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...assess whether the effect is positive or negative may sometimes be difficult. Most agree that it works in different ways for men and for women (for a biological explanation of this phenomenon, take Science B-29). Yet, those women interviewed agree that the Harvard name is a definite asset for undergraduate men on the prowl...
...computers to cars to commissions on stock trades to the rate on your mortgage, the 1990s have been a buyer's market. In no small part that disinflationary environment derives from the robust activity of dealmakers like Weill in mixing and matching to get the most out of every asset...
America has a rare and precious asset in Gates. He is a man whose work improves people's lives, making our working hours more productive and more fun. Gates must bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange to America each year. If he makes billions as a result, good luck to him. Will bringing down Microsoft and Gates benefit America? It may soothe the envy of his competitors, but it won't be of long-term benefit to the world. America should celebrate him, not persecute him. BARBARA BANNISTER KwaZulu, South Africa...
...start with the tax rate you will pay on capital gains from the sale of stocks or bonds or other assets. The old rate was 28% on any asset held at least 12 months. The new rate is 20% on any asset held at least 18 months, or 28% if held 12 to 18 months. Then and now, gains on assets held less than 12 months are taxed as ordinary income, at rates...
...match rates where possible. So if you sold a long-held stock at a loss before May 7, where the 28% rule applies, you're obliged to use it to offset any gains where the 28% rule applies. But, notes Jere Doyle, an estate-planning manager at Mellon Private Asset Management, if you have losses in excess of any gains at a given tax-rate level, you can use those losses to offset gains at another tax-rate level...