New York this month became the fourth U.S. state to regulate unlicensed tax return preparers, at a time when consumer advocates are pushing for more state oversight as a federal crackdown stalled.

The International Monetary Fund predicts the U.S. economy would expand at a faster pace next year, given positive economic data and some signs of compromise in Congress, the head of the Washington-based lender said on Sunday.

Alfred Feld, who joined Goldman Sachs & Co. in 1933 and rose from office boy to private-wealth manager and became the firm’s longest-serving employee, has died. He was 98.

Last week, economist Peter Schiff alluded to Bitcoinas a bubble, while at the same time, a New York Supervisor suggested that the currency should be strongly regulated through licensing. However, these opposing opinions have not stopped the digital curren