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...search is on for the antidote. At a high-rise building in central Seoul, hundreds of debtors recently waited for interviews at a new government agency, the Credit Recovery Supporting Service, set up to help them reschedule their debt. So far 17,000 people have had their burden eased?a fraction of total defaulters. Meanwhile, in a dingy suburb across town, the agency holds 90-minute cash-management classes. The teacher, former banker Kim Seung Duck, loudly exhorts borrowers to embrace the habits of the rich by "loving money and saving." Under the white glare of fluorescent lights, middle-aged...
...sovereign Iraqi government, which is to be installed on that date. The administration sees the hand-over of political power from Ambassador Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority to an Iraqi provisional government as the essential step in getting Iraqis to assume a greater share of the security burden and defeating the insurgency...
...That way no one staff has to bear the burden,” she said...
There are ways to rewrite your will or trust to defer that state tax, but you need to make sure that in doing so, your estate won't face a greater federal tax burden down the road. Portland, Ore., couple Betty and Les Barkley put a disclaimer in their will so that the surviving spouse could delay paying taxes by refusing to accept a portion of the estate. Another approach is to claim a special marital tax deduction. Giving away enough money to bring the taxable estate below the federal and state thresholds or moving to a state that...
...With the burden of preparing a tailgate barbecue on Yale’s dining services this weekend, Allen said that HUDS was experimenting with spreading the baking out over the whole weekend—and even looking to increase their output in the future...