Although being a landlord certainly has its cons, tops among its pros are the tax deductions rental homeowners enjoy. From finding tenants to fixing faucets, renting out a home can be a lot of work. If that doesn’t dissuade you, you’ll appreciate collecting the rent checks and taking advantage of tax deductions. In fact, you…
It is clear that technology moves quite faster than legislation. American and European officials failed on Sunday to reach an agreement over how digital data — including financial information and social media posts — could be transferred between the two regions. Despite last-minute talks, the two sides remained far apart on specific details required to…
Cable providers wanted to ease set-top box rules, but now the FCC is pushing a plan to open the market to new competition. The Federal Communications Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that aims to break the cable industry’s stranglehold on the market for set-top boxes, potentially paving the way for a new generation of devices…
Apple has said that a proposed encryption bill in the U.K. Parliament would send the tech sector into chaos. The Investigatory Powers Bill would give British law enforcement increased powers to collect people’s private communications, and it would require foreign companies to comply with U.K. warrants. Tech companies and lawmakers have differing views about how…
The U.S. government on Monday found itself with fewer tools to investigate terrorism — at least temporarily — after the Senate let provisions of the Patriot Act expire Sunday night. While officials warned of national security risks, it is clear that the lapse will not come close to debilitating counterterrorism efforts The Senate entered a…
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the telephone metadata collection program, under which the National Security Agency gathers up millions of phone records on an ongoing daily basis, is illegal under the Patriot Act. The government has argued it has the power to carry forward with the program under a section of the…
Bank to Ben Bernanke: Application Denied When the former top dog of the Federal Reserve central bank gets denied his mortgage refinancing, a few eyebrows are going to be raised. Speaking to a conference in Chicago Thursday Bernanke told a moderator for Moody’s Analytics, “Just between the two of us …I…
Netflix told the FCC that calls made to its customer support center about slow-loading videos on Comcast’s network more than quadrupled late last year. Why did Netflix pay Comcast to stream its videos faster? Because Netflix was losing customers. That’s according to a petition Netflix filed to the Federal Communications Commission this week in opposition…
What happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. You may be holding out hope that authorities back home will never find out about your out-of-state speeding ticket. And you’re probably worried about what it will do to your car insurance rates, too. The bad news: The state that issued your driver’s license will almost certainly…
Who says you need a bachelor’s degree to have a lucrative career? Here are 10 good-paying jobs that don’t require four years of college. If you think you need a bachelor’s degree to have a lucrative career, think again. Yes, it’s true that those with a bachelor’s typically earn more than those without one —…