Tag: Windfall

Family Finances: What to Do With a Windfall

By Rivan V. Stinson From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance It’s a cliché, but it’s also true: Every cloud really does have a silver lining. That was hammered home for me after I was recently rear-ended in a car accident. I wasn’t hurt, but it was a frightening experience, and the amount of paperwork required in its aftermath…


‘Where’d the Money Go?’ How to Handle a Windfall

Tax refunds. Child tax credits. COVID-19 relief checks. We dream of the next unexpected bundle of money that lands in our lap. Perhaps it’s a few hundred dollars earned from a garage sale, maybe even more from a job bonus, or hundreds of thousands from a winning lottery ticket or inheritance. Our minds race with…


Foreign College Athletes Left Out of Rush for NIL Windfall

STORRS, Connecticut—UConn forward Dorka Juhasz, like many of her teammates, was excited when she heard college athletes would be allowed to make money through celebrity endorsements and other means. The problem? Juhasz, who is from Hungary, is among the more than 12 percent of college athletes in the U.S. from a foreign country—including more than…


Amazon Expects Spring Windfall as US Economy Reopens, Posts Record Profits

Amazon.com Inc, one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, posted record profits on Thursday and signaled that consumers would keep spending in a growing U.S. economy and converts to online shopping are not likely to leave. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, shoppers have relied increasingly on Amazon for delivery of home staples,…