The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest and arguably the best-known private foundation in the United States. While not everyone who creates a successful foundation will be like the Gateses, the couple can be a useful model when deciding whether a private foundation meets your charitable goals.
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Considerations When Evaluating Private Equity
As an investor, what should you look for when considering a private equity investment? Many of the same things we do when considering it on a client’s behalf.
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Offering An Employment Contract That Works
Employment contracts and prenuptial agreements have something in common: We are often reluctant to discuss them amid the excitement of a new relationship, but they can save a lot of conflict and expense if things don’t work out as we hope.
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Duly Noted
‘Be Careful What You Wish For,’ Tax Court Tells Petitioner. Not much went right in the Great Recession year of …
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OKCupid Fosters A Breakup
Should Internet users and a popular online dating site have shunned Firefox because of its departed CEO’s past support of Proposition 8?
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Shomari Hearn in MainStreet
Shomari Hearn describes situations in which individuals might miss out on an income tax refund to which they are entitled.
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Shomari Hearn in Financial Planning
Shomari Hearn explains why long-term investors don’t need to worry about high-frequency trading.
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Ding-Dong! Your Credit Card Company Comes Calling
Is that a real Viking peering through your window? No, it’s just Capital One exercising its contractual rights.
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The IRS Takes A Position On Bitcoin
Is bitcoin money or property? To the IRS, at least, it isn’t money.
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McCutcheon: A Hero Of The Left?
Critics of anonymous political spending ought to celebrate Shaun McCutcheon. They won’t, though.
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