Auditors Can Go Straight To Partner’s Return. The Internal Revenue Service says it need not audit a small partnership’s return …
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Call It The ‘Universal Slush Fund’
The Universal Service Fund is a $7 billion federal program in search of a purpose. Politicians and lawmakers don’t know …
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SEC Lets Shareholders Act Like Owners — To A Point
A new rule that gives public company shareholders the power to nominate their own directors is not going to turn …
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A Prosecutor Crosses The Line
The justice system is supposed to protect crime victims. Occasionally, however, prosecutors’ power leads them astray. Kenneth Kratz, the district …
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Reggie Bush Steps Up And Goes Down
Last Friday, I sat in the Boise, Idaho, airport, watching people stream in from across the country dressed in Boise …
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Rebecca Pavese in Bankrate.com
Rebecca Pavese suggests ways to minimize the pain of required minimum distributions from retirement accounts.
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Human Flags At The Top Of The World
The town of Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, has temperatures below freezing nearly all year. Its Inuit …
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Keeping College Debt Under Control
In good times, and especially in bad, college graduates tend to earn more money than their less-educated peers, and they …
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The ‘Southwest Effect’ Expands Its Reach
Yesterday’s announcement that Southwest Airlines plans to acquire AirTran is welcome news for travelers, but it probably made Delta executives …
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Good News For Hackers
Good news for hackers: The U.S. government may soon require online communications services to water down their encryption techniques. The …
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