Which capital city gets a lot of hate that you loved visiting? It’s common for people to shit on visiting capital cities. They often get labeled as too touristy, too crowded, unsafe, inauthentic, boring, etc. I don’t understand how people can get bored in a city with millions of people and ton’s of attractions, but everyone’s entitled to their opinion so I respect that. So what’s a city you visited that ge…

Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus In crowded Kinshasa, two strains of mpox are sweeping through a community that relies on selling sex. Hundreds of thousands of vaccines sent to the country have not been used.

I visited Egypt’s “new administrative capital” – it was empty submitted by /u/knakworst36

Capital One Preapproval – declined per dealership I’m asking this for my fiancée. Applied for pre-approval with Capital One just to see what the rate would be. Uploaded paystubs and all that jazz and waited. Got an email back from Capital One and was pre-approved for 51,000 dollars. The car they intend to buy is going to be 24,000 out the door. Dealership texts today saying Capital One denie…

Macau Is the Casino Capital of the World. For China, That’s Not Enough. A quarter century after the former Portuguese colony was made a Chinese territory, Macau’s economic boundaries with the mainland are being blurred.

Mom put my name on her Capital One credit card which is now 120 days past due, I just found this on my credit report, what do I do? Hi folks, I ran a credit report and found 1 account that is 120 days past due with capital one. This is my mother’s account, she put me on it years ago to build my credit. I asked her to take me off several months ago but she did not. The debt is ~$3000. Mom has let it go 120 days past because she is planning to file bankruptcy. We didn’t realiz…

Solana Was the Biggest Draw for New Crypto Developers in 2024: Electric Capital Ethereum remained the blockchain with the most devs, and the overall population of software builders in crypto was flat, the VC firm said in its annual survey.

Husband and I moved on military orders. We sold our house without owning 2+ years. Do we owe Capital Gains Tax? My husband is active-duty army. We moved in June on hard military orders to a new state. We are currently renting since this station is very temporary and will be moving again this spring. We purchased our home in North Carolina December 2022 and sold this past June 2024. Just under the 2 year mark that dismisses capital gains tax. After sellin…

Crypto Doesn’t Care About Cash Flow. That Will Soon Change, Says Pantera Capital Cosmo Jiang, portfolio manager at Pantera Capital, says that crypto investing will get more fundamentals-oriented as the industry matures.

Italy Set to Scale Back Planned Tax Hike on Crypto Capital Gains: Reuters The tax increase will be significantly reduced during parliamentary work, lawmakers said.

Has Sequoia Capital outgrown its business model? Venture capital’s hardiest perennial gets back to its roots

Capital gains on sale of a gifted house My mother transferred the deed for her house to me for $1 in 2004. I just sold the house for $275,000. Is capital gains tax calculated from the house’s value in 2004 to the 2024 sale price, or from $1 to the 2024 sale price? If the former, how is the value of the house in 2004 determined? submitted by /u/mpompe

Short term and Long term capital gains on statement when I didn’t sell In May of this year I did an in-kind transfer of some mutual fund holdings (Black Rock BMCAX and Templeton TEMFX) from LPL Financial to Vanguard to consolidate my investments. These are from an inheritance and eventually I plan to divest from these funds and place the proceeds into low cost index funds (once I figure out the cost basis for taxes…

Pakistan’s Capital Is Turned Upside Down by Unending Protests Residents of Islamabad are tiring of regular demonstrations demanding the release of the former prime minister Imran Khan, with the marches leading to clashes with security forces.

Capital One Venture TSA Precheck Capital One Venture has a “reimbursement” offer if you sign up for and pay for TSA Precheck. Has anyone had luck with this reimbursement? I can’t find any information through Cap One regarding the process. TIA submitted by /u/beccalansley

MicroStrategy Is a Bitcoin Magnet Pulling in the Earth’s Capital Reserves: Bernstein Bernstein raised its MicroStrategy price target to $600 from $290. Broker Canaccord also increased its price target for the software company, to $510 from $300. The shares rose over 6% in early trading Monday.

Capital gains tax question- I promise I googled first! Hello friends of Reddit. I’m hoping someone can help me answer this question. I’m helping my mom sell a piece of property and I’m pretty confused about what her tax liability will be. The property is not her main residence, it’s a rural piece of property that had a hunting cabin on it that really is no longer being used. It was never rented out….

Police in New Jersey’s Capital Violate Residents’ Rights, U.S. Finds Officers in Trenton have caused the deaths of innocent people, a Justice Department report found, citing a fatality that occurred after officers pushed a man’s face into the ground.

Capital One Travel Portal Any problems when booking through here? I heard 3rd parties are a bad idea because they will throw you under the bus when the airline and hotel tell you to contact them for a problem. I know Expedia and Booking are known to do this. What about Capital One? submitted by /u/Sporty-883

Would I owe capital gains tax in this case? I will soon inherit a rent house from my father, who recently passed, in a city about 6 hours away from me (Texas). When initially purchased by my father last decade, its purchase price was roughly $45K. My father rented this unit out all these years and, in fact, it still has a tenant. Once the deed is transferred to me, if I choose to sell it …