America's Most Miserable Cities

Geithner Talks Fannie And Freddie, Ending Too Big To Fail
Treasury Secretary remarks on the state of financial reform, and the challenges still ahead.

The End of a Job as We Know It

France to Google: Free is Evil
This is very amusing indeed, well, amusing for econ geeks at least. That it should happen in France of all places:

A French commercial court has found Google guilty of abusing the dominant position of its Google Maps application and ordered it to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping company.

Keystone Pipeline Ensnared in Politics, Hypocrisy
The Keystone XL pipeline may have kicked off the presidential race but it’s also setting the stage for a Battle Royale in Congress. Not only are senior House Republican preparing to link its construction to key spending bills but they are also playing up the Obama administration’s apparent hypocrisy.

Top Tax Tips From Zuckerberg's Facebook Bonanza
The revelation that Facebook?s Mark Zuckerberg plans to exercise $5 billion worth of stock options before his IPO suggests his 2012 tax bill could be close to $2 billion! See Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion. If size matters, that will make Zuckerberg The Incredible Hulk of Taxpayers. After all, the 400 wealthiest filers only averaged $48 million in federal income taxes in 2009.

Video: Marotta on Money
David John Marotta explains that the purpose of Marotta On Money is a weekly financial column and daily financial blog about the comprehensive wealth management small changes that have a large effect over time.

GE Catches Renewed Investor Attention As U.S. Economy Picks Up More Steam
Almost suddenly, General Electric (GE) has caught renewed investor attention as the latest stream of fresh government data emitted signals that the economy is finally turning the corner towards a strong recovery.

With Indictments, IRS Will Get More Data From Swiss
The indictment of the Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, moves the global banking transparency battle from bows and arrows to nuclear weapons. Do Swiss bankers' nerves fray after Wegelin indictment? Yes, no question.

When A Housemate Is A Dependent (And A Tax Break)
Could Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) snag a tax break for supporting her slacker boyfriend who?s moved in with her on NBC?s 30 Rock? Maybe. If your boyfriend, grandma or unemployed brother is crashing on your pull-out couch, you might be able to claim them as a dependent on your federal income tax return. Yes, it?s not just children, or even relatives, that can count as dependents, but unrelated friends whom you support and who live with you. The idea is these folks aren?t filing tax returns and taking a personal exemption for themselves. So you add them to your return as a dependent, taking a dependent exemption, and share the wealth.