Rhode Island May See More Pension Struggles in 2014
Repayments of loans connected to Curt Schilling's failed video game also source of debate
Economics
55 Tax Breaks Expiring Today, But Congress May Renew Them Retroactively Later
Breeding uncertainty in the business environment
Individual Bitcoin Miners Don't Have to Register with US Government
Not that they were going to, anyway
Initial IPhone Orders Through China Mobile Underwhelming
China Mobile not getting the same response as other carriers
SEC Investigating Calif. Public Pension Fund Purchases
Allegations of possible insider trading
China's Massive Local Debts Stir Concerns
Municipalities within the country owe and estimated $3 trillion
Dozens of Federal Tax Breaks Set to Expire
But may be renewed retroactively, as they are every year, creating all sorts of business uncertainty
French Constitutional Council Approves 75 Percent Tax on the Wealthy
What could possibly go wrong?
Al Qaeda Keeps Careful Track of its Members' Expenses
Recipts kept for small purchases, such as mustard
Minimum Wage To Increases in 13 States on Jan. 1
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island among those to see the highest increase
The Moral Case for Freedom Is the Practical Case for Freedom
The division of human life into the moral and the practical is of recent vintage.
IBM: 19 Percent of Online Holiday Purchases Done on Tablet, 9 Percent on Smartphones
Smartphones and tablets accounted for nearly half off total online holiday traffic
Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Believe Economy in Bad Shape
What did they expect of all the government intervention?
Japan Moves Close to Escaping Deflation
More than half way to meeting central bank's 2015 inflation goal
Does the Bell Toll for Excessive Public Pay?
Increasingly, the public may be seeing that the problem isn't a handful of officials who illegally gamed the system, but a system that allows a powerful minority to legally game the majority.
Veterans and Lawmakers Pushing To Prevent Military Benefits Cuts
Obama signed the spending bill implementing the changes yesterday
What Does Government Do When People Start Living Healthier? Tax That, Too, Obviously.
Cyclists eyed as potential new revenue sources
Glitch Causes Delta to Temporarily Offer Absurdly Low Ticket Prices
Airline will honor them
Could a Traditional Car Company Acquire Tesla?
How quickly would GM run it into the ground?
