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U.S. Households Face Biggest Surge in Electricity Costs in More Than a Decade

U.S. consumers faced the biggest jump in their energy bills since 2009, with costs soaring for electricity, natural gas and fuel oil as cooler weather approaches. The price of electricity in October increased 6.5% from the same month a year … Continue reading

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Kmart Closing All but 16 Locations, Sears Closing All but 19

Another iconic superstore has announced that it will be closing all but 16 of its remaining locations in the coming months. Two years after being purchased out of bankruptcy along with Sears, Kmart continues to shrink its once-large footprint by … Continue reading

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Luckin Coffee in $175 Million Class Action Settlement over Accounting Fraud

Luckin Coffee Inc. reached a $175 million settlement of shareholder class-action claims that the Chinese rival to Starbucks fraudulently inflated its share price by falsifying revenue, Reuters reported. Lawyers for the shareholders called the all-cash settlement, filed on Monday night, … Continue reading

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Treasury: Top 1 Percent Responsible for $163 Billion in Unpaid Taxes

The U.S. Treasury Department estimated that the U.S. loses roughly $163 billion each year in taxes owed and unpaid by the richest Americans. In a post calling for stronger enforcement of tax laws, the department calculated that the top 1 … Continue reading

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IRS issues another 430,000 refunds for adjustments related to unemployment compensation

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020. The IRS efforts to correct unemployment compensation overpayments will help most … Continue reading

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Pastor swindles $150,000 in COVID relief funds — then buys a Mercedes

A South Georgia pastor faces decades in prison after he’s accused of stealing thousands of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds, some of which authorities said he used to buy a new luxury car. A grand jury handed down a five-count indictment … Continue reading

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North Carolina tax preparer sent to prison for fraud conspiracy

Court documents and statements made in court show that from 2012 to 2017, Andrea Pasley and two others conspired to prepare fraudulent tax returns. They claimed false education credits or dependents or manipulated their clients’ income to qualify for larger … Continue reading

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Trustee Wants Lawyer Jailed for Not Cooperating in Firm Bankruptcy

The chapter 7 trustee overseeing the dissolution of New York real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to hold its founder in civil contempt and order him incarcerated if he continues defying court orders to cooperate. … Continue reading

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‘Squid Game’-Inspired Cryptocurrency that Soared by 23 Million Percent Now Worthless After Apparent Scam

In the Netflix hit series “Squid Game,” characters gamble with their lives. Though in real life lives aren’t on the line, for many people who piled their money into Squid, a cryptocurrency named after the show, the financial loss has … Continue reading

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Jessica Simpson Regains Full Ownership of Billion-Dollar Namesake Fashion Brand

Jessica Simpson is back in control of her billion-dollar brand. The singer and actress, 41, is once again in charge of her popular Jessica Simpson Collection after its parent company, Sequential Brands Group Inc., filed for chapter 11 protection back … Continue reading

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