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The Internal Revenue Service answered the smallest number of calls ever this past year, according to a new report. Its not like the customer service from the IRS was ever …

The year 2013 gave us great travel-related stories from around the globe. There was no shortage of fascinating pieces to choose from. From major typhoons, to plane crashes, to the …

Economists don’t love Bitcoin, the government definitely doesn’t love them. Bitcoins are nothing more than sophisticated blips in a computer managed by no one. How on earth can any financially …

A new $85 billion budget deal agreement was reached this week, that will fund federal agencies through the fall of 2015. This will avert another government shutdown, and end the …

Recently we discussed why Bitcoins, encrypted digital tokens that can be freely traded across the Internet without going through a bank, are likely to be around for a while. Certainly …

Tax breaks for individuals that were once classified as “temporary” are starting to become more permanent. These tax breaks, which are also called “tax extenders,” are special-interest credits included in …

Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, has passed away at the age of 95. Mandela was …

Here in Florida we have private jets flying overhead at fairly regular intervals, so we jokingly call them the Key Biscayne Air Force. Every time I see one flying over, …

A new proposal regarding our deficit and how to fix it is floating around the House-Senate budget conference committee, as an partial alternative to the sequestration budget cuts. It would …

The number of people invested in the stock market is the lowest since the late 1990s and, despite a recovery that’s seen market valuations return to record high levels, Americans …