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ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that the rich are getting richer, at least based on how the tax code works. The report likely will set off another round of debates about...
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ThinkstockNear the top of the business headlines is the battle that Congress has started to wage with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the taxes it pays. By some measures, the company barely pays taxes...
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courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a record for its $17 billion debt offering in the last month, but the entire borrowing could have been avoided if there was not such a high corporate...
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ThinkstockEuropean Union leaders will turn to one of the most crippling parts of the region’s economies — tax dodging. Given the size of the underground economies in Spain and Greece, missing...
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ThinkstockTotal return is always the name of the game when it comes to investing success. Stocks that pay dividends on a regular basis help smooth out the rough spots when the market sells off or...
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ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued the first good news about the federal budget deficit since the 2008 recession and the huge stimulus program meant to pull the economy out of its...
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Jon OggChemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE) is a very strange company. Imagine owning the Roto Rooter drain cleaning and plumbing company AND owning a for-profit hospice provider. Now a Department of Justice...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) made news this week with a record $17 billion corporate bond offering. What is so different about this offering is that it is meant to fund its...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) filed an automatic shelf registration yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now we have the maturity dates and what types of notes and...
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ThinkstockThe great debate over the budget and reducing the gigantic U.S. deficit continues to dominate the network, cable, print and Internet news outlets. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a...
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The Cypriot parliament has just voted against stealing assets from depositors to fund the nation's bailout of its banking system. This is good news as it sends a message to the European Union that...
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ThinkstockBond yields have risen over the past month or two, and many investors expected those yields to keep rising. That was before Monday. The latest European debacle in Cyprus wanting to steal...
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ThinkstockHigh tax rates in European Union nations have caused some high profile news, including when French actor Gerard Depardieu decided to become a Russian citizen rather than pay a 75% tax...
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ThinkstockTax season is here and, according to a recent report, American families in the nation’s largest cities will be shelling out 15% or more of their income, and that doesn’t even include...
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ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal has pulled together the wisdom of businesses, business trade groups and economists and come to conclusion that higher payroll taxes and gasoline prices have undercut...
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