Articles filed under Economy
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Is the tax code overhaul hurting charitable donations?Mar 03, 2019 5:00 am - Charitable giving in the United States rose a lackluster 1.6 percent last year, despite a strong economy - a sign that the 2018 tax code overhaul could be hurting donati...
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In Miami, your skin color is a better predictor of wealth than where your ancestors came fromMar 03, 2019 5:00 am - Race appears to trump ethnicity when it come to predicting wealth, according to a new report examining the economic disparities among Miami's diverse population. The rep...
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Agricultural workers may soon be made of tech and steelFeb 24, 2019 5:05 am - DUETTE, Fla. - Human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plas...
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Your friends' social media posts are making you spend more money, researchers sayFeb 23, 2019 5:00 am - American families don't save money like they used to. In 2018 the personal saving rate hovered somewhere around 7 percent. That's up from an all-time low of 3 percent ri...
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Harper College seminar to provide economic outlookFeb 20, 2019 12:00 am - John Chapman, CEO of Clearwater Capital Partners, will provide insight into this year's economic and markets outlook at a Harper College seminar, "Outlook 2019." The fre...
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Millions of Americans could be surprised as their tax refunds shrinkFeb 17, 2019 5:25 am - Millions of Americans filling out their 2018 taxes will probably be surprised to learn that their refund will be less than expected or that they owe money to the Interna...
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Is automatic withdrawal the way to curb student loan defaults?Feb 17, 2019 5:17 am - What if student loan payments were treated like Social Security taxes - automatically withheld from a person's paycheck? Fewer people would fall behind and risk having t...
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The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouseFeb 17, 2019 5:00 am - The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouse. Women earn enough on their own to qualify for 1 percent status in just one of every 22 top-earning households, new res...
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Why more and more people don't want tech giants in their neighborhoodsFeb 16, 2019 5:22 am - When Amazon pulled out of its deal to construct half of its new headquarters in New York City on Thursday, the move was celebrated by the city's resurgent left. For mont...
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People like the estate tax a whole lot more when they learn how wealth is distributedFeb 10, 2019 5:09 am - Proposals to increase taxes on the wealthy are having a moment: Polling shows Democrats and Republicans coming together in support of steep taxes on the wealth and incom...