The economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in U.S. exports in 40 years overwhelmed a rebound in consumer spending.
Your client filed her federal tax return by April 15 but did not include a check for the amount due, because she did not have funds available. She has come to you for advice as to how to proceed.
Hopeful signs that the worst may be over for the economy boosted Americans' moods in April, sending a closely watched barometer of sentiment to the highest level since November.
General Motors Corp. said it will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year, phase out its storied Pontiac brand and ask the government to take more than half its stock in exchange for half of GM's government debt as part of a major restructuring that would leave current shareholders holding just 1 percent of the company.
The Treasury Department said Monday it will need to borrow $361 billion in the current April-June quarter, a record amount for that period.
Worldwide sales for Aviva PLC rose to 10.3 billion British pounds ($15.1 billion) in the first quarter, up 5% from a year earlier, buoyed by sales of life insurance and pensions.
President Obama today signed into law a bill aimed at strengthening oversight of the $787 billion financial rescue plan.
The recent fantastic growth among independent broker-dealers came skidding to a halt last year, but the results were far from disastrous for many firms.
Advisers need to work harder to include their clients’ heirs in estate plans because 92% of heirs change advisers once they receive an inheritance, according to one industry leader.
A recent decision by a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Boston “dramatically expands securities fraud liability” and should be reversed, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in an amicus brief filed April 22.
