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...Sweeney ‘88: Sweeney played his 10,000th career game with the Bruins last season. The backliner had spent every one of his first 15 seasons on Causeway Street – a rarity in today’s NHL – but signed with the Dallas Stars in the off-season after Boston opted to bring University of Michigan product Jeff Jillson up from the Baby B’s to start the year...
Income tax statistics also hide a couple of important realities. One is the FICA or Social Security tax. Unlike the income tax, FICA applies to the first dollar you earn, but not to the 100,000th, and it isn't assessed on any investment income. The other reality is that income figures do not really reflect increases in wealth, most of which are tax free. Increases in the value of investments are not taxed until the investment is "realized" (i.e., sold). If you die without selling, the profit during your lifetime is never taxed. And when investment profit does...
...mind, Smile, a British online bank owned by the Co-operative Bank, has launched drinks2u, a home delivery service of alcohol, supplied by Co-op supermarkets. But Smile's management also has reason to hoist a few - in celebration. In April the Internet bank signed up its 500,000th account holder, and it continues to add clients at a rate of about 20,000 a month. "We are on target," says ceo Bob Head, who adds that his goal - though a very long-term one - is to "wipe the big banks out." Online banking is growing steadily across Europe. NetValue...
...what I wanted to do when I grew up," she says. Others take time off but maintain close connections to their former jobs, to ease their eventual re-entry into the working world--or simply to avoid going insane after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the 2,000th time. A former saleswoman in the distribution department at the movie studio DreamWorks, Gioconda Mitas, 31, was the first of her work friends to have a baby, three years ago. Once a week, she dresses up and drives from suburban Granada Hills, Calif., to have lunch with three former co-workers...
Last Tuesday, Don Gorske ate his 18,000th Big Mac. Hes eaten at least two of them every day since...