Monthly Archives: August 2022

Capital gains tax rates: How to calculate them and tips on how to reduce what you owe

The capital gains tax rate could be the same or less than your ordinary income tax rate, depending on how long you’ve owned your investments. Keith Srakocic/Associated Press The capital gains tax rate applies to profits on investments.If you owned an asset for over one year before selling, it’s a long-term capital gain and taxed…

The 5 best credit cards for average or fair credit of August 2022

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The best credit cards with no foreign transaction fees of August 2022: Avoid fees of 3% or more when you travel abroad

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A Trump-backed conspiracy theorist who won an Arizona GOP primary suggested his own election was suspicious

Mark Finchem, a Republican candidate for Arizona Secretary of State, waves to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Trump-backed Mark Finchem won Arizona’s GOP primary for secretary of state on Tuesday.  But at an election watch party, he…

A major Arizona county ran out of ballots during primary voting. Republicans are now demanding the election director resign.

Stock photo of a voting booth Hill Street Studios/Getty Images At least 20 polling sites in Pinal County, Arizona, ran low or ran out of ballots on election day, ABC15 reported. The shortage comes after the county sent out incorrect ballots to 63,000 voters last month. Republican leaders are calling on the county’s elections director…

Physicists analyzed the earliest light in the universe and detected dark matter from 12 billion years ago

Radiation residue from the Big Bang, distorted by dark matter 12 billion years ago. Reiko Matsushita Physicists detected dark matter from 12 billion years ago in a new study. They used a technique called gravitational lensing to probe the distribution of dark matter around ancient galaxies. Dark matter is a mysterious, invisible substance that makes…

GOP Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a star witness for the January 6 committee, was defeated by a Trump-backed primary challenger

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and former Sen. David Farnsworth, his Trump-backed opponent. Michael Reynolds/Getty Images and AP Photo/Bob Christie Rusty Bowers lost a state Senate primary against David Farnsworth, who was backed by Trump. Bowers, the outgoing Arizona House speaker, testified before the January 6 committee in June. He spoke about facing down a…

Sheryl Sandberg has officially stepped down as Meta’s COO. Here’s how she got her start in tech and became No. 2 at one of the world’s most influential companies.

Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s chief operating officer. Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance via Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg has stepped down as Meta’s chief operating officer after 14 years at the company. During her tenure, Sandberg pioneered her own brand of feminism and weathered high-profile scandals. Here’s how Sandberg got her start in tech and became Meta’s second-in-command. Sheryl…

11 best Capital One credit cards of August 2022: Earn cash back or travel miles with options for students, small businesses, and lower credit scores

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