New Orleans This one caught me by surprise. Congress managed to sneak through a provision in the tax-cut deal at the end of 2015 that both punishes the poor and privileges predatory products long targeted and increasingly scorned by banks and tax preparers. What’s the deal? Beginning in the 2017 tax season, the new law …
Uber Deal with Machinists is Worrisome
New Orleans Uber, the ride-sharing service, has announced that it has come to an agreement with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to create a guild or association of some sorts that it will informally recognize for its drivers in New York City. James Conigliaro Jr., the guild founder and assistant director and general counsel …
Money Talks and Trump Walks
New Orleans Anyone who follows politics closely has been waiting for the Gucci loafers to fall, and now that Trump finds himself as the presumptive nominee this self-funding talk is over and dead, as he realizes the general election is six months away, and it’s dialing for dollars, groveling for grub time for his campaign. …