Janet Novack
@janetnovack.bsky.social
Assistant Managing Editor & Washington Bureau Chief @Forbes. Tax, budget, retirement & education policy. Tax shelters. Scams. Fintech. Investing. email: jnovack@forbes.com
Deal? What deal? No concession by Trump when it comes to his own taxes or those of his sons. www.forbes.com/sites/howard...
Todd Blanche’s Latest Trump IRS Immunity Deal Is No Concession At All
This latest agreement would continue to assure that Trump and his sons would benefit from special tax treatment no other taxpayer has received.
forbes.com
Oops, here's the correct second link--to the story detailing how six folks chose overseas retirement locations. www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
The Forbes Guide To Planning For A Foreign Retirement
How six Americans picked retirement spots ranging from Mauritius to France. Start your own search with Forbes’ list of The Best Places To Retire Abroad in 2026.
forbes.com
Janet Novack@janetnovack.bsky.social · 5d agoAlso, here's how six retirees chose their overseas retirement spots. www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
Also, here's how six retirees chose their overseas retirement spots. www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
The Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2026
Forbes has picked 96 top retirement spots in 24 countries around the world based on costs, quality of life, healthcare, climate change and how welcome U.S. retirees are.
forbes.com
Janet Novack@janetnovack.bsky.social · 5d agoIf high prices or Donald Trump has you down, or you just like to look at pictures and dream of retirement, this is for you. www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
If high prices or Donald Trump has you down, or you just like to look at pictures and dream of retirement, this is for you. www.forbes.com/sites/willia...
To me, the moral of this story is that no career or major is a sure thing these days. So hey, study what interests you. www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
In Today’s New Grad Job Market, Some Engineering Majors Are Big Losers
Exclusive LinkedIn data shows engineering majors have been hit hard in today’s weak, AI-affected job market. Here’s what specialties are hurting the most.
forbes.com
Conflict-of-interest business as usual for Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Trump's Business Pursued Saudi Deal As He Conducted Nuclear Discussions
While Trump's administration held nuclear-energy talks with Saudi Arabia, his private business moved ahead with a real-estate project tied to the crown prince.
forbes.com
If you're curious about new OpenAI board member David Velez, here's what the billionaire's Nubank has been up to. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...
U.S. Banking Is A Fortress. Nubank’s Billionaire CEO Has An Invasion Plan.
Some analysts warn that the U.S. market is too competitive. But David Vélez has built a $13 billion fortune proving the naysayers wrong.
forbes.com
“.. People will pay because they have to,” said an executive at a hedge fund. “If you’re behind on that news, you’ll get crushed.” @financialtimes.com $DJT www.ft.com/content/e466...
New Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Are Easy. But Do You Really Want One? www.forbes.com/sites/howard...
New Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Are Easy. But Do You Really Want One?
These Alzheimer's tests raise many important issues that patients and their physicians should carefully consider before requesting or administering them.
forbes.com
Donald Trump, who decades ago described himself as “a bit of a P.T. Barnum,” has finally found his most lucrative act: being president. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Trump Made Even More Money Than You Thought Last Year
America’s salesman-in-chief capitalized on the most lucrative pitch of his life. Now Trump is selling something else—the myth that he doesn’t know how he made so much.
forbes.com
When asked, Americans say they love small business. But where do they shop? www.forbes.com/sites/johnsc...
Poll: Small Business Only American Institution With Bipartisan Support
New Gallup survey shows that voters of all stripes mistrust banks, big business, tech companies, the media and Congress, but have enduring trust in Main Street.
forbes.com
Some of this labor shortage, particularly in construction, has got to relate to the immigration crackdown. www.forbes.com/sites/johnsc...
Why Small Businesses Aren’t Hiring: They Can’t Find Qualified Workers
Employers told the NFIB they're having trouble finding workers. But experts say economic conditions, including tariffs and fuel costs, may also be making them pickier.
forbes.com
Trump Media, crypto, memecoins. A must read, and the best account yet, of how Trump has fleeced his followers. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
‘I’m Now Broke’: These Investors Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks And Crypto
Desperate to rebuild his fortune, Donald Trump asked his political supporters to become his business partners. Those who trusted him most got hurt the worst.
forbes.com
President Trump's retail store is out with an Independence Day email blast. Trump pledged not to profit off the presidency. In 2025, Trump Store dot com paid him $8.4 million.
