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U.S. consumers still strapped despite rebounding shares, home prices
02/19/2013Consumer spending could remain modest as the economy recovers from the recession, even with steady improvement in the housing...
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We Need True Tax Reform
02/19/2013There is no doubt that the current U.S. Tax Code needs to be seriously reformed. It has grown to...
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Sequestration Threatens IRS Jobs, Taxpayer Services, Programs and National Security
02/18/2013Should the scheduled across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration occur on March 1, the Treasury would have no...
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Future U.S. retirees could face tough times
02/18/2013For the first time since the New Deal, a majority of Americans are headed toward a retirement in which...
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U.S. minimum wage is low by global standards
02/18/2013Barack Obama has long made income inequality a central theme of his second-term agenda. He has already tackled inequality...
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Huge M&A deals return after half-decade of doldrums
02/18/2013The mega-merger is back. For the corporate takeover business, the last half-decade was a fallow period. Wall Street deal...
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Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets Rises on Global Slowdown
02/18/2013International purchases of U.S. stocks, bonds and other financial assets rose more than forecast in December as investors sought...
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The Nuts and Bolts (or “What” and “Why”) of an Audit Committee
02/18/2013Enron. WorldCom. TYCO. These companies forever changed the accounting landscape. As a result of the related scandals, many employees...
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Life insurance a lifesaver for college?
02/15/2013Parents worried about how they’ll afford the soaring cost of college for their children increasingly are being steered by...
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Experts dispute value of Obama’s proposal to hike minimum wage
02/15/2013Advocates of a proposal to raise the minimum wage argue that it will lift millions of low-wage workers out...
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