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...officials couldn't help noticing that outfits such as CaribbeanSecrets.com have been encouraging folks to send their funds offshore. Officials feared a wave of taxpayers surfing toward the money islands. Says Jack Blum, an IRS consultant: "There was a realization that either you do something about this or kiss the voluntary tax system goodbye...
...Levin ’04 designed an interesting set, which depicts the filth and clutter of the family home with wonderful attention to detail. The mismatched furniture, empty beer bottles and extensive collection of old newspapers appropriately set the mood. The jazzy music accompaniment, provided by Ryan W. Blum ’04 and Alex D. Gordon ’04, adds an appealing element to the production, amplifying the tense moments in the dialogue...
...Felicia Blum, who has taught a creative-writing class for middle school students at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for 12 years, says a good exercise is to invite kids to write a letter to someone they love. Writing, she says, is "a wonderful alternative to MTV, to technology. It's slow and thoughtful...
...squeamish about the substance as well as its source. Mila is supplied by Russian maternity wards, but Shiseido is very secretive about the placental extract in its popular Revitalizing Cream; the Japanese company won't even say what kind of animal it comes from. Progressive Beauty Brands executive David Blum admits his Placenta Plus products sell best overseas and in Hispanic communities, "where there's less resistance to the word placenta...
...Brokers forgot the rules," says lawyer Darren Blum, who won a $98,000 award last year after arguing that a broker failed to make suitable recommendations based on his client's assets and investment experience. The client, a 73-year-old bookkeeper in Hollywood, Fla., agreed to put nearly $200,000--or roughly 80% of his liquid net worth--into a stock he'd never heard of, Sigma Design. "I was buying like crazy on margin," says the bamboozled bookkeeper. "And I got wiped...