So @taxgirl.bsky.social finds a tax angle to everything--and this one is legit. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
America At 250: The Tax Fight That Helped Launch A Nation
The Declaration of Independence is remembered as a statement of liberty, but it was also a complaint about power, representation, and taxes imposed without consent.
forbes.com
A Yale MBA is happily running a sheet metal fabrication business. www.forbes.com/sites/johnsc...
Millennials Are Now Buying Blue Collar, AI-Proof Small Businesses
Young entrepreneurs are snapping up baby boomer-owned plumbing, construction, manufacturing and HVAC companies. Plus: Tips for would-be buyers and sellers.
forbes.com
So much for the World Cup bump. "Leisure and hospitality employment declined by 61,000 in June, reflecting weaker than usual seasonal hiring. Thus far in 2026, employment in the industry has shown little net change."
The only certainties in Trump economic policy today are uncertainty (and self dealing). www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...
Trump Throws The Economy Into Even More Uncertainty
Trade deals are difficult to negotiate. Having to reexamine an agreement this broad and deep every year means constant financial turmoil.
forbes.com
🚨 NEW: "Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefited from his policies" Tom Bergin and Koh Gui Qing for @reuters.com
Trump reports more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures
U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefite...
reuters.com
The ruling is broadly expected to give Republicans an edge before the November midterms.
Why Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling Boosts Billionaire Donors—And Could Help The GOP In November
The ruling is broadly expected to give Republicans an edge before the November midterms.
forbes.com
Landlords now charge fees for everything. If our inflation measurements don't pick them up, we would be undercounting inflation deanbaker22.substack.com/p/why-people...
Why People Say the Economy is Bad #32,762: Fees and Insurance
How we measure inflation may not be how people perceive inflation
deanbaker22.substack.com
Tariff uncertainty continues to cause problems for small businesses. www.forbes.com/sites/johnsc...
Looking To Get Tariff Refunds? How This Entrepreneur Got $15,000
Hundreds of thousands of American businesses are still eligible for tariff refunds from the Trump administration, but navigating the refund process is far from simple.
forbes.com
Good news--at least temporarily--for access to primary care. www.forbes.com/sites/lisach...
Court Hands Graduate Nursing Students A Temporary Borrowing Reprieve
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Education Department’s narrow definition of “professional degree,” reopening a fight that could affect primary care's future.
forbes.com
More evidence that someone (pushy parents? social media) has made high-achieving kids crazy. They need a consultant to tell them to climb their own mountains, not someone else's.
lisa-chambers.bsky.social@lisa-chambers.bsky.social · last mo.Applying to college soon, or have a kid who is? Here's my latest for @forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/lisach...
The spread of nurse practitioners has saved the nation's primary care system. Now, a big barrier is being put up to the growth of NPs. www.forbes.com/sites/lisach...
As Nurses Lose Student Loans, Your Healthcare Could Suffer
A new law limits federal loans to aspiring nurse practitioners to $20,500 a year—less than half what would-be podiatrists, chiropractors and optometrists can borrow.
forbes.com
Workplace benefits for IVF grew fast in the first half of the decade. That may not continue, as employees lose leverage. www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
IVF Benefits Are ‘Life Changing’ For Workers. Will They Keep Growing?
Companies added IVF coverage when workers were scarce. Employers now have the upper hand, but the national focus on the declining birthrate could protect these benefits.
forbes.com
Today's Social Security report moves the date when the trust fund will run dry forward to late 2032. Here are six benefit cut/tax increase proposals to keep the program solvent. www.forbes.com/sites/baldwi...
They’re Coming For Your Social Security
What will you have: benefit cuts or tax hikes? Maybe a little of each. Here is what six potential solutions to the system’s bankruptcy would do to you.
forbes.com
Good explainer on the ruling yesterday against Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee. Bottom line: It's a tax. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
The $100,000 H-1B Trump Fee Case Is Really A Tax Case
A federal court blocked Trump’s H-1B fee, but the bigger fight is about whether the President can use broad immigration authority to impose what looks like a tax.
forbes.com
The U.S. tech industry relies heavily on the visa program.
Judge Blocks Trump’s $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas—Benefiting Amazon, Apple, More
The U.S. tech industry relies heavily on the visa program.
forbes.com
Jobs are growing, but unevenly across industries. That means laid off workers and new grads are taking longer to find jobs. www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
The Economy Is Still Adding Jobs—So Why Does Finding One Feel So Hard?
May showed strong signs of growth with 172,000 jobs added to the economy. But economists say a growing long-term unemployment rate suggests a more complicated picture.
forbes.com