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Tax. it may not no longer be the case for everybody. because the u.s. supreme court on cyber monday said it is just not going to get involved in the state s efforts to force all of them to collect tax from you. we re not talking peanuts. it s estimated that states actually miss out on about $23 billion. that s just last year alone of uncollected taxes. half of them from online sales. and here with us business correspondent christine romans, and hln s legal analyst joey jackson. if you re a state, right, and you see someone say you re in new york andsying in their living room and they buy something or they drive amile away and they buy something online, you want the sales tax. now the supreme court is not going to not going to weigh into this debate where the web retailers say we don t think ....
Very good news for the passengers thorpe onboard that flight who were told that a passenger had tb and had been exposed to it. and terrified a lot of passengers. health officials here now say that subsequent testing shows that the passenger did in fact not have tb and does not have tuberculosis. he has been released from the hospital late last night. he has now been cleared to travel again. you may wonder why were passengers told by the fire department here at the airport to get tested. because they were operating on information from the centers for disease control, which had put that passenger on a no-fly list. casey, that s good news. thank you for that. appreciate the update. one of the biggest perks of buying from amazon.com or other big web retailers, you don t obvious have to pay the sales ....
Now more states, the see online sales taxes as an easy pot of money. many support new federal legislation that says states can force web retailers to collect sales taxes even if they don t have a store or a warehouse or a physical presence in their state. states say that could generate $23 billion a year in new tax revenue. money that they could use very much use for various programs. it is a big, a lot of concern around the country right now about tuition and higher ed, going up double digits and we re pricing middle class families out of college. that would make a huge dent. now that the legislation is beginning to get heard on capitol hill you will hear from small business and taxpayers and consumers who are really concerned the benefits of this bill, as much as 1%, state and local tax revenue, don t justify the new burdens on american business. in other words the juice isn t worth the squeeze. reporter: the legislation would provide an exemption ....
It s been wall street s biggest secret since the bailout of america s big banks but not anymore. the 2008 bailout cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion. bloomberg reports the banks also profited during that time making an extra $13 billion by taking advantage of the feds below market rates. these new figures come from if something is simply the color of gold, 29,000 pages of documents just is it really worth more? released due to the freedom of information act. we don t think so. get your credit cards out and chase sapphire preferred is a card of a different color. your computers, ipads and smartphones ready. that s because you always get two times the points on travel, it s cyber monday. the on-line shopping frenzy that from taxis to trains, follows black friday. and this year, the national airfare to hotels, and all kinds of dining. retail federation estimates nearly 123 million people will from fast food to fine dining. log on looking for deals. and that s not all you get. there are expert ....
To determine how much you can spend without going into debt. set a spending limit, and then stick to it. after that, get started right away. shopping s fun, it s not a problem with that. not only will you have more time to search for sales and bargains, but some retailers have already discounted their prices. web retailers often have better bargains than traditional brick and mortar stores because they don t have as much overhead. another bonus, you ll beat the crowds and long checkout lines. finally, this will be tough for a lot of people. consider restricting your gift buying list to just the immediate family. when you add in the nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, it can really add up. they re probably looking to cut back, as well. you can learn much more about mastering your money on the show that saves you money, your bottom line, every saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on cnn, don. stephanie, thank you. vegetables are supposed to be good for you, right? but there s a new recal ....