MILAN, Italy - Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were given a suspended 20-month jail sentence on Wednesday after being found guilty of hiding $1.3 billion in income from tax authorities.The suspended sentence, which one of their lawyers said they would appeal, means they will avoid prison as long as they commit no other crimes for five years.The conviction is the culmination of...
If only prospective employers sought you out as aggressively as some career sites do. You could just sit back and wait for your dream job to show up on a Super Bowl commercial or banner ad. With so many websites vying for job seekers’ attention, it’s easy to while away precious hours trying them all. Instead, pick your spots. Experts suggest spending most of your time networking, not clicking thro...
Struggling student loan debtors are being tricked into paying up to $1,600 in fees to private firms offering "debt relief" that they could get for free, according to a report issued Wednesday by the National Consumer Law Center.Student loan debt relief ads began crowding their way onto media in recent months. Consumers deep in credit card debt have heard the pitch for years, in seemingly incessant...
After years lagging the imports, General Motors has surged to the top of the charts in the 2013 J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey, the most influential measure of vehicle quality during the first months off the showroom lot.The new study also reveals that, on the whole, the quality of this year’s cars, trucks and crossovers actually declined a bit from 2012 – a decline largely the result of design...
Nearly a month after announcing plans to set up a high-speed network of “Supercharger” stations across the U.S. and Canada, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hinting the start-up electric vehicle maker might also adopt a battery swap system that could allow owners of the new Model S sedan to switch in a freshly charged battery pack “faster than you could fill a gas tank.”Tesla has been exploring the idea of ...
