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...Stores Corp., with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, is a chain of some 250 retail electronics and appliance stores in 37 states--and two synthetic-fuel facilities. While sales of the company's main products have declined, its synthetic-fuel sideline has thrived. Stuart Rose, Rex's CEO, told stock analysts in June that "it's an asset that's still returning unbelievable returns for our investment." Echoed Douglas Bruggeman, Rex's vice president for finance: "We feel real good about that whole part of our business right...
Even when a company's operating income goes down, its profits can still go up if it has tax credits on tap. PPL Montana LLC, a subsidiary of PPL Corp., the holding company for such utilities as Pennsylvania Power & Light and Montana Power, reported that "although operating income from synfuel operations declined in 2002 compared to 2001, the synfuel projects contributed $7 million more to net income after recording tax credits...
...have a stake in synthetic-fuel plants and burn their own product have achieved stunning financial results. Through 2002, Progress Energy Inc., a holding company for public utilities that generate electricity in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, raked in $897 million in tax credits from the program. SCANA Corp., the holding company for South Carolina Electric & Gas, reported that it received $58 million in tax credits from an investment of "approximately $2 million" in synthetic-fuel partnerships. That works out to a return of 2,800%. Think of the numbers this way: if you invested...
...Among the investors who have taken advantage of the tax credits: the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the publicly owned but government-sponsored corporation that bills itself as the nation's largest source of financing for home mortgages; Morgan Stanley, the global financial-services firm; and Norfolk Southern Corp., which owns two major railroads in the Northeast as well as half of Conrail...
...Drug Administration-like Medicare, a part of Health and Human Services-which restricted the use of silicone implants in 1992 because of health concerns, may be poised to reverse course. On October 14 and 15, an FDA advisory panel will meet to consider recommending that silicone implant manufacturer Inamed Corp., located in Santa Barbara, California, be allowed to market its product. This week, opponents of any change in the FDA's stance are beginning a print and broadcast ad campaign depicting a woman's breast with an implant as a ticking time bomb...