpayers who wrongly claimed a pandemic-era tax break as the…
Dozens of flights diverted, delayed after FAA warned of SpaceX rocket debris
Orange balls of light fly across the sky as debris from a SpaceX rocket launched in Texas is spotted over Turks and Caicos Islands, January 16, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from social media video.Marcus Haworth@marcusahaworth |…
Biden touts minority small business wins as Latino approval sags
US President Joe Biden speaks about strengthening US ports and supply chains after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association finalized a new contract covering west coast ports, in the State…
Boeing delivered 30 airplanes in December, but gap with Airbus widened in 2024
Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington.Leslie Josephs | CNBCBoeing handed over 348 airplanes in 2024, about a third fewer than it did a year earlier as the aerospace giant struggled with a crisis after a midair…
IRS unveils ‘voluntary disclosure program’ for businesses duped by pandemic-era tax
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before the House Small Business Committee on July 17, 2013.James Lawler Duggan | ReutersThe IRS has unveiled a "voluntary disclosure program" for businesses that claimed a pandemic-era tax credit…