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Florida residents beware! Law enforcement officers have noted an extremely high increase in tax fraud in the Tampa Bay area. Postal officials have intercepted hundreds of millions of dollars of suspected fraudulent tax refunds. Many residents have expressed their dissatisfaction with the efforts put in by the IRS to combat the scourge. In the meantime, lawmakers in Washington have introduced legislation and convened hearings to find ways to overcome the menace.

One such couple who had their tax refund stolen through fraud was Jay and Christine Gordon.

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After the Tuesday release of the Federal Reserve minutes the trading world is weighing the possibility of another round of quantitative easing in the United States. The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that he is concerned that the crisis in the European Union could cripple the 2 ½ year expansion the US has seen, and that the fragile recovery may need more help from the central bank.

While the Fed didn’t explicitly mention any new measures, the statement said that the economy in American “has been expanding moderately”, instead of the statement released in November that said growth in the US has “strengthened somewhat”. Other part

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If you’re among the fortunate few, you not only have a job you love, but one that will earn you at least a decent living over a sustained period of time.

For all too many Americans, however, that’s a pipedream. Many of them toil away at jobs they detest, but that pay the bills. After a lifetime of drudgery, they’ve funded their lives, but never experienced the joy of a labor of love.

Others follow their passions, and savor pursuits they adore, but that don’t afford a living wage. Their jobs are more hobby than vocation. And it’

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Seattle IRS infested with Bed Bugs?

Could the IRS office in Seattle, Washington be infested with bed bugs? That’s the question being asked as investigations get underway after an IRS employee complained about getting bitten at work. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) confirmed receiving complaints from an IRS employee that she was bitten by bed bugs while on two floors of the Henry M. Jackson federal building on Second Avenue that houses the IRS office.

In fact David Mahlum, deputy regional administrator for OSHA said the IRS had known about the pests since as early as the summer for it received complaints about insect bites at that time. T

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The market week started with a degree of optimism which sent stocks higher on the hope that political leaders within the EU would get together on Sunday and announce concrete measures to support the banking sector and shore up nations with sovereign debt problems: a line drawn in the sand, if you will. Whilst this may still happen (as it must do, sooner or later) at the weekend, German remarks that a deal may not be ready for the weekend sent them back into the red.

To add to the general air of gloom, ratings agency Moody’s has warned that it may have to change its outlook statement for the French economy from stable to negative over the coming months. I

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