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...good bracket, I didn't want to play UMass or UConn in the semis," Crimson head coach Bob Scalise said last night. "Now we won't have to play them until the finals...
...able to put up to $2,000 into a tax-deferred account created by his company, or by a financial institution, such as a bank or brokerage house. The money is usually not taxed until the employee retires, when he is expected to be in a much lower tax bracket...
...month certificates that offer three times more interest than passbooks. The new All Savers Certificates that will start being sold next month will initially pay 12.61% tax-free for up to $1,000 in interest for an individual or $2,000 for a couple. Depending on the tax bracket of a depositor, that can be the taxable equivalent of as much as 25% interest...
...A.S.C. is most beneficial to middle-and upper-middle income people. Investors must be in a relatively high tax bracket, about 30%, for the tax saving to compensate for a return that is lower than from a money-market fund. For instance, a family with an income of $50,000 a year and normal deductions would have to receive a taxable return of about 20% to equal the tax-free yield of 12.61%. For people making less money, however, the A.S.C. is not as attractive. For a family earning $19,000 annually, that same 12.61% would be equivalent...
...counterattacking. One entry: Cadillac's Cimarron, whose hefty price of $12,000 and up has not discouraged sales thus far, and should not if General Motors' calculations prove correct. The company has found that during the 1980s, the number of people in the 35-to-44 age bracket earning more than $35,000 should grow by 129%. As in many other businesses, Detroit knows that those baby-boom consumers will be fueling its sales for years to come. -By John S. DeMott...