Consumers Hope Gas Prices Go Down Before They Fill Up

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Professor Tisa Silver, author of the blog "Talk Stock Trading" and finance instructor at the University of Delaware recently introduced me to a new term: the gas face. The gas face is defined as a somewhat stressed look of displeasure induced by the pumping of expensive gas. We've all seen it. And likely, more than once, we've all made it.

For Self-Created Musical Works, Special Tax Rules Apply

The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued proposed and temporary regulations specifying the time and manner for making an election to treat the sale or exchange of "self-created" musical compositions or copyrights in musical works as the sale or the exchange of a capital asset resulting in a potential capital gain.

Using MACs to Allocate Risk in a Credit Crunch

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Texas Lawyer

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Fueled by the private equity boom, the first half of 2007 saw near-historic levels of merger activity. When the subprime mortgage crisis struck last July, however, ready credit and the mergers-and-acquisitions wave vanished.

Earning Extra Yield Can Be Precarious and Pricey

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The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Over the last several years, investors have earned slim returns for their short-term investments. Continuing turmoil in the financial marketplace has led the Federal Reserve Board to respond to each crisis by injecting liquidity into the system.

3rd Circuit Affirms Treatment of Early Retirement Payments

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The Legal Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

In its recent decision in University of Pittsburgh v. United States, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that early retirement payments made by the University of Pittsburgh to tenured faculty members constitute “wages” and are therefore taxable as ordinary income and subject to federal employment taxes.

Shifts in Markets Offer a Reprieve From Hedge Fund Activism

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Legal Times

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

The dark cloud of the international credit crunch caused by the United States' subprime mortgage defaults may yet have a small silver lining for public companies: the real possibility of a decline in hedge fund activism.