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Walmart, a company controversial for recommending its employees supplement their low wages with government benefits like food stamps, has just released its annual report for the end of its fiscal year to the securities and exchange commission.

A California couple who found $10 million worth of buried gold coins may not be so lucky after all. The couple found the mint condition coins on their property while hiking a few months ago. Turns out, the coins may have been stolen from the U.S. Mint in 1900, according the San Francisco Chronicle. That would make the coins property …

An unnamed Silicon Valley billionaire has purchased the world’s most valuable life insurance policy, and Guinness Book of World Record officials say the $201 million life insurance policy is more than double the previous record. A Southern California financial services company that helped put the deal together declined to identify the buyer for safety reasons.

James Murphy has watched in frustration as his school property tax bill has risen year after year. “It goes up $200 or $300 a year,” said Murphy, of Media. “There’s no control over it. With them, it’s just spend, spend, spend, spend.” Murphy is a member of the Rose Tree Media Taxpayers United, a grassroots group that advocates for controlled …

Not everyone can live in Oakland, CA. But after the Movoto Real Estate Blog named it the Most Exciting City in America earlier this year, it seemed like everyone in the Bay Area was thinking about giving it a shot. For some people, though, big cities just aren’t their thing. They enjoy the lifestyle that comes with living in a …

A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction of taxes owed. Some tax credits are refundable meaning if you are eligible and claim one, you can get the rest of it in the form of a tax refund even after your tax liability has been reduced to zero.

It costs more to make a penny than the penny is worth, likewise for the nickel, government reports say. To that end, the Obama Administration has ordered a review of the nation’s currency in 2015, particularly the use and production of coins, according to MarketWatch.

It’s no secret the housing market in the United States has been heating up over the past couple of years, with most markets up by double-digit percentages in the past year alone. Most industry experts are projecting the gains to continue in 2014, but at a slower pace than in recent years. According to Zillow, the average home value in …

Peter Schiff gives CNBC a bit more than they bargained for in this interview in which CNBCS leads off with What is Wrong With Gold?

One of the best ways to get your home to sell quickly and get the most money out of it is to get it in “sellable” condition before putting it on the market. A big part of that is making any needed repairs.

Novice investors often look at a stock price and see the value of the company—a stock priced at $100 seems like it’s more expensive than a stock priced at $10. After all, you can double your money if the stock at $10 goes to $20 but only gain ten percent if the stock at $100 goes to $110. Isn’t that …