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Midday Update: Job numbers, calorie counts, and Romanian witches
Jan 7, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department's jobs report threw us for a loop today. The nation's unemployment rate fell from 9.8 to 9.4 percent today -- the lowest...
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Hard-core tactics backfire
Jan 5, 2011
You think so? The National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has issued a report saying that the use of "hard-core" collection tactics by the IRS is...
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Taxes: April 15 income tax filing deadline extended
Jan 5, 2011
Uncle Sam is cutting taxpayers a break this year. We still have to pay the man, but we'll get an extra three days to file our returns....
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How perception affects our sense of wealth, and taxes
Dec 25, 2010
How we each individually live our lives often depends on how we see our peers live their lives. For people making $250,000 a year, or the top 2 percent income in the country, that means probably surrounding themselves with even richer people. And that's why there was a debate over taxes, says the New Yorker's James Surowiecki.
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America, get realistic and tax the rich
Dec 24, 2010
The American Dream -- the belief that anyone can work their way up the ladder to prosperity -- is deeply intertwined into U.S. culture. But it's also deeply affecting our thoughts about income taxes, says commentator Felix Salmon, and we need to become more realistic.
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Divining the stock market's next move--on Twitter!
Dec 23, 2010
My first reaction to using Twitter to divine the market's next move was, You've got to be kidding? My second thought was, What if there is...
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REICH: Washington needs a bold solution for middle-class
Dec 15, 2010
Commentator Richard Reich says extending the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits isn't helping the average American.
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Credit card companies want you back--for a price
Dec 13, 2010
Credit card issuers are trying to revive their old business model of signing up the slightly riskier customer. The goal is to find customers that...
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It's December! Are you ready for tax day?
Dec 10, 2010
Tess Vigeland talks to tax agent Frank Degen about what you should do now so maximize your tax credits and refunds.
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