Articles filed under Economy
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Household net worth falls by largest amount since Great RecessionMar 10, 2019 6:15 am - Total household net worth in the fourth quarter of 2018 dropped by the largest amount since the fourth quarter of 2008 when the country was in the midst of a steep reces...
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Baby boomers upend the workforce one last timeMar 10, 2019 6:09 am - The youngest baby boomers are around 55 years old. The oldest are in their 70s. Most Americans don't remember a workforce without the largest generation. And yet, as boo...
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Analysis: State and local taxes are making rich richerMar 10, 2019 6:00 am - State and local taxes effectively redistribute national income from the poor to the very rich, according to data released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Polic...
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3 reasons to choose a college based on priceMar 10, 2019 6:00 am - Many prospective students choose a college for its location, its reputation or even its campus vibe. Here are three reasons to choose a college based on price. YOU C...
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When online tax prep is free, you may be paying with your privacyMar 09, 2019 5:20 am - Nothing is certain except death, taxes ... and tech companies making grabs for your data. So this tax season, I started asking why, exactly, all those "free" online tax ...
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Austin is building a mini Silicon Valley, with some of the same problemsMar 09, 2019 5:15 am - Three years ago, Brin Chartier went to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest festival and decided she wasn't going to leave. Then 27, the Boston native found a job a...
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US economy adds just 20,000 jobs in February, well below expectationsMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - The United States added just 20,000 jobs in February, significantly below expectations of a 180,000 gain, and a sign that the job market might be beginning to cool. The ...
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SALT cap will leave about 10.9 million people feeling tax painMar 03, 2019 5:22 am - About 10.9 million people are losing out on one of their most prized tax breaks - the deduction for state and local taxes. That's the number of people the Treasury Inspe...
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How the race for shareholder profits has left workers in the dustMar 03, 2019 5:08 am - A relentless focus on maximizing shareholder value has contributed to stagnant middle-class wages in the United States and fueled the rise of a society increasingly divi...
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430 billionaires fell off the list of the world's richestMar 03, 2019 5:04 am - Wild swings in global markets siphoned a combined $1 trillion from the fortunes of the ultrarich in 2018, unseating a record 430 billionaires. According to China-based H...