Earlier this week, I headed off to the store with school supply check list in hand. Boy, how things have changed since I was a kid. Tops on my list? Latex-free erasers. Pencils with latex-free erasers. Pencil sharpener together with Ziploc bag. The...

I just received a notice last week from my health insurance provider that rates at my office would be increasing an average of more than 25%. It’s not unexpected. Apparently, health insurance is one of the few industries which can regularly raise...

Don’t get too excited. It’s not a huge tax break – but it’s not a bad one either. A bill that was rushed through recently passed in Congress, known as The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009, will allow businesses to apply...

I get a number of bankruptcy-related questions submitted via ask the taxgirl. That’s why I was intrigued when I was asked to write a piece on Wallet Pop about how Chapter 13 payments affect your taxes. You can check out what I had to say here: Wage...

When it comes to economics, the US and UK tend to find themselves on the same page. A recent example is their consolidated front over the need for banking transparency – both countries took a tough approach with respect to the banking secrecy laws of...

“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis feels he finally got a break when a federal judge okayed a deal that Francis struck with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Francis was credited with 301 days already served and sentenced to one year of...