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If the rich will not be taxed at the federal level, perhaps they will be state-by-state. California Governor Jerry Brown has suggested that state residents who make more than $250,000 should pay a...
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There is a problem with tax collection in a country that has instituted austerity measures while simultaneously trying to attack tax evaders, and that is there may be no one to collect the money owed...
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Yet another study shows that the largest U.S. companies pay very little in taxes. The problem, if it is one, has gone without a solution for years. There is nothing on the horizon that would indicate...
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More than 2,00o Americans made in excess of $10 million last year. Most of them probably earned it, perhaps at investment banks or hedge funds. Some may be rich farmers who paid themselves well as...
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Leveraged ETFs and ETNs are not new to most investors. They are also not new in all cases when it comes to precious metals. You are likely familiar with the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) for...
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The Greeks smoke and drink too much, or the supply of alcohol and tobacco has contracted considerably. The National Statistical Service of Greece put out its September consumer price data. One of...
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It is more tiring each day to consider how much Europe has the world by the throat. Everyone in the U.S. is looking for a flash point, or a flushing sound, or something that signals the beginning...
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President Obama wants millionaires and billionaires taxed at a rate as least as high as the one school teachers pay. That plan is among the key issues between the Administration and Republican...
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S&P put out another report on US sovereign debt and the likelihood of a default if an increase in the debt cap isn’t passed. S&P lays out three scenarios for whether and how the debt...
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California means to make Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other e-commerce companies pay state sales taxes on all the goods and services the companies sells in the largest state by population. In...
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The Italian government has made official its new regime for solar generation installations in the country. While the new program does scale back government subsidies, it does so over a longer period...
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Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is further capitulating to Elliott Management in an activist move. Its CEO left under pressure last week and the restructuring addresses what Elliott had...
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Americans are divided about whether their tax rates are too high or about right. That has to make it harder for members of Congress as they try to decide whether voters want lower taxes. ...
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Most taxpayers get an image of a medieval torturer cracking a whip on some poor, innocent person in their heads when they think about the IRS or taxes in general. Hating the IRS may be as American as...
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The IMF’s new Fiscal Monitor says “The United States will require significant deficit cuts in 2012 and 2013 to meet their commitments over the next few years. A downpayment in the form of...
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