Finance
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Navigating the 2025 tax season: What you need to know about key IRS changesMar 08, 2025 12:58 pm - As the 2025 tax season approaches, significant changes from the IRS could impact your financial planning, whether you file taxes individually or as a business owner.
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How valuation analysts help secure win-win deals for buyers and sellers alikeMar 08, 2025 12:46 pm - So what makes for a good deal — one where the sale or purchase of a business works out for both parties? For starters, timing is critical.
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If you’re thinking about selling your stocks, you might want to think twice
Mar 07, 2025 12:54 pm - Sharp moves for the U.S. stock market, like its recent 6% drop in just a couple of weeks, happen regularly. Stomaching them is the price investors have to pay for the bigger returns that stocks can offer over other investments in the long term.
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DOGE targets child support database full of income data
Mar 07, 2025 12:36 pm - Representatives of the U.S. DOGE Service have sought access to a powerful database of nearly all U.S. workers’ earnings kept by the health department’s child support office, setting off another disagreement with career staff over demands for legally protected records, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Legislation aims to help first-time homebuyers
Mar 03, 2025 9:49 am - As the cost of housing continues to rise, Illinois real estate agents are pushing legislation to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to save for a down payment.
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CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more
Feb 27, 2025 4:28 pm - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and amid turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.
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Families who have a mission for their moneyFeb 22, 2025 1:37 pm - Family offices are using impact investing strategies and venture philanthropy to make a lasting difference in the world.
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IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say
Feb 21, 2025 10:54 am - WASHINGTON — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely will mean the end of the agency's plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers a...
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What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
Feb 15, 2025 1:54 pm - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, recently had its work halted by the Trump administration. Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities.
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7 mistakes that can derail your retirementFeb 08, 2025 1:50 pm - I have spent many years helping clients plan for their retirement. Unfortunately, I have also seen many mistakes that retirees have made along the way. Here are a few that you should avoid.