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Meanwhile, U.S. and French experts devised a plan to support local moderates and destabilize Karadzic politically. Holbrooke wanted to isolate Karadzic by jamming all his electronic communications. "But the CIA fought the idea tooth and nail and told me it was technically impossible," fumes Holbrooke. "And that's bull!" A former senior CIA official confirms that such a plan was discussed...
Even in a bull market, individual stocks can tank and leave small shareholders devastated. Recent examples include the staggering 84% decline at small-appliance maker Sunbeam and a 66% drop at franchise operator Cendant, where just last week chairman Walter Forbes resigned under pressure. Both are widely held stocks, and, predictably, both now face scores of lawsuits that allege accounting fraud. Ultimately, the cases against both will become class-action affairs and so serve all who owned the stocks before their meltdown. But even if the suits succeed, the overwhelming odds--and this is true in any suit over...
Rocky Mountain oysters are a delicacy in Montana. They are, of course, the business part of the bull, and they are served breaded and deep fried, like chicken fingers, though they are not yet available in any Happy Meal deal. Each year for 15 years, Lincoln has sold more of them than the year before. It was two tons' worth last year at the 15th annual festival, which drew a record 15,000 people over five days without any arrests...
Judging by the video of last year's soiree ($29.95), the festival might be the only event in America in which bikers, yuppies, lawyers, the Winnebago crowd and perhaps even militiamen can team up in bull chip-toss competition and coexist in a blissful celebration of...of...what was it again...
...matter because the $625,000 lifetime exclusion ($1.25 million if married with a bypass trust) and the ability to give as gifts as much as $10,000 per person per year provide adequate shelter from estate-tax rates that can rise to an onerous 55%. But if the bull market has swelled your estate to $1.5 million or more, consider these tax breaks now--before they vanish...