What Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund
If you usually wait until April to file your taxes, you might want to hurry up — before identity thieves beat you to it. Using stolen names and Social Security numbers, these criminals file fake tax...
View ArticleFor The Publicly Traded, Going Private Can Be Risky Business
It's been a busy month for corporate America. American Airlines and U.S. Airways announced plans to merge , Comcast bought the rest of NBCUniversal, Warren Buffett and Brazilian firm 3G are taking...
View ArticleToo Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?
For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...
View ArticleAmericans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says
Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project . But those gains don't tell the whole picture. Let's start with the good news....
View ArticleCan 'Smart Gun' Technology Help Prevent Violence?
For years, many have dreamed of so-called smart guns, weapons that know their rightful owner and won't fire in the wrong hands. Think James Bond's gun in Skyfall . A few major gun makers experimented...
View ArticleFarm Bill's Sugar Subsidy More Taxing Than Sweet, Critics Say
While you indulge in some Easter Peeps and chocolates this weekend, you might want to think about all that sugar. No, this isn't a calorie warning. In the U.S., raw sugar can cost twice the world...
View ArticleIs The Company Behind Rodman's Korea Visit The Future Of Media?
How did Dennis Rodman end up having dinner with Kim Jong Un in North Korea? It was the idea of Vice Media, which has grown from a counterculture magazine into a full-fledged youth media conglomerate....
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