Apple's Bizarre Move, Obama Slammed, Huge Factory Fire And More

April 24, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Apple Would Rather Go Into Debt Than Bring Home Billions In Cash Pay attention, Simpson and Bowles: There are some things in life worse than going into debt. For Apple Inc., that worse thing is paying taxes: The company announced plans Tuesday evening to borrow money for the first time ever, despite having nearly $145 billion in cash. The problem is that $102 billion of that cash is parked overseas and would be taxed if Apple tried to use it in its plan to give money back to shareholders. Continue reading... Top Prosecutor Criticizes Obama Administration Over Mortgage Policy State Considers Health Care Move That Would Cost U.S. Millions Bangladesh Factory Collapse Kills More Than 70, Injures Hundreds Nike Pulls T-Shirts With 'Boston Massacre' Slogan After Bombings Texas Plant's Hazards Eluded Regulators For Nearly 30 Years 'Romneycare' In Massachusetts Means Fewer Big Bills For Boston Bombing Victims 'Potato-PEC' Keeps Spud Prices Artificially High, Suits Allege Chick-Fil-A Probably Just Put A Halt To 'Eat More Kale' T-Shirts Owner Of Deadly Texas Plant Sued Seriously? Stripper Posts Picture Of Night's Huge Haul Fast Food, Retail Strikes Expected In Chicago JARED BERNSTEIN Getting Back to Full Employment Getting back to full employment -- not debt, deficits, sequester, debt ceilings -- is what we ought to be talking about. I'm happy to say, in fact, that in my travels outside this benighted town, it's the question I get asked most often ("Why isn't Washington doing anything about jobs!!??"). Continue reading... DON MCNAY Life Lessons About Money and Happiness When you think about it, almost all of us have our own "lotto moment." We make decisions about money that will either give us long-term security and happiness or bring on pain and regret. Continue reading... ADAM LEVIN OCC Ya! The Government Agency That Should Fine Itself Let's face it. The biggest bank regulator in the U.S. is an abject failure. Worse, it's costing us oodles of money, and not just from bounced checks. Continue reading... DAVID COATES The Forgotten Jobs Crisis Unemployment and job insecurity are now becoming defining features of middle-class life in suburban America -- and as they become so, they are turning the American Dream into the American Nightmare for more and more Americans. Continue reading... MICHAEL PENTO Gold Reveals Global Economy on Thin Ice Explanations for this gold selloff abound everywhere and nearly all of them are inane and incorrect. What gold is really telling us is that the global economy is on very thin ice. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003