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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

U.S. States, Cities Seek Voter Approval for $17 Billion of Debt

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States and municipalities across the country are asking voters to approve $16.8 billion in bonds this upcoming election on November 2nd. A...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Tax Court Denies Prof's Claimed Deductions for Research

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Recently the U.S. Tax Court denied a math professor from The City University of New York an education related tax deduction. The professor...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

U.S. Could Lose $37 Billion a Year to Tax Havens: Levin

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From ABCNews.com: The U.S. government loses $37 billion per year in tax revenues because multinational corporations stash money in overs...
Monday, July 19, 2010

More Americans Are Forfeiting Citizenship to Escape U.S. Taxes

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According to the Financial Times , a significant number of Americans living outside the country are renouncing their US citizenship to av...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

U.S. Lost Most Jobs Among Rich Countries

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From ABCNews.com: Unemployment in rich countries may have peaked — but there are still 17 million more people out of work than at the st...
Monday, June 07, 2010

Rating Cut by Fitch on Wealthiest U.S. State

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According to EconomicPolicyJournal.com , the state of Connecticut is expected to borrow nearly a billion dollars to close a budget gap in t...
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, February 25, 2010

Mortgage Rates on 30-Year U.S. Loans Rise to 5.05

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According to Bloomberg.com , US mortgage rates climbed for the first time in nearly a month; this increased the cost of borrowing and cause...
Monday, February 08, 2010

IRS Silent So Far On New US Tax Rules For Inherited Wealth

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From TradeSignalOnline.com : The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is taking a wait-and-see approach on issuing guidance dealing with taxes o...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Shrinking U.S. Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate From Rising

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From Bloomberg.com : An exodus of discouraged workers from the job market kept the U.S. unemployment rate from climbing above 10 percent ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Mortgage Activity Fell in U.S. Last Week

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According to UPI.com , the amount of mortgage applications fell by around 12% in the United States last week. The Mortgage Bankers Associat...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Swiss Sell UBS AG Stocks, Tax Settlement Already Rewarding

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As a result of the yesterday’s announcement that the names of over 4,500 Americans using bank accounts to avoid taxes would get turned ove...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Swiss to Reveal UBS Accounts to Settle U.S. Tax Fight

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The legal battle between the U.S. and the Swiss looks like it may finally be coming to an end, according to a new Reuters.com story. As p...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Settlement Near in UBS Tax Evasion Case

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According to the Associated Press the U.S. and Swiss government are close to reaching a deal over recent allegations that American taxpaye...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Swiss, U.S. Seen Needing Time to Ink UBS Tax Deal

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The August 3 rd deadline for a settlement between Switzerland and the U.S. on the UBS case seems unlikely, according to several sources c...