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When your uncle loans you $10,000 to tide you over, is it taxable income? Nope. What about when the bank loans you $100,000? No again. That?s provided it?s a real loan and not income. That?s a key distinction that lan...

This article is by Peter Daboll, CEO of Ace Metrix.

Microsoft today placed a $3.25 billion offering across 1.625% five-year notes at T+35, 3.625% 10-year notes at T+90, and 4.875% 30-year bonds at T+105, sources said. Spreads were set firm to initial whispers in the T+45...

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High-income taxpayer dinged with 40% penalty for reporting inflated losses via partnerships.

More than 11,000 Americans show dangerously high lead levels, the CDC says, and the number is probably much higher. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?

A new report from its own Inspector General notes that the US Department of Homeland Security -  the government division ostensibly responsible for ensuring cybersecurity throughout the nation - itself suffers from seri...

Guest post by Jeremy Liew, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

This article is by Ron Friedman, Ph.D., a motivational psychologist and the founder of the Friedman Strategy Group, a market research consultancy. Follow him @ronfriedman.

After studying business at Georgetown University, Mohammed 'MO' Dewji returned to Tanzania, took over his father's commodities trading business and transformed it into a sizable manufacturing empire.

According to a survey of nearly 1,000 tax professionals conducted at the annual Thomson Reuters SYNERGY conference, corporate tax audits have increased dramatically over the past two years.

The discussions that are happening around Bitcoin feel a lot like those from the early days of the internet. It's like when my parents asked me about AOL dial-up. "Who is the computer calling? Now the questions are, "wh...

There's been a lot of talk about values-driven leadership--and I believe it's not only the best way to lead, but the only way to be authentic and stay centered in the midst of chaos. And, frankly, it's a highly successfu...

Restaurant failure rates are inflated, but lenders refuse to change their policies.

I love road trips. There's nothing better than loading up the bike and setting off to see what's over the next hill. Sometimes the trip includes exploring undiscovered country, but just as often, it's a new twist on fami...

According to Nielsen survey 47% of global respondents agreed that humorous brand ads resonated the most. Learn from three companies that do humor marketing well.

By Kevin Cain and Dorie Clark

By Mayor Sylvester "Sly" James and Dane Stangler

This has been a good year for the stock market. The S&P500 (NYSE:SPY) and the Dow Jones Industrials (NYSE:DIA) are reaching new highs; NASDAQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) is racing towards the old pre-dot.com crash levels. It was also g...

Policymakers, particularly at the state and local levels, should be focused on the tax favors that are reflexively granted to NFL and other professional sports teams for stadium construction and as incentives not to relo...

If I offered you a resource to help you (1) gain market share, (2) improve profitability, and (3) make better decisions, would you turn me down? I don't think so. Yet four out of five business owners do just that when th...

RedHat, the open source company that is both a Fortune 500 company itself and a supplier to many large enterprises is today announcing the general availability of OpenShift Enterprise, its private Platform as a Service (...