In mid-January, President Obama announced a plan to merge six government agencies, including the Small Business Administration. The merger, he argued, would save $300 million per year over the next decade and eliminate 1,000 to 2,000 positions, as employees of the merged agencies quit or retire and are not replaced. Several members...
According to data compiled in tax year 2009, more than 4 million Americans claimed the home-office deduction on their tax returns. That’s about 3 percent of the total 140 million returns filed in 2010. The number is likely to increase this year, with business startup rates having increased substantially in 2011.
Kathy Pickering,...
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Mark Foster of Foster the People was mentored at Mophonics Photograph by Steven De Wall/Redferns/Getty Images
Before Pumped Up Kicks became a top-selling single last year, Mark Foster’s greatest hit was the music in a TV commercial for Muscle Milk, a protein drink. But this year the singer-songwriter and his b...
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I am an irregular coffee drinker. I don’t need it to get up in the morning, but I do need it after a rough night or a heavy lunch. I am also, though, an irregular sleeper. Some nights I find myself wide awake at 3 a.m. Could it have been that last cup of coffee? Should I have had tea in...
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By Richard Rubin
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Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration called for reducing the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 35 percent, eliminating tax breaks and changing core features of the tax code such as interest...
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