Employee Shopping: 'Acqui-Hire' Is The New Normal In Silicon Valley
Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech giants don't care about what the small...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund
If you usually wait until April to file your taxes, you might want to hurry up — before identity thieves beat you to it. Using stolen names and Social Security numbers, these criminals file fake tax...
View ArticleFor The Publicly Traded, Going Private Can Be Risky Business
It's been a busy month for corporate America.American Airlines and U.S.
View ArticleToo Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?
For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...
View ArticleAmericans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says
Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project. But those gains don't tell the whole picture.Let's start with the good news. The...
View ArticleFarm Bill's Sugar Subsidy More Taxing Than Sweet, Critics Say
While you indulge in some Easter Peeps and chocolates this weekend, you might want to think about all that sugar. No, this isn't a calorie warning. In the U.S., raw sugar can cost twice the world...
View ArticlePushing Traditional Limits, Vice Smacks Of Contradictions
How did Dennis Rodman end up having dinner with Kim Jong Un in North Korea? It was the idea of Vice Media, which has grown from a counterculture magazine into a full-fledged youth media...
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