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Welfare, tax day and how to be an umpire
Apr 13, 2018

Welfare, tax day and how to be an umpire

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What happens when welfare is tied to work? Plus, a primer on Russian internet usage, the questions your accountant gets the most (and answers, too) and a look at the ins and outs of being a major league umpire. 
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Do work requirements for welfare recipients work?

by Paulina Velasco and Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 13, 2018
The president seems to think so, but not all experts agree.
President Donald Trump pushes a shopping cart as he tours the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' food distribution center at LDS Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, De. 4, 2017, alongside LDS President Henry B. Eyring (L).
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4 things to know about Russian internet usage

by Eliza Mills
Apr 13, 2018
Russians really love YouTube.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Senate Judiciary Committee about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 10.
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5 things you need to know about IPOs

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Apr 13, 2018
What you need to know before you decide to invest.
The opening numbers are displayed on the floor during the Spotify IPO at the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2018 in New York.
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New Farm Bill proposes changes to food stamps

by Paulina Velasco
Apr 13, 2018
80% of spending in the Farm Bill goes to food stamps
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Choose a job you love and you will never have to ... die prematurely?

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Apr 13, 2018
Work could be "really and truly killing us," according to Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer.
A trader looks dejected at the German stock exchange on Friday, 10 October, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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How to be an umpire

by Eliza Mills
Apr 13, 2018
No, yelling "safe" at the TV doesn't count.
Carlos Guillen of the Seattle Mariners gets called out by umpire Rich Rieker during a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington.
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Out with the old tax season, in with the new

by Paulina Velasco
Apr 13, 2018
Accountants are already fielding questions about the new tax law, even as they wrap up the 2017 season.
Liberty Tax Service grabs the attention of potential clients in Miami in 2016.
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