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Preliminary Analytics | 11.06.09

by Caleb Newquist

Thumbnail image for IRS_logo-thumb-150x140.jpg• How to Audit-Proof Your Tax Return: Don’t e-File – Those IRS reviewers aren’t too keen on looking at numbers on paper. [TaxProf Blog]
• Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall by 190,000 – Double digits for the first time since ’83 [Bloomberg]
• AIG posts second consecutive quarterly profit – $455 million is not going to cut it. Step it up AIG. [Reuters]
• Inside-Trade Probe Snares ‘Octopussy’ – Whew. Without nicknames, this story wouldn’t be taken nearly as seriously. [WSJ]

Thumbnail image for IRS_logo-thumb-150x140.jpg• How to Audit-Proof Your Tax Return: Don’t e-File – Those IRS reviewers aren’t too keen on looking at numbers on paper. [TaxProf Blog]
• Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall by 190,000 – Double digits for the first time since ’83 [Bloomberg]
• AIG posts second consecutive quarterly profit – $455 million is not going to cut it. Step it up AIG. [Reuters]
• Inside-Trade Probe Snares ‘Octopussy’ – Whew. Without nicknames, this story wouldn’t be taken nearly as seriously. [WSJ]

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