I'm about to purchase a business, but the profit on the tax return is a lot lower than the owner's internal financials. How can I make them rectify this discrepancy to my satisfaction? After all, I'm not into the whole "going bankrupt" thing. [more inside]
posted by CommonSense on Sep 21, 2009 - 9 answers

My googlefoo is failing me: Hasn't anyone written a program that helps you figure out the best strategy for playing the "rotate credit card balances from one card to the next to take advantage of low APR offers" game? [more inside]
posted by GenTso on Feb 15, 2009 - 7 answers

Why do the lenders give short sellers the stock? [more inside]
posted by sophist on Sep 22, 2008 - 9 answers