• Worst Property Taxes

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• Slash Your Taxes Big Time With One Move

  When I say "one" move, I mean physically moving out of state.  You can save thousands, but you have to weigh many variables before you tally your tax savings.

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• U.S. Home Builders Hit With 'Truman Show' Housing Recovery

  By Aaron Layman : The Housing Sector Index (HGX) and Home Construction Index (DJUSHB) suffered another setback this month. Major U.S. home builders were repeatedly citing bad weather for lower-than-expected home sales to start the first quarter of 2014. While housing apologists and market…

• 3 Reasons That Make Ford A Solid Buy In 2014

  By Renu Singh : 2014 is a transition year for Ford ( F ) as the company will be introducing around 23 new models worldwide. Due to these new launches, Ford's profit may decline in the current fiscal. Along with that, because of tough competition, margins could also take a hit. However, the…

• Should BRICs Become BICs For Investors?

  By Timothy F. McCarthy : For many global analysts, Russia has been on their 'watch list" for some time. By most criteria, the country scores poorly when factoring in the level of corruption. Experienced investors know that even after nations have emerged and are on a clear growth path,…

• Wall Street up as Ukraine worries lessen; Microsoft gains

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks climbed for a second straight session on Tuesday, with the S&P within 1 percent of its intraday record after comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin relaxed investors' concerns that tensions over Ukraine could escalate.

• Wacker Chemie's CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Wacker Chemie AG ( OTC:WKCMF ) Q4 2013 Earnings Conference Call March 18, 2014 10:00 a.m. ET Executives Joerg Hoffmann - Investor Relations Rudolf Staudigl - President & CEO Joachim Rauhut - CFO Analysts Jean-Francois Meymandi - UBS Georg Remshagen - Commerzbank Andrew Benson - Citi Thomas…

• Adobe results beat estimates as web-based subscriptions rise

  (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by strong demand for its Creative Cloud suite and digital marketing software.

• A Guide To Tax Deductions For Freelancers

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• TJX: Balancing Expansion And Stability

  By Wealth Concepts : At a time when the mid-price departmental stores are facing a serious crunch, it seems that off-price stores are the ones we should be looking to for sustained growth. The TJX Companies Inc. ( TJX ) seems to confirm our hopes, with growth being sustained in the Q4 2013. Indeed,…

• The state with 20,000 jobs to fill

  The oil boom left Subway and other businesses in North Dakota without enough workers.

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• Stocks rally for 2nd straight day

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• Two Harbors Is The Best-Placed REIT

  By Equity Flux : Two Harbors Investment Corp. ( TWO ) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Minnesota, which is involved in investment, financing and management of residential mortgage-backed securities [RMBS]. The company focuses on both Agency and Non-Agency RMBS. The difference…

• ICE more than doubled CEO's pay to nearly $18 million in 2013

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exchange operator IntercontinentalExchange Group more than doubled the total compensation of its chief executive, Jeffrey Sprecher, last year to just under $18 million, according to a regulatory filing.

• Lawyer appeals ruling that blocks U.S. collection of award in Chevron Ecuador case

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. lawyer on Tuesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that he used fraud to secure a multibillion-dollar pollution judgment against Chevron Corp in Ecuador, a decision that bars him from collecting a $9.5 billion award in the United States.

• Clorox: A Quality Dividend-Paying Machine To Consider

  By Dividend Growth Investor : The Clorox Company ( CLX ) manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates in four segments - Cleaning, Household, Lifestyle and International. This dividend champion has paid dividends since 1968 and has increased them for 36 years in…

• Microsoft shares flirt with dotcom-boom levels on iPad app report

  (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's shares scaled levels last seen in the dotcom boom following reports that the company plans to unveil an iPad version of its Office software suite, potentially generating billions of dollars in revenue.

• Oracle's quarterly results disappoint Wall Street; shares fall

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp on Tuesday reported increased revenue and profit for its fiscal third quarter, but the results disappointed investors, who were looking for signs of a sustained turnaround, and its shares fell sharply.

• Oracle shares drop as earnings disappoint

  Software company is suffering from concerns it is losing out to a new generation of database and business applications software groups

• Wells Fargo leaves CEO Stumpf's 2013 pay unchanged

  (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive John Stumpf earned $19.3 million in 2013, identical to what he took home a year earlier, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.