The US Postal Service (USPS) has announced that most postage rates will increase in April 2011. But hold on. The rate for the good old First-Class stamp will remain at 44 cents. How did the USPS manage to do this when just last October the Postal Regulatory Commission turned down their request for a January 1 rate hike? [Learn more...]

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He's a man with challenge. He's the new head of one of the biggest businesses in the nation. His business also lost $8.5 billion in its last fiscal year. He's the 73rd postmaster general of the United States Patrick R. Donahoe. [Learn more...]

Photo: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe - USPS

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If you have ever had a federal tax lien slapped on you or your business, you may have suffered the "torment" U.S. Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson told Congress the IRS dishes out far too often and without any real benefit to the government. [Learn more...]

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What's in a name? A nationwide recall, if the name of your candy happens to be Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge Chew Bars. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on January 13, that all lots in all flavors of the prophetically-named candy bars, imported from Pakistan, had been recalled by their Indianapolis-based distributor after elevated levels of lead were found in the product. The recalled candy was found to contain 0.24 parts per million of lead, far above the 0.01 parts per million allowed by the FDA.

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