Filing Your Taxes Late Won’t Cost You

Scrambling to file your taxes before the April 15 deadline? Relax. There’s a good chance it won’t cost you a penny to submit your return late. Many people fear that a tardy return will involve penalties, headaches or even jail time. But the reality is that if you are one of the majority of Americans […]

Fraud-Alert Service Pays $12 Million Settlement

Lifelock, the company that brazenly broadcast its chief executive’s Social Security number as part of its claim that it could protect anyone against identity theft, agreed on Tuesday to pay $12 million to settle charges that it misled consumers about the effectiveness of its service. The settlement, announced by the Federal Trade Commission and a […]

Mafia Wars Achievements

Mafia Wars Achievements Napoleon Complex (Earned by defeating someone with a bigger mafia) This achievement is most trivial for new characters. The 10 first fights on a character are fake fights where the outcome is randomly decided. So to get this attack first player on the fightlist with a higher mafia size than you and […]

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS – 2009

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Gangster ring busted in historic scam

Dozens charged with largest Medicare scam ever A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program’s history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. Federal prosecutors in New York and elsewhere […]

Coupons, coupons, coupons

Okay friends, this is as much for me as it is for you. I have become lazy when it comes to using coupons at the store. I don’t spend much time tracking them down. The few I have, I forget to take to the store with me most of the time. So I’m gathering a […]

Abercrombie & Fitch Pays CEO Millions to Stop Flying

Through the Great Recession, few brands struggled as much as Abercrombie & Fitch, the company that sells preppy, casual clothes to teens and young adults. While other retailers were slashing prices to attract consumers, the company was still pushing $90 pants, and stuck to its “aspirational” marketing campaigns featuring half-naked models. The tone-deaf strategy backfired: […]