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Grammy winner Mary J. Blige is being chased for taxes again.nbsp;Like mixing plaids and stripes, celebrities and taxes often seem to be in discord. Stars may make a lot of money, but they have big expenses and a complex lifestyle. And they often rely on managers and advisers to handle details most people handle themselves. Their handlers may not keep them fully informed.

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By MargieWarrell.com - In today’s culture, where so much emphasis is placed on the superficial, people crave authenticity. Employees today are hungry for real what-you-see-is-what-you-get leadership. The most inspiring and influential leaders therefore don’t lead because of what they do (though they do plenty), but because of who they are. Too often leaders and those who aspire to be, forget that.

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Where are the industries with low barriers to entry, few dominant competitors and growing sales? A recent IBISWorld report identifies these eight sectors as best for startups (figures rounded).

Few are arguing that the combination of Yahoo and Tumblr is not a good thing for users. Forbes contributors Steve Rosenbaum and Drew Hansennbsp; have made good cases this week here and here to show that it is.

The death of author Robert B. Parker in 2010 brought with it an unusual business challenge.nbsp; The novelist, who wrote almost 70 books, the majority of them about his iconic Boston private eye, Spenser (no first name ever has been used), was a best-seller machine.nbsp; Not on the scale of, say, Dan Brown or John Grisham.nbsp; But two or three times a year, virtually every year, Parker could be counted on to publish a novel, which would spend a number of weeks on the New York Times best seller list.nbsp; The books led to a TV series, Spenser For Hire, back in the eighties, and there had been rumbling about a revival.

Young people take to the street to protest Wall Streets role in the financial crisis.

nbsp;I dont know if Occupy Wall Street has been quiet lately or if I have just not been paying attention.nbsp; Nonetheless, they have something going on right now.nbsp; The OWS Bring Justice to Justice rally was scheduled to begin at 1:oo PM with a march on the Department of Justice. blockquoteFive years after Wall Street crashed the economy, not one banker has been prosecuted for the reckless and fraudulent practices that cost millions of Americans their jobs, threw our cities and schools into crisis, and left families and communities ravaged by a foreclosure crisis and epidemic of underwater mortgages./blockquote They cite Attorney General Holders testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which gave us the catchy Too Big to Jail

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Out of state investors in real estate partnerships in high tax states sometimes get nasty surprises, particularly if partnership management is not sensitive to their concerns.nbsp; That appears to be what happened to Craig Olsheim based on a recent decision in the State of New York Division of Tax Appeals.nbsp; Mr. Olsheim inherited an interest in Fifth Avenue Building Associates, LLC in 2004.nbsp; In 2005, Fifth Avenue sold its only asset and dissolved.

The government pounced when a low-level State Dept. employee allegedly leaked classified information to Fox News reporter James Rosen. According to this account in the Washington Post, federal prosecutors cracked into Rosens private Gmail accounts and even tracked his minute-by-minute movements within the State Departments headquarters on C Street in Washington.

Ugandan multi-millionaire and serial entrepreneur Ashish J. Thakkar has officially launched Mara Online, a family of online and mobile platforms that allow users to communicate, interact and collaborate with each other.

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the Obama administration. Whether it is lingering doubts about Benghazi or Fast and Furious, the IRS playing favorites for 18 months, the U.S. Marshal’s Service losing a couple of terrorists, unanswered questions about the nominee to lead the EPA or the Department of Justice illegally seizing AP phone records, the White House has gone into full damage control mode. As one Beltway Insider put it, The Obama Administration is beginning to resemble the Titanic, taking on water and listing to port.