With Uncle Sam in a financial bind, he’s going after wealthier tax cheats to pay the bills. IRS audits of people making between $1 million and $5 million rose by about a third in the last year. Continue reading The IRS Is Increasingly Targeting the Well-To-Do The IRS Is Increasingly Targeting the Well-To-Do originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:30:00. Filed Under: Taxes Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

Pop-rock band OK Go is still best known for its 2006 video “Here It Goes Again,” also known as “the treadmill video.” Last year, when it was looking for funding to produce its stunning new video, State Farm Insurance was looking for artists to support. Here’s how the unlikely marriage was born. Continue reading OK Go: How State Farm Insurance Got Behind a Viral Rock Video OK Go: How State Farm Insurance Got Behind a Viral Rock Video originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:00:00. Filed Under: People , Media Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

(TrendHunter.com) Medical marijuana universities aren’t plentiful in the field of higher education, but Greenway is serious about medicinal cannabis. The proper training in cultivation, harvest, dispensing and legal compliance…

(TrendHunter.com) If you have have some time on your hands and want an easy, fun project to do, I suggest you take a look at Yuriliku Design’s GreenMarker. Granted, you would probably have to be an owner of at least a few…

The Lehman Brothers accounting mess shows that to get serious about protecting shareholders, we need to take away CEOs’ power to write their own report cards. This would mean creating an independent group of accountants not paid by public companies who would produce their financial reports. Continue reading Lessons from Lehman: Don’t Let CEOs Write Their Own Report Cards Lessons from Lehman: Don’t Let CEOs Write Their Own Report Cards originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00. Filed Under: Goldman Sachs Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

As tempting as it may be to blame NutriSystem’s flagging profits on its cheesy ad campaign featuring former football greats, investors should look elsewhere. Continue reading Don’t Blame Flabby Ex-Jocks for NutriSystem’s Woes Don’t Blame Flabby Ex-Jocks for NutriSystem’s Woes originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00. Filed Under: Investing , Media Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

(TrendHunter.com) Oregon-based Rohrer Manufacturing’s Man Saver Post Driver is a patented, automatic air-powered post-driver that eliminates the back-breaking job of hand-driving posts. Post drivers are most often used…

(TrendHunter.com) Netherlands-based Amigos International hopes that customers will toss their Ananda candy wrappers into a home garden or compost pile now that their Fair Trade, organic chocolate from Ecuador is wrapped…

It was a status-quo month regarding inventories in January, as business inventories were unchanged. However, sales rose 0.6%, despite the fact that the nation encountered severe winter weather across the country — something that typically depresses sales. Continue reading Business Inventories Are Flat in January Business Inventories Are Flat in January originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:26:00. Filed Under: Economy Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

Despite recall woes, Toyota sales so far this month are on a roll, thanks largely to generous incentives aimed at improving foot traffic in showrooms. Edmonds.com reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of U.S. sales climbed a strong 12.5 million units. Continue reading Toyota Sales — and the Industry’s — Are Rebounding in March Toyota Sales — and the Industry’s — Are Rebounding in March originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:00. Filed Under: Company News , Technology , Economy , Earnings , Ford Motor Co. , Toyota , General Motors , Autos Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments