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Moody’s Expresses Concern Over U.S. Debt Battles

Moody’s Expresses Concern Over U.S. Debt Battles

  Moody’s Investors Service is one of three firms that assess national creditworthiness. Standards & Poors and Fitch are the other two. The system has five “A” ratings ranging from…

Home Depot Reaches $100k Settlement With Fired Cancer Patient

Home Depot Reaches $100k Settlement With Fired Cancer Patient

Home Depot is known for being an LGBT friendly business, but a decision that was made by the company has caused them a lot of bad press. In 2008, Home…

U. S. Health Care Gets Bad Grades

U. S. Health Care Gets Bad Grades

This is not the week for me to be writing about the state of health care in America. We are now three weeks into trying to get a diagnosis for…

Viacom Shareholder Sues Over Exec Compensation

Viacom Shareholder Sues Over Exec Compensation

One of the measures of the health of a nation’s economy is the ratio between the compensation for executives and the wages of the average employee. America is not doing…

“Meth Candy” From “Breaking Bad” For Sale

“Meth Candy” From “Breaking Bad” For Sale

When the producers of the hit AMC drama Breaking Bad needed “meth” for the show, they contacted Albuquerque candy maker Debbie Ball. She created a harmless blue-dyed rock candy for…

German-Swiss Tax Evasion Accord Progressing

German-Swiss Tax Evasion Accord Progressing

For several years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been sort of quietly leading an international effort to end tax evasion. Instead of targeting Germans driving Ferraris, she’s focused on the…

Past the Hysteria: eBay’s Ban

Now that we’re past the first “How dare they!?” gut reactions, it’s time to take a long look at what, exactly, eBay is discontinuing. In its 2012 Fall Seller Update,…

The Actual Obamacare Taxes

The Actual Obamacare Taxes

  Heard the one about how much our taxes are going to go up with Obamacare, how it’s the “biggest tax increase in history”? It’s right up there with how…