News tagged with tax increase

Groupon's shares fall below IPO price in 3 weeks

Groupon Inc.'s stock fell below its initial public offering price for the first time Wednesday as investors reassess the challenges facing the still-unprofitable online deals company in a shaky economy.

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans moderate views in deliberative democracy experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Liberal and conservative citizens weighing options for reducing the national debt moderated their views as a result of deliberation in the largest experiment in deliberative democracy ever. They also made ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 46

Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults

(AP) -- Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances

(AP) -- There is no easy fix.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Tax health care to pay for health care?

(AP) -- Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0