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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 …

It’s hard to watch TV for any length of time, and not see a commercial for a financial services company. There’s a reason they spend so much money on advertising …

The fight over Obamacare is at an all-time frenzied high. Many believe that the entire law should be repealed, and now even the New York Times is jumping in on …

Here in the United States, politicians routinely play the blame game over what seem like small changes in the unemployment rate. If the official rate slips, say, from 7.5% to …