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Monday, June 15, 2009
FBN's Alexis Glick sat with Aetna CEO Ron Williams to discuss health care reform.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
FOX Business sent Anchor Liz Claman to Silicon Valley for a three-day look at the technology industry. Here’s what happened on Day Three.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Applied Materials CEO MIcahel Splinter talks about semi-conductor chips and solar panel productions.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
FOX Business sent Anchor Liz Claman to Silicon Valley for a three-day look at the technology industry. Here’s what happened on Day Two.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
FOX Business Network's Liz Claman sits down with Google's CEO Eric Schmidt to disucss the company's future and competition.
FOX Business Innovation Videos
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Former Sen. Frist on Funding Health Care
Former Sen. Bill Frist on health care. -
Ernst & Young CEO on the Economy
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Population Alarmists Use Faulty Data?
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Bayer CEO: Innovation the Key to Growth
Bayer and Conforce form new partnership. -
Keeping Brand Innovation
C-Suite: Utek CEO Clifford Gross -
MacBook's New Features
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Is 'Greening' Your Home Worthwhile?
Is going green cost effective? -
Smart Buy?
Is the smart phone still a smart buy?
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Former Sen. Frist on Health-Care Innovation
Former Sen. Bill Frist on health care. -
Challenges in Health Care Innovation
What is putting pressure on innovation? -
More Renters, Fewer Owners?
Busy earnings week for the banking sector. -
New Internet Search Engine
Searchme brings innovation to search engine. -
Technology Survival in a Down Market
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Crisis in Innovation
Does the U.S. have an innovation deficit? -
Retirement One-stop Shopping
New website for retirement planning.
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Sure, we know some of you are saying the term "marriage penalty" is redundant. In fact, of all the costs associated with getting married (have you seen the cost of a wedding cake lately?), the marriage penalty can be the worst.
Here's how it works: Mr. and Mrs. Right walk down the aisle in wedded bliss and suddenly they¿re a two-income household. If both make roughly the same amount of money, they can be pushed into a higher tax bracket. That's bad, since the higher the bracket, the higher the tax. So, if both were single, they'd end up writing two smaller checks to the tax man that, if combined, would add up to less than the giant check they write in a state of wedded bliss.
Is that fair? We're not touching that, but there is a flip side that few people talk about. The marriage penalty only kicks in if both members of the couple make close to the same amount of money. If there's a big disparity in pay, there's actually a tax advantage. Call it the marriage bonus.
And, it¿s important to remember that there are other financial benefits, such as lower life-insurance rates or health care premiums, that can make up for the extra tax couples pay. So don't let Uncle Sam stop you from saying, "I do."
