House Republicans reject 2-month payroll tax cut
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Tuesday rejected legislation to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, drawing a swift rebuke from President Barack Obama...
12/16/11 - the Grio and CNBC Market Update
Investors kept a keen eye on domestic news last week. The fed left its key interest rate, which affects mortgage, credit card and student loan rates unchanged, and will keep them low until 2013...
How Facebook can hurt your credit rating
You know those deadbeat friends of yours on Facebook? They could end up killing your credit score and costing you a loan...
Brooklyn woman sells pantyhose, feminine hygiene product orders online
Most online retailers are making a last mad marketing dash to stoke their holiday sales. Not Tracey Solomon...
Debtors prisons? More on the trend in creditor arrests
CLUTCH - A company will often sell off its debt to a collection agency, generally called a creditor. That creditor files a lawsuit against the debtor requiring a court appearance...
Census: 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
WASHINGTON (AP) - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans -- nearly 1 in 2 -- have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income...
Ex-cons face unique challenges in job market
theGRIO REPORT - The weak job market presents challenges for all job seekers, but even greater challenges for one group: ex-offenders....
47 percent of children in homeless families are black
theGRIO REPORT - The Child Trends Data Bank determined "Black children are disproportionately represented among homeless families. Approximately, 47 percent of children in homeless families are black'....
MC Hammer 'sued by IRS for more than $775,000 in back taxes'
Digital Spy - The IRS is said to be asking for all earnings from MC Hammer's concert appearances to be handed over in full in order to begin paying off the owed amount...
Jay-Z: I'd be willing to pay more taxes
Warren Buffett, the investment wizard who is also one of the world's wealthiest men, has long advocated for higher taxes on the superrich. Now Jay-Z, Buffett's pal and himself a member of the upper tier of the 1 percent, is joining him...
