Jamie Beaton has built a career helping students from around the world gain admission to Harvard University and other top-tier institutions. Now, days after the Trump administration banned Harvard from enrolling international students and stopped scheduling appointments for student visas, Beaton, co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education, a college consulting firm, is advising his clients to “ignore the chaos.” Getting…
日本政府觀光局（JNTO）4月份旅客達390.9萬人次，按年增加28.5%，創單月歷史新高，當中香港旅客人數按年大增近43%至26.3萬人次，扭轉3月時的跌勢，主要受惠於復活節期間及櫻花季節。有指日本地震預言損當地旅遊業，但4月份數字未有反映該情況。 旅遊業界指出，港人仍擔心日本地震預言，料其影響會在六七月反映出來，對於今年暑假出發往日本的旅行團出團情況不樂觀，期望秋季紅葉季節能帶動港人訪日回復正常水平。 受惠新航線及復活節旺季 據日本政府觀光局數字，4月訪日的香港旅客數目達26.3萬人，按年增42.9%，該局表示，香港旅客數目上升，因新增往來香港與小松新航線、往來香港與石垣島航線，以及往來香港與關西航線，而今年清明節及復活節於4月中旬開始（去年為3月底），故4月入境旅客人次創新高。另今年首4個月訪日香港旅客數目達91.1萬人，按年增12.8%。 縱橫遊常務董事袁振寧稱，部分港人擔心日本地震預言，對前往日本旅遊較為審慎，料其影響會在六七月反映出來，對暑假日本旅行團出團數字並不樂觀，近期有見各大航空公司前往日本機票價格下跌，例如7月旅遊旺季期間，前往日本的機票價格約2000多元，按年下跌 Source link
In many ways, I’ve been extremely lucky. I had subsidized housing, so my rent was never more than $1,000. I never had any student loans. I paid for college through a combination of financial aid and 529 funds my parents had saved, so the only debt I had was on my credit cards. At the…
Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images As investors digest the latest bond market sell-off, advisors have tips about portfolio allocation amid continued market volatility. Typically, investors flock to fixed income like U.S. Treasurys when there’s economic turmoil. The opposite happened this week with a sharp sell-off of U.S. government bonds, which dropped bond prices as yields…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The stock market has been throwing a temper tantrum, fueled by fear of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and the specter of an escalating global trade war. Americans may wonder why trade policy has made stock investors so skittish….
Zelle, one of the most widely used digital payment services in the United States, shut down money transferring services available on its stand-alone mobile app on April 1. The service itself is not disappearing, but some Zelle users must transition how they access the tool. Why It Matters Zelle is a key player in the…
As President Donald Trump rolls out sweeping new tariffs on goods imported into the United States, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about their financial fate. Consumers worry that the duties will cause inflation to flare up again, while investors fear that higher prices will mean lower profits and more pain for the battered stock market. As of Thursday…
Switch the Market flag for targeted data from your country of choice. Open the menu and switch the Market flag for targeted data from your country of choice. Need More Chart Options? Right-click on the chart to open the Interactive Chart menu. Use your up/down arrows to move through the symbols. Source link
Over the past few years, we’ve highlighted the risk of a slowdown in consumer spending as the post-pandemic surge — where consumers were flush with cash — has given way to depleted savings and rising debt levels to sustain spending. Recent data over the past four months shows a noticeable shift in consumer sentiment, with…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.48%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.32%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures… Source link