In applying for the 2018 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge — a philanthropic contest that encourages cities to come up with innovative solutions to shared problems — South Bend, Ind., took a new approach to its workforce development efforts. Typically, South Bend had tackled that issue by emphasizing
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Investigation revealed that Furano evaded paying federal taxes by negotiating approximately 2,436 client checks, totaling approximately $1,295,990.23, at the bank for cash rather than depositing the checks into his business accounts, sometimes cashing up to 38 checks in one day. He also did not
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Scott Foster, an accountant who plays in an amateur recreational hockey league, was suddenly called in as an emergency backup goalie for the Chicago … Scott Foster is a 36-year-old accountant who lives in Oak Park, Ill. More than a decade ago, he was goalie on Western Michigan's hockey team.
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