Percentage of working adults who think that time away from work makes them better employees, according to a Wirthlin Worldwide survey: 94.
Number of times African-Americans with advanced business deg
Finance & Economy
Many refund delays, time-consuming correspondence and audits are triggered by taxpayer carelessness. Here are some reminders about items to check before you file your return, along with some steps to
BY Julian Block
Cost to a middle-income family to raise a child born in 1960 to age 18, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Expenditures on Children by Families Annual Report”: $145,000. Cost to
Tick, tick, tick. There’s no other time of year that the clock ticks so loudly as when it’s racing toward April 15. The Internal Revenue Service offers the following advice for preparing and filin
BY Amanda Kennedy
When the Consumer Federation of America, BET.com and the Fannie Mae Foundation hosted a press conference in Washington, D.C., last November to discuss data culled from the Federal Reserve’s recent
BY Carmen Brown
Don’t give money to anyone who promises to get you a tax refund or credit for slavery reparations, Social Security taxes, disabled access to pay telephones or any of the other scams that flourish du
BY Eileen Putnam
What’s Yours Is Mine Small items can mean big headaches for inheritors By Ann Perry
Although you might assume that the biggest family disputes occur over an estate involving s
Got claims on your college kid? Dependency exemptions for college students By Julian Block
Do you help support a college-going son or daughter who works part of the year, obtains a student loan or re

