Article by Kathryn Vasel | Featured on CNN Money The government’s crackdown on anonymous real estate buyers hiding behind shell companies seems to be working. In January, the Treasury Department announced a temporary initiative that requires title insurance companies to identify all-cash buyers of certain high-end real estate in Manhattan and Miami. Now, it’s expanding the […]
Article by Sophia Yan | Featured on CNN Money China will add to the growing gloom hanging over the world economy when it posts its weakest growth in seven years on Friday. The world’s second-largest economy is expected to have expanded by 6.6% in the three months to the end of June, compared with the […]
Article Featured on KTVZ | TFoxFoto / Shutterstock.com New laws kicking in July 8th will give a slight boost to the paychecks of more than 100,000 low-income Oregonians while tourists and vacationers will have a little less spending money. The changes, enacted by the Legislature earlier this year, will almost double Oregon’s 1 percent tax on […]
By Chris Lehman | Featured on OPB A newly released report from the left-leaning Oregon Center for Public Policy has found that Oregon corporations today are paying a smaller portion of the state’s income and property taxes than they did 40 years ago. “Corporations used to contribute about 18.5 percent of all income taxes paid in Oregon. […]
By Beth Slovic | Featured on WWeek The Oregon strawberry may get squished by sturdier competition from California. Maria Gonzalez grasped the stem of a ripe Puget Crimson strawberry under a steady drizzle of June rain. With her thumb and forefinger, she pinched the stalk above the strawberry’s cap, breaking the stem. It was the third […]
BY JONATHAN STEMPEL | Featured on Reuters arslaan / Shutterstock.com A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement reached by Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard Inc (MA.N) with millions of retailers that accused the card networks of improperly fixing credit and debit card fees.
Article by Marcel Schwantes | Featured on Inc.com If you think you’re a good boss now, this may change your perception. I’m going to let the cat out of the bag. If you haven’t noticed yet, this column is heavily slanted toward promoting a best-in-class leadership philosophy the business world has yet to fully discover. […]
BY LUCIA MUTIKANI | Featured on Reuters U.S. consumer spending rose for a second straight month in May on increased demand for automobiles and other goods, but there are fears Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could hurt confidence and prompt households to cut back on consumption. Wednesday’s fairly strong report released by the Commerce […]
Article Featured on AICPA Uncertainty related to Brexit – the recent vote in the United Kingdom (UK) to move away from the European Union (EU) – sent shock waves throughout Europe and foreign markets. Here in the United States, investors have also expressed concern about the volatility of their portfolios. Chances are good that some […]
Article By Mike Spector and Sara Randazzo simone mescolini / Shutterstock.com Company will pay diesel car owners at least $5,100 on top of buyback or fix. Volkswagen AG is nearing a $10 billion civil settlement, the largest in the auto industry’s history, to compensate U.S. owners of vehicles affected by the German car maker’s emissions-cheating scandal, said people familiar […]