• July 19, 2008
    In my recent look at  FDIC insurance guidelines, I closed that post by lamenting the disappearance of friendly local bankers,…

  • July 18, 2008
    UPDATE, July 24, 2008 -- Massachusetts has finally joined the 2008 tax holiday parade. More on the Bay State's upcoming…

  • July 17, 2008
    By converting his $3 million home to a church, an Illinois man has saved himself around $80,000 in property taxes.…

  • July 17, 2008
    Congressional interest in the use of foreign accounts to avoid U.S. taxes has moved beyond the traditional tax-writing committees. The…

  • July 16, 2008
    A new study says that you probably will. And that data was collected before the stock market went on its…

  • July 16, 2008
    The bulk of the rebate checks have been delivered. Can't you just feel the economic stimulation. (I hope that last…

  • July 15, 2008
    Joe Sixpack Budweiser drinkers might be crying in their beers over the sale of the iconic American brewer to InBev…

  • July 14, 2008
    This week, Vermont residents can escape paying sales tax on qualified Energy Star appliances costing $2,000 or less. The energy-efficient…

  • July 14, 2008
    On July 14, 1789, the French stormed the Bastille, the prison that was the symbol of the absolute power of…

  • July 13, 2008
    The IndyMac Bank failure got me thinking about something most of us take for granted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, usually…