Obama on tax inversion: 'It's not fair'    Politicians are up in arms over the growing wave of U.S. corporations hooking up with foreign companies as a way to lower their U.S. tax bills.  But for some, a merger,known as an inversion, isn't the method of choice for paring a tax bill. There's

Happy 10th birthday to you Google (GOOG) IPO. But while you’ve done great, Google can’t hold a candle to these 10 stocks. Google’s 1,293% gain since its initial public offering on Aug. 19, 2004, is certainly impressive. And the company has rocked the advertising and technology industries with its

In the five years since the United States began its slow climb out of the deepest recession since the 1930s, the job market has undergone a substantial makeover. The middle class has lost ground as the greatest gains have occurred at the top and bottom of the pay scale, leaving even many working

An increasing number of the nation’s auto insurance companies have a new proposition: Let them track every second of your driving in exchange for an annual discount that can reach into the hundreds of dollars if you behave yourself on the road. In theory, everyone wins here. Progressive, Allstate