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  April 20, 2012

  Bipartisan Tax Gimmickry; Republicans stumble over another temporary tax cut.

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  Senate Democrats lost their latest attempt at tax flim-flam on Monday when their 30% minimum tax (the Buffett rule) went down to easy defeat. House Republicans plan to counter as early as today with their own tax gimmick, albeit a business ...

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  April 18, 2012

  Buffett Rule Antidote

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  While the Senate voted this week on the Buffett Rule millionaire tax hike, House Republicans were pushing for a 20% business tax cut. The GOP House leadership plan cuts tax rates for every business with fewer than 500 employees. This means ...

• April 15, 2012

  Class Act; A transcript of the weekend's program on FOX News Channel.

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  Stuart Varney: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," taxing the rich. President Obama says it's only fair. His "Buffett rule" may be good politics, but is it bad policy? And weekly jobless numbers paint a bleak employment picture. Is ...

• April 3, 2012

  3 Last-Minute Ways to Lower Your Tax Bill; Bischoff: An IRA contribution made between now and April 17th can still be deducted from a 2011 return.

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  Although 2011 is way back in the rearview mirror, it's still not too late to make some moves that will save taxes on last year's Form 1040 and maybe on last year's state income tax return as well. Here are three possibilities.

• March 23, 2012

  The Republican stance on income inequality; Conservatives loathe to use phrase but tap into equality fears

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  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Louisiana farmer Don Johnson sees leading Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum as clueless about business outside of privileged circles.

• March 19, 2012

  Should Angel Investors Get Tax Credits to Invest in Small Businesses?

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  Everybody is looking for ways to spur the development of new businesses. But everybody seems to have a different idea on how exactly to go about doing that.

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  March 10, 2012

  Jobs Recovery Gains Momentum; U.S. Payrolls Climb 227,000 With Growth Across Industries; Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.3%

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  The U.S. added more than 200,000 jobs for the third straight month, showing gains across industries and demographic groups, in the latest sign that the economy has gained momentum.

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  February 23, 2012

  Romney Tax Plan Sets Stage for Fight

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  CHANDLER, Ariz.—Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for cutting income-tax rates for all Americans and eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax, seeking to reassert his credentials as a tax-cutter on the cusp of two critical ...

• January 30, 2012

  IRAs for Kids? We know the iPod beckons, but kids who put a little of their summer earnings in an IRA make out well down the road.

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  Hey kids! Want a neat-o idea for how to use your summer job money? How about opening an Individual Retirement Account? I know you might be more interested in having a little spending cash for the weekends or saving for a car. But saving for ...

• January 25, 2012

  Income Tax Rates Hit Small Businesses Much Harder

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  Regarding your editorial "How Much the Rich Pay" (Jan. 20): Most of the comments regarding taxes on the rich have focused on what happens when shareholders of a C corporation pay taxes on dividends. However, I have not seen any ...

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  January 23, 2012

  U.K. Opens Doors to Entrepreneurs

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  LONDON—U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will Monday offer cheap rent in empty state-owned buildings to small British firms as the government races to find new initiatives to foster growth ahead of the release of statistics this week that ...

• December 29, 2011

  Reagan Had the Recipe for Success. Let's Follow It; Tax reforms to maximize economic growth, a sound dollar, and smarter regulations will touch off another historic boom.

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  Officially, the recession ended two and a half years ago. President Obama tells us the economy has been moving in the right direction since June 2009.

• December 13, 2011

  Washington tops Best Cities for Business; Capital wins second straight year in fifth MarketWatch study

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  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The nation’s political leaders may be at odds, but everything seems to be clicking when it comes to the economy of the Washington metro area.

• December 13, 2011

  New Orleans business: Most improved in 2011; Once worst in MarketWatch study, Big Easy now in top third of class

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  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — What a difference a disaster makes. Six years removed from the near-apocalypse that was Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans thinks it has picked itself up and dusted itself off. And now the city that got a lot of ...

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  December 8, 2011

  Tax Changes Pose Problem For the GOP

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  ALBANY—For many Democrats who have long insisted that the most affluent New Yorkers pay a larger civic tab, the passage early Thursday of new income taxes for the wealthy was a moment overdue.

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  December 7, 2011

  Albany Boosts Taxes on Wealthiest; Cuomo Says Revenue Will Help Close Budget Deficit; Deal Exempts Small Businesses, Private Schools From Levy for MTA

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  Breaking with a central tenet of his campaign, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders Tuesday reached a wide-ranging deal that raises more money from the state's wealthiest residents to help balance the budget.

• November 18, 2011

  Cali to Business: Get Out! Firms are fleeing the state's senseless regulations and confiscatory taxes.

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  From the City Journal Last year, a medical-technology firm called Numira Biosciences, founded in 2005 in Irvine, California, packed its bags and moved to Salt Lake City. The relocation, CEO Michael Beeuwsaert told the Orange County Register, ...

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  October 31, 2011

  The Resilient Economy; Modest growth, despite Washington.

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  Left on its own to grow and innovate, the U.S. private economy is a remarkable engine of prosperity. That truth was underscored again with yesterday's report that third quarter gross domestic product expanded by 2.5% at an annual rate. ...

• October 24, 2011

  The Tax Reform Evidence From 1986; Experience implies that the combination of base broadening and rate reduction would raise revenue equal to about 4% of existing tax revenue.

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  Congress's Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is struggling to find $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years. This is a unique opportunity to use tax reform to reduce future budget deficits while lowering individual tax ...

• October 10, 2011

  Class War Stories; A transcript of the weekend's program on FOX News Channel.

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  Paul Gigot: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," the banker baiters are back. As those Wall Street protests grow, Democrats jump on the bandwagon, railing against banks and the fees that the politicians helped create. ...