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  • June 2008

    • Ads Tap Into That 'Mad-as-Hell' Feeling

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 5:14 AM CDT

      Ads Tap Into That 'Mad-as-Hell' Feeling

      (Newser) - Advertisers are feeling our pain. So they're tapping into consumer rage over rising prices by saying "we understand," and using that to sell products and services. Take a Southwest ad that asks what the competitors have been smoking. "Apparently, your rolled-up $20s," it quips. A legion of ads has cropped in similar fashion to assure us that companies sympathize with our anger, the New York Times reports. A few examples: More »

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      advertising  • consumer  • Southwest Airlines  • trend  • Harley Davidson  • Eastman Kodak  • Jackson Hewitt

  • April 2007

    • Feds Sue Tax Preparers for Fraud

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Apr 4, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Feds Sue Tax Preparers for Fraud

      (Newser) - Tax preparers Jackson Hewitt have bilked the government out of more than $70 million, alleges a suit filed yesterday by the Justice Department. The suit claims that over 125 of the company's franchises, all owned at least in part by the same Atlanta businessman, engaged in massive tax fraud. More »

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      business  • Department of Justice  • fraud  • money  • taxes  • IRS  • income tax  • franchise  • Jackson Hewitt

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