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Who can we trust to make the best Medicare decisions?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions.

Column: Why raising the minimum wage is good economics

By John Komlos

It's about time to raise the minimum wage, writes economist John Komlos.

Column: What's really at stake in the EB-5 investor visa overhaul: honesty

By Norman Oder

The scandal is not what's illegal, it's what's legal.

Column: What you need to know about file and suspend under the new Social Security rules

By Laurence Kotlikoff

Under the new Social Security rules, not every one should try to file and suspend. Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff explains.

How to run a meeting that doesn't suck

By Vikram Mansharamani

Meetings have a terrible reputation in business and for understandable reasons.

Does the EB-5 visa program take advantage of investors?

By Kristen Doerer

Wealthy foreigners have invested $500,000 each into Vermont's Jay Peak Resort through the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Now, they aren't so sure they will get their money back.

Column: Can Medicare step up and do the right thing here?

By Philip Moeller

Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions.

10 things you didn't know about 'immigration for the 1 percent'

By Kristen Doerer

If you’re a wealthy foreigner with half a million dollars to spare, you can jump to the front of the line to come to the U.S. The EB-5, a little-known employment-based visa program for foreign investors, has soared in popularity…

Clinton offers new 'exit tax' on U.S.-foreign company mergers

By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will unveil a proposal for a new "exit tax" aimed at cracking down on corporate inversions, a practice that permits U.S. companies to merge with corporations overseas to lower their tax bill.

The one fact you probably didn't pick up on in November's jobs report

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November, beating out economists’ forecasts of 200,000, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5 percent.