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May 17, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Abercrombie & Fitch Faces Backlash After CEO's 'Fat' Comments Abercrombie and Fitch? More like Abercrombie and Ditch. The apparel retailer has seen its reputation nosedive over the past two weeks since controversial comments made by its CEO Mike Jeffries resurfaced online, according to brand researcher YouGov BrandIndex.  Continue reading... The Lingering Consequences Of The Foreclosure Crisis Revealed Fast Food Workers: Our Bosses Are Stealing From Us! A Lot! King Decides Luxury Yacht Not The Best Choice Amid Biting Recession Waitress Surprised With HUGE Tip On Tiny Bill Red Lobster Customer Sues Over 'Poison Beer' Winning Powerball Numbers Bill Gates Is Now The Richest Man In The World Waitress Surprised With HUGE Tip On Tiny Bill Abercrombie & Fitch's Semi-Apology Didn't Go Over Too Well Monsanto CEO: 'Elitism' Fuels Our Critics Waitress Surprised With HUGE Tip On Tiny Bill JARED BERNSTEIN A Few Lessons From the IRS Scandal If we make this scandal only about rogue actors in the agency and whether it reached the administration, we will miss the glaring impossibility of what we're asking the IRS to do in these cases, which is to implement completely incoherent tax law. Continue reading... PETER G. MILLER Why FHA Mortgages Are More Stable Than We Think For the past year there have been worries that the FHA might require taxpayer money to pay off lender claims for loans gone bad. But now it may be that the economy has turned around and the FHA may well do better than anyone thinks. Continue reading... JESSICA LEVINSON It's Time for the IRS to Crack Down on Phony Non-Profits There is little doubt that the IRS' approach to determining whether to grant tax-exempt status should be politically even-handed, without regard to partisan affiliation. But this kerfuffle is merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Continue reading... RAYMOND J. LEARSY EU's Oil Probe Years Overdue, Targets Wrong Benchmark The European antitrust authorities have finally carried out inspections of oil firms in three countries as well as the offices of the price-index publisher Platts, to determine if they distorted published prices of crude oil and petroleum products. It is a first step, long overdue, but it targets the wrong benchmark. Continue reading... MICHAEL FARR This Year's Deficit: Don't Break Out the Bubbly Just Yet It is most unfortunate that it takes a severe crisis to get anything done on Capitol Hill, but we fear that a new one will be required to effect material change. 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