Posts filed as “United States”

Gay marriage: fall of Doma leaves many financial questions unanswered

Edith Windsor's tax bill led to the recognition of gay marriage, but same-sex finances are still clouded by uncertainty

History is not often made through a married couple's tax bill, but it was last week. In 2007, Edith Windsor married Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years. Spyer died in 2009 and, like almost any married person, attempted to leave her property to her significant other. But it...Read more.

Gay marriage: fall of Doma leaves many financial questions unanswered

Edith Windsor's tax bill led to the recognition of gay marriage, but same-sex finances are still clouded by uncertainty

History is not often made through a married couple's tax bill, but it was last week. In 2007, Edith Windsor married Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years. Spyer died in 2009 and, like almost any married person, attempted to leave her property to her significant other. But it...Read more.

Room service no more: why luxury is leaving the middle class behind | Helaine Olen

Hilton's pulling of room service in New York is another example of how middle income earners are losing access to life's luxuries

New York City's Hilton Hotels recently announced they would end room service this summer, offering customers instead a high-end food shop in the lobby.

That's right. For $200 a night plus taxes, you'll be expected to brown-bag it.

Think of this as one more demonstration of how services for the middle...Read more.

Room service no more: why luxury is leaving the middle class behind | Helaine Olen

Hilton's pulling of room service in New York is another example of how middle income earners are losing access to life's luxuries

New York City's Hilton Hotels recently announced they would end room service this summer, offering customers instead a high-end food shop in the lobby.

That's right. For $200 a night plus taxes, you'll be expected to brown-bag it.

Think of this as one more demonstration of how services for the middle...Read more.

No Mitt Romney, Private Charity Is Not Enough

Will the era of a thousand points of light end with Mitt Romney’s photo op of a thousand cans of soup? Ever since President George H.W. Bush proclaimed a need for “a thousand points of light,” Americans have been enthralled by the idea that private charity is all that is needed to help those in ...Read more.