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How much unclaimed property is out there? It's a huge number. States currently hold about $16 billion. Estimates of federal holdings--lost IRS refunds, undeliverable Social Security checks--run as high as $25 billion. Corporations that fail to remit assets to the states may hold an additional $100 billion...
That's why there may be a painless payoff in doing a little investigating on your own. (Lawyers and other pros want up to 50% of what they recover.) First, check with states where you have lived or have relatives. A new website, www.missingmoney.com is building a national database of...
There is no clearinghouse at the federal level. HUD, the Social Security Administration and the IRS are the most likely places to find missing assets. You'll have to write them with as much detail as possible on what may be missing. It's also a good idea to check...
Linux, you'll recall, is "open source" software, designed, updated and debugged by an army of volunteers. Although its advocates insist that it crashes far less often than Windows, and it is undeniably cheaper, the judge says Linux can't beat Windows for the simple reason that there aren't...
Judge Jackson makes a strong argument. The operating system with the most applications "wins" the market, he says, because it has the broadest appeal to consumers. As users settle on a platform, developers build more applications for it, which attracts yet more users. "What for Microsoft is a positive feedback...