Finance

Investing in Vietnam holds enormous potential, but can trap the unwary

With tax filing season upon us, it's a good idea to educate yourself on what's changed since last year. While it's been a relatively quiet year in terms of new tax laws, there are a handful

Who do you think took more business, economics, and accounting courses in college, regulators or Wall Street executives?

A milestone in employment law. Tom Spiggle likes to fight for the underdog. So much so that in 2009 he left his job as a federal prosecutor to open The Spiggle Law Firm so he could focus

Dean Baker is an economist and the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research based in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books including his latest entitled, “Getting

Americans may have faith in the Social Security system, but many still don’t really understand how it works. That’s a key take-away from a recent survey of Americans’ knowledge of Social

Economic Bright Spot in Otherwise Troubling News. John W. Snow, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and chairman of Capital Management Group, noted that Spain has finally climbed out of

We’ve all heard of the butterfly effect – the metaphorical example of chaos theory that says the fluttering of a butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane halfway around the world.

As the markets enter the final month of fiscal Q1 2014, the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s move to taper or reduce its monthly purchase of bonds via the Quantitative Easing program

There is a degree of cohesion regarding Iranian oil and gas because the country is subject to international sanctions, and because there are many Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern

The fiscal cliff is looming again, this time using a different and uglier legal term – sequestration – under which policymakers will soon get together to hopefully thwart the painful regression of another recession, one that is of their own making.

A Fair Chance to Counter “Stall and Starve” Tactics.  According to singer and songwriter Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Anyone who has had to endure a lawsuit