ShareThisThis is the Scripps Howard News Service BUSINESS budget for Friday, May 9, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives visit our Web site at www.shns.com.BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGYNEWHARLEYSLOGAN (Alexander, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- Harley-Davidson thinks America is in a dark mood over the economy, so it decided to lighten things up. The motorcycle giant's new slogan is: "So screw it, let's ride." 200.SMASHBURGER (Davis, SHNS) -- DENVER: Smashburger hamburger chain hungry to grow. 800.STIMULUSCHECK (Buck, Sacramento Bee) -- Until this week, it's been purely speculation where 130 million Americans will plunk down their not-so-hard-earned stimulus checks. Now there's a place to tell the world exactly where you're spending the windfall. 600.
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Paying taxes unites us. It also divides us. People can pay five and even six times more in state and local taxes than other folks in similar circumstances making similar incomes.
Who's got your number?
In one of the fastest-growing forms of identity theft, crooks are stealing tax refunds by swiping personal information and using it to trick the Internal Revenue Service.
