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American consumers are a step slow in accepting the news that the U.S. economy really is on the mend. Consumer confidence and retail spending dipped in March, while the rest…
April 15 has passed and you know what that means: Somewhere around 140 million taxpayers are hoping they don’t get audited. Not because they cheated, but because they have no…
College seniors typically pay a visit to their academic advisers in the final weeks before graduation to make sure they have enough credits to get out. They might be better…
Tax Day is upon us once again. This year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expects to receive 250 million tax returns and $2 trillion in revenue. And regardless of all…
There’s no debt in baseball. The season just started and no matter where you look, the sport is gushing money like a BP oil well. Consider these figures: $14.2 billion:…
Andrew Katzman recognizes that his story – debt collector ends up paying a bill – is one of life’s ultimate ironies. “It is incredible irony, almost a paradox, isn’t it?”…
The U.S. airline industry is coming off its second-best year ever in terms of customer service, but it comes with a price: Complaints were up, and so was the average…
A month after sequestration kicked in, the alarms sounded by President Obama – “It will cost us jobs and slow down our economy,” he said Feb. 5 – have not…
Looking for a job isn’t fun, even in the best of times. It’s a lot worse in the worst of times — times like these. While the national unemployment rate…
The hot topic in America is the issue of gay marriage, as the Supreme Court has been asked to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act and on California’s marriage…
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- Mullaney, T. (2013, April 12). Profits u sharply for JPMorgan, Wells Fargo. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/12/bank-earnings/2075491/
- Craig, S. (2013, April 16).Goldman Posts $2.2 Billion Quarterly Profit, Beating Estimates. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/goldman-sachss-first-quarter-profit-beats-estimates/
- Woellert, L. (2013, April 16). Consumer Prices in U.S. Fell in March on Cheaper Gasoline. Bloomberg News. Retrieved from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-16/consumer-prices-in-u-s-declined-in-march-on-cheaper-gasoline.html