Lady Gaga Is Forbes’ Richest Woman In Music

Lady Gaga Is Forbes’ Richest Woman In Music

By Emily Zemler • 1 day ago

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Lady Gaga has been named the top-earning woman in music in 2011 by Forbes Magazine. The pop star drew in a whopping $90 million this year, thanks largely in part to her Monster Ball tour.
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Gaga can also credit the high sales of her latest album, Born This Way, for netting such a grand income. Also helping: Several endorsement deals. If you’re curious what Gaga spends her money on, we’d guess it’s combination of her wild attire and 14-minute music videos she’s been producing lately.

First Class Mail to be Slower

Businesses to feel first-class mail changes

NEW YORK — Utility bills are paid, legal briefs are filed and the Christmas shopping all gets done online. But for magazines, clothing catalogues and movies, the mail still matters.

For some mail-dependent businesses, quick and cheap first-class mail service from the U.S. Postal Service is still the best way to reach prospective customers and subscribers. And for many, it's still an important way to get paid.

The Postal Service, which has been losing money for five years, said Monday that it is shuttering more than 200 mail processing centers, adding at least a day's wait for many first-class deliveries. The news was met with concern and frustration from some businesses — and shrugs from others that long ago stopped relying on the post office. Read More

President Obama's Statement on Tonight’s Payroll Tax Vote

By Greg on December 1, 2011

Senate Republicans have blocked President Obama’s plan to extend the payroll tax cut for working Americans. The President released this statement following the vote:

Tonight, Senate Republicans chose to raise taxes on nearly 160 million hardworking Americans because they refused to ask a few hundred thousand millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. They voted against a bill that would have not only extended the $1,000 tax cut for a typical family, but expanded that tax cut to put an extra $1,500 in their pockets next year, and given nearly six million small business owners new incentives to expand and hire. That is unacceptable. It makes absolutely no sense to raise taxes on the middle class at a time when so many are still trying to get back on their feet.
Now is not the time to put the economy and the security of the middle class at risk. Now is the time to rebuild an economy where hard work and responsibility pay off, and everybody has a chance to succeed. Now is the time to put country before party and work together on behalf of the American people. And I will continue to urge Congress to stop playing politics with the security of millions of American families and small business owners and get this done.