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Millions of taxpayers banking on refunds from the IRS will have to wait a little longer to get them this year. The last-minute passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act…
The first week of 2013 has not been a happy new year for some of the nation’s largest banks, particularly Bank of America. On Monday, Bank of America agreed to…
Workers starving for good news got a few morsels this week with positive reports on unemployment and pay. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says December’s unemployment rate was 7.8 percent,…
Here on the landless side of the fiscal cliff, there’s nothing but the wind. And as every parachutist and cliff diver knows, the wind can be tricky and unpredictable. Just…
Parties all over the world found reasons to celebrate the legislation that helped America avert the fiscal cliff. The bill, passed by the Senate in the early morning hours of…
Ever wonder how some of the country’s richest hedge fund managers succeed in making such huge fortunes on their stock market bets? How guys like Steven A. Cohen, founder of…
House Republicans dragged America to the rim of the fiscal cliff Tuesday before bowing to pressure from the Senate and passing legislation limiting tax hikes and spending cuts. The final…
Congress allowed America to stumble over the fiscal cliff Tuesday morning but left itself enough rope to pull the country out of trouble, perhaps before lunch. Senate leaders of both…
So the world didn’t end, after all. Whew! Looks like we dodged another bullet. Speaking of bullets, I hope everyone has their holiday shopping done. Just one last thought before…
The clock is winding down on the Jan. 1 deadline for the fiscal cliff crisis, and the Republican Party has punted. House Speaker John Boehner, who introduced what he thought…
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- Ebeling, A. (2013, January 8). Where’s My Refund? 2013 Tax Filing Season Will Open Late. Forbes.com. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2013/01/08/wheres-my-refund-2013-tax-filing-season-will-open-late/
- Luhby, T. (2013, January 8). IRS will accept tax returns starting Jan. 30. CNNMoney. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/08/news/economy/tax-returns/index.html