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The 10 Best Cities to Buy an Affordable Family Home

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on The 10 Best Cities to Buy an Affordable Family Home

Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock.com This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. Finding a home to fit a family can be a difficult task. Beyond looking for the right number of bedrooms and bathrooms, prospective owners must consider the full costs of homeownership. Though a mortgage is typically the largest expense for homeowners, other costs like…

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Gender differences in cardiovascular disease: Women are less likely to be prescribed certain heart medications

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Gender differences in cardiovascular disease: Women are less likely to be prescribed certain heart medications

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading killer of both women and men in the US. Despite the significant impact CVD has on women, awareness and education for women’s heart disease has historically been low. A recent study, based on data from over two million patients, suggests that women were less likely to be prescribed aspirin,…

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Financial Transaction Tax Could Hit Average Spanish

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Financial Transaction Tax Could Hit Average Spanish

Since Pedro Sanchez first became Spain’s Prime Minister in 2018 and, now, in conjunction with the left-wing coalition party, Unidas Podemos, he has been working to overhaul the Spanish tax system. The main measures to increase revenue entailed higher taxes for businesses and high-income earners. In the face of the economic shock delivered by the…

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Allstate’s Q2 catastrophe losses rise to almost $1.2bn

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Allstate’s Q2 catastrophe losses rise to almost $1.2bn

Aggregate catastrophe losses suffered by U.S. primary insurance giant Allstate have risen to almost $1.2 billion for the second-quarter of 2020, with the pace of severe weather losses falling slightly in June. By the end of May, Allstate had already suffered $982 million, pre-tax ($776 million, after-tax) of catastrophe losses, largely from severe or convective…

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White households got stimulus checks faster than Black families

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on White households got stimulus checks faster than Black families

With Congress about to debate whether to send another round of relief payments to individuals, a study has found that the last batch of stimulus checks arrived at wealthier, White households more quickly than to those of Blacks and Hispanics. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/white-households-got-stimulus-checks-faster-than-black-families

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Where Is My Income Tax Refund?

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Where Is My Income Tax Refund?

Hope you had a Happy Tax Day. I’m still waiting for my refund. I filed my 2019 individual income tax return electronically on May 1…

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Where Is My Refund?

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Where Is My Refund?

Hope you had a Happy Tax Day. I’m still waiting for my refund. I filed my 2019 individual income tax return electronically on May 1…

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Auditing goes remote

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on Auditing goes remote

The move brings greater efficiency — but still requires careful planning. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/auditing-goes-remote

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A social worker’s sickest patient

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on A social worker’s sickest patient

Mary is a woman of sixty years.  She is obese.  Originally from rural Alabama, she told me her aunt and uncle raised her, and they were bootleggers, making their own liquor.  By age fifteen, she was drinking this homemade hooch.   She never told me how she made her way to New York and New Jersey,…

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PGGM and Swiss Re deepen Viaduct Re sidecar relationship to $500m+

By Angelica | Jul 16, 2020 | Comments Off on PGGM and Swiss Re deepen Viaduct Re sidecar relationship to $500m+

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund administrator and investment manager that has become the largest single source of assets in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, has expanded and deepened its private quota share sidecar relationship with reinsurance firm Swiss Re. In total, the Viaduct Re Ltd. private reinsurance sidecar arrangements between PGGM and Swiss Re have…

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