Is Home Birth Ever A Safe Choice?
Though the proportion of pregnant women who choose to give birth at home in the United States is still very small — about 1 percent — the number is higher…
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Elizabeth Warren, Elijah Cummings Launch ‘Middle Class Prosperity Project’
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) are launching a series of events focusing on Democratic solutions to the woes of the middle class. – President…
Most Americans Back Obama’s Plan To Raise Investment Taxes On Wealthy Families
The rich aren’t taxed enough and the middle class is taxed too much. As for your taxes, you probably think they’re too high as well. Those are the results of…
8 Professions Where You Can Make Way More Money With A Certificate
It’s no secret that higher education often leads to better, and higher paying, jobs. But even if you are in a job that only requires a Bachelor’s degree, you can…
Affluent Private Universities Are Tax Shelters For The Rich…And The Rest Of Us Are Picking Up The Tab
The following story was first published by Capital and Main and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post. Sign up here for email updates from Capital & Main. Private…
Expedia to Buy Orbitz for $1.3 Billion
Under the terms of the deal, Expedia will pay $12 a share, 24 percent higher than Orbitz‘s closing price on Wednesday. – Follow
The 2015 bargain: emerging market stocks
The tide has turned for the heavyweights, like China, India, South Korea and Taiwan. Stocks in those countries make up about half the value of the emerging market index and…
Rich are 8 times likelier to graduate college than poor
Those with college degrees tend to have higher earnings, lower unemployment rates and poverty levels, better health and longer lives. Society as a whole also benefits from higher graduation rates…
States With Most Gun Deaths Have High Gun Ownership And Weak Gun Laws, Report Shows
It seems like a relatively obvious equation: The weaker the gun laws and the higher the rate of gun ownership in a given state, the more deaths from gun violence…
John Boehner Knocks Minimum Wage Hikes, But They Don’t Seem To Have Hurt Him
WASHINGTON — In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned to autobiography to explain his opposition to raising the federal minimum wage….
Is your target-date fund ripping you off?
Meanwhile, the younger investors in the Target 2050 funds are decades away from retirement and should be in funds with returns that are on the higher end of the range….
Smarter people use iPhones
The study also notes that iPhone sales correlate to population density. The more densely populated the state, the greater the chance that iPhone sales will be higher in that state….
The $210 Million Baseball Contract That Explains How Inflation Works
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 21, 2015 – Fed officials have noted surveys of consumers and businesses that suggest somewhat higher inflation. So they have been…
HUFFPOLLSTER: More Polls Show Obama’s Approval Rating Recovering
Two new national polls confirm that President Obama’s approval rating is rising. Among Republicans, Mitt Romney has a higher favorable rating than Jeb Bush. And 2014 was a rocky year…
Flu season gets worse, but there are hopeful signs
Epidemic means that it is a higher than usual number of cases. Some 8.5% of all deaths across the country reported for the week ending January 10 were due to…
Jimmy Fallon drenches Chris Hemsworth in Water War
The “Blackhat” actor, appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” took on the host in War, in which the competitors turn over playing cards, with the higher card designated…