Archive for June 29th, 2013:

States Find Ways to Raise Taxes Without Saying So

Date: Jun 29 2013
Filed under: Taxes, U.S. Government, State Income Tax Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTom Corbett, governor of Pennsylvania. If Pennsylvania's Republican governor gets his way, the state will pay for $1.8 billion in transportation improvements largely by raising a wholesale tax on gasoline. ...Read More »

Countries Spending the Most on the Military

Date: Jun 29 2013
Filed under: U.S. Government, Government Spending, SpendingGetty Images For the first time since 1998, global military spending is down. This coincides with a major decline in U.S. spending, which fell by more than $40 billion between 2011 and 2012. Even with ...Read More »

Paula Deen and Aaron Hernandez: A Tale of Two Celebrity Endorsers

Date: Jun 29 2013
Filed under: Company News, Scandals and Lawsuits, CelebritiesAP Two very different stars, two very different purported misdeeds. But the concurrent troubles of celebrity cook Paula Deen and NFL standout Aaron Hernandez will cost both of them millions -- in Hernandez's case, ...Read More »