6/14/2013 5:08 PM // Economy

And you thought the NSA was the only one who is tracking you digitally; IRS will be tracking you online

The IRS in an effort to squeeze more money from taxpayers is collecting massive amounts of personal data incuding the number of eBay auctions you won to Facebook posts.

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6/11/2013 12:11 PM // Economy

Booz Allen fires Snowden for 'grave violation of the code of conduct'

Booz Allen has released a statement confirming that they have fired Snowden after he leaked classified NSA information to a reporter for the Guardian newspaper.

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6/11/2013 6:29 AM // Economy

Obamacare to raise healthcare premiums by 88 percent

Last Thursday, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced that, based on the rates submitted by insurers to date, the average individual-market health insurance premium in 2014 will be $420.

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6/2/2013 9:37 AM // Economy

Feds crackdown on real estate foreclosure auction scammers

The Feds are cracking down on scammers who were illegally fixing the bidding during real estate foreclosure auctions.

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6/1/2013 5:13 PM // Economy

Prepare to start eating Chinese pork and bacon - Chinese company buy US pork giant Smithfield

The Chinese corporation Shuanghui International, already the majority shareholder of China's largest meat producer, has just bought US pork giant Smithfield, in a $4.7 billion cash deal.

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5/28/2013 12:44 PM // Economy

Kellogg to pay $4 Million for Frosted Mini-Wheats ad that claimed it improved kids' attentiveness

Kellogg has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over the marketing claims it made for Frosted Mini-Wheats.

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5/3/2013 10:24 AM // Economy

The Comment of the Year

A Darrell Roeters has made the comment of the year in response to the Fed asking for public comments.

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4/30/2013 7:09 AM // Economy

AWESOME: Gun maker Ruger stock up 740% under Obama

Under Obama the stock price of Sturm Ruger & Co has jumped 740%.

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4/29/2013 4:08 PM // Economy

US Treasury Plans To Pay Down Debt For The First Time In 6 Years

The U.S. Treasury will pay down $35 billion of the national debt for the first time in 6 years.

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4/29/2013 9:55 AM // Economy, U.S.

Taxpayers to subsidize Chinese bus company that will make electric buses

A Chinese company that will make plug-in electric buses will open the plant in California and wants taxpayers to subsidize the sales. The company will get government aid because it meets certain guidelines.

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4/29/2013 9:38 AM // Economy, U.S.

IRS collected $5.5 billion from off shore accounts

The Tax Man has collected over $5.5 billion in revenue from off shore accounts after taxpayers came forward and reported on their foreign holdings under its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs.

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4/28/2013 7:30 AM // Economy

Private citizen attempts to arrest CEO of Wells Fargo

Melvin Willis, a 22-year-old activist from Richmond, Calif, attempted on Tuesday April 23 to arrest CEO John Stump of Wells Fargo.

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4/25/2013 11:55 AM // Economy, Politics

EBay president slams Amazon for supporting online sales tax

In an email to eBay users, Ebay President and CEO John Donahoe blasted Amazon.com for supporting the online sales tax.

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4/25/2013 7:39 AM // Economy

GE Capital will no longer finance gun store purchases

The anti gun hysteria has now extended to GE Capital - they will no longer finance gun store purchases.

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4/24/2013 8:04 PM // Economy

eBay: Congress should not burden small business in America with internet sales tax

eBay is vehemently opposed to the internet sales tax which has made it to the floor of the US Senate and will be voted on as soon as Thursday.

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4/16/2013 7:39 AM // Economy

David Stockman slams the Republican Party & the Federal Reserve for the bailout & financial crisis

David Stockman, former Reagan Budget Director, slammed the Republican Party, the Republican White House of 2008, Hank Paulson, and the Federal Reserve for the idiotic bailout decisions and big government spending.

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4/15/2013 8:27 PM // Economy

Followup - IRS targets wealthy with audits

This is a followup with more data our previous story - basically the IRS is targeting the wealthy by hitting them with more audits.

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4/7/2013 9:22 PM // Economy

Greta slams Paul Krugman: Instead of crunching numbers, get out and talk to people

Greta stated that regulations were killing job creation and small business. Obama apologist Paul Krugman said that the data does not show that regulations are killing small business.

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4/7/2013 9:07 PM // Economy

Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman: If we were counting the labor force like we were in 2000, the real unemployment would be 13.1 percent

Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman on This Week said that if we were counting the labor force as we did back in 2000 the real unemployment would be 13.1%.

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4/7/2013 8:23 PM // Economy

Liberal Socialist Paul Krugman blames Sequester and Old People for the crappy jobs report

Obama Apologist Paul Krugman made excuses for the crappy jobs report on This Week. Excuses included the sequester, the Fiscal Cliff deal, fiscal austerity measures, and old people.

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