The Justice Department has filed papers seeking an order from a federal court in Miami, Fla., authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to request information from Zurich, Switzerland-based UBS AG about U.S. taxpayers who may be using Swiss bank accounts to evade federal income taxes. The Justice Department seeks permission to allow the IRS to [...]

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California and Washington passed a cell phone law that prohibits driving while using a cell phone. We all do it and a lot of people complain about it.
Mark Twain once said “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” This is a case where the ’statistics’ can be [...]

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The Federal Reserve has three regular scheduled meetings between now and the November election. The meeting dates are August 5, September 16 and October 28-29. Inflation is up primarily due to the high cost of crude oil. The cost of everything from fuel, food and fun vacations is rising.
Historically, the Federal Reserve [...]

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Have you been trying to figure out where to go on vacation this summer? How about a tax deductible vacation to Chicago?

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Credit card companies sucker consumers for more debt during the housing boom. During the housing boom in the 2000’s when house prices were escalating rapidly, homeowner’s were seeing corresponding increases in their net worth. During this same time, banks offered credit card holders increasing credit limits. Many homeowner/credit card holders saw their [...]

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Credit card companies are getting away with incredible abuse of consumers. Consider this business : Issue credit cards are 0% interest for 6 months, then raise the interest to 16%, allow 20 days for the consumer to pay the invoice each month and sit back and wait until [...]

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Auditors looking for a casual experience can relax after a week of hard work in San Leon. Two top notch places to go in San Leon are the Sunset Lounge and Topwater Grill. You don’t have to get dressed up for these places.
First go to the Sunset Lounge on the [...]

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When is the last time that you went to the House of Blues on Saturday night? That’s too long! The House of Blues is a great place to spend Saturday night when you want to have a few drinks and listen to great blues bands.
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The FBI is investigating large corporations that have been involved in the subprime debt market and are warning that their may be corporations charged with fraudulent activities associated with their subprime debt businesses.
There is a fine line between behavior that pushes the legal boundaries and behaviour that crosses the legal boundaries. This [...]

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants estimates that more than 64,000 bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting were awarded in the 2006 - 2007 school year. This represents the most in 30 years. It also represents a 19% increase from the 2003-2004 school year when the last survey was performed.
This is an [...]

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