Tax scams take many different forms. Recently, the most common scams are phone calls and emails from thieves who claim to be from the IRS. They use the IRS name, logo or a fake website to try to steal your money. Also, they may try to steal your identity. Here are some tips from the IRS to help you avoid becoming...

A Executive of the Brazilian state oil company told a congressional panel began accepting bribes from some of the largest construction firms in the country 18 years ago Tuesday. According to federal prosecutors, the scheme involved the payment of at least $ 800 million in bribes and other funds by major...

Individuals who posed as agents of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS, for its acronym in English) harassed more than 366,000 people with aggressive phone calls demanding payments and threatening to jail, as revealed Thursday a federal investigator . More than 3,000 people were deceived, said Timothy Camus,...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a new bailout program for Ukraine totaling 17,500 million and four years, in order to attend the “immediate stabilization” of the economy of Kiev. “This new four-year program will support the immediate economic stabilization...

The US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, announced the adoption of accounting “extraordinary measures” to prevent reached again the debt ceiling when the March 16 completed the extension granted in 2014 by Congress. “Raising the debt ceiling does not authorize new spending commitments. It simply...

The list of people with a fortune of over 1,000 million was headed, once again, by the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, according to the classification broadcast Monday by the US magazine Forbes. Already last year, Gates had shifted to the Mexican Carlos Slim the first place on this list and editing of 2015...

The advice of financial advisers who seek to protect their advantage before saving its customers cost Americans about 17,000 million dollars a year, warned on Saturday President Barack Obama. In his Saturday message, Obama said many financial advisors are hidden fees and payments for direct people into bad...

The US economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2014, down from 2.6% initially calculated, said Friday the Commerce Department. By posting the second calculation on the evolution of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between October and December, the Government also indicated that around 2014 the...

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed new restrictions for investors and financial advisors who manage accounts retirement savings of millions of Americans, stressing that “outdated rules” and “bad advice” are driving many families to lose money. “We must ensure that Americans who...