Showing posts with label federal government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label federal government. Show all posts
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Treasury's Shock and Awe on AIG

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According to CNN , the Treasury and Federal Reserve finalized details of the latest restructuring of the financial giant yesterday. The ag...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Flawed New $100 Bill, $110 Billion Fed Headache

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The federal government has produced over 1.1 billion new $100 bills; however the bills have a problem. These high tech bills easily crease...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

TIGTA: Scammers Defraud IRS Out of $1.9 Billion Via Multiple I.D. Numbers

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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a new report asserting that tax scammers have defrauded the federal governm...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Treasury Authorizes Sale of More Citigroup Stock

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Earlier today it was reported that the federal government would begin a fourth round of sales of Citigroup stock. The move is part of the ...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Social Security: No 2011 Increase

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On Friday, the Federal Government announced that there would be no rise in Social Security benefits next year. This will mark the second y...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Recovery.Gov a Model for Transparency

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Recovery.com, the government funded site created to track the spending of government stimulus money, is celebrating it’s one year annivers...
Monday, May 03, 2010

US to Probe Thousands More Offshore Tax Evaders

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From Reuters.com: The U.S. government expects to probe thousands more cases of wealthy individuals dodging taxes through offshore bank a...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

U.S. Needs to Borrow Less than Expected: Geithner

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From MarketWatch.com: The U.S. government's borrowing needs will likely be much less than originally expected, as bank have been rep...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How Uncle Sam is Killing your Savings

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It is always a good idea to save up a little money in case of a rainy day, because you never know when you are going to need it in an emer...
Monday, October 19, 2009

2009 Federal Deficit Surges to $1.42 Trillion

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According to the Associated Press , the U.S. Treasure released figures last Friday showing that the Federal government spent $46.6 billion ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tips on Getting Feds to Cut Your House Payment

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From MSNBC.com: If your income slumped along with the economy, you've got plenty of company these days. So much so that the governme...
Monday, August 10, 2009

A Deeper Look at the Cash for Clunkers Program

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The Federal government’s new “Cash for Clunkers” program has been getting a lot of attention over the past week. The phrase was trending o...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Who’s to Blame for the Housing Market Crash?

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In a new article on the Wall Street Journal the Mortgage Bankers Association suggests that zero money down loans, not subprime loans, led ...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Fed Sees Up to $599 Billion in Bank Losses

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The Federal government has reported that they believe that 19 of the largest US banks could suffer major losses over the next year if the ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Feds Come After Redding Couple for Alleged Tax Scam

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From SacBee.com: A Redding couple faces felony charges for running a tax-return scheme and claiming more than $159,000 in false refunds....
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Video of Geithner Discussing Tax Problems

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Embedded below is a video of Timothy Geithner being grilled by the Senate on his tax problems.
Friday, November 21, 2008

10 Ways to Get Free Money from the Government

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One of my favorite business blogs, GetEntrepreneural.com , posted this very informative entry titled “How to Get Free Government Money 101....