Word: discounter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...investment. Calling the move "ham-handed," Alan Gottesman, an advertising analyst at the Paine Webber brokerage firm, noted that Maurice "managed to depress morale and performance in the consulting arm at the same time that he was letting potential buyers know they could pick up the firms at a discount." Fearing a messy auction, clients began to switch to other consulting agencies. So far, only three of the smaller agencies have been sold, for a total of $38 million...
After months of being kept in the dark, however, the families no longer discount any theory. "I believe ((the CIA scenario)) is more than possible," says Giebler. She is not alone in her suspicion, nor in her anger about the offer by the Bush Administration to compensate the families of victims killed in the downing of an Iranian passenger jet by the U.S.S. Vincennes in July 1988. Some security analysts conclude that Iran ordered the bombing of Flight 103 to avenge the Iranian Airbus disaster. The families do not disagree. Jeannine Boulanger, whose 21-year-old daughter Nicole was killed...
Second, you assert that a homeownership tax exemption would "discount the real estate tax value by about $50,000." But you do not explain that such a homeownership tax is not required by law for the next fiscal year, but would have to be voted by the next city council. And the supporters of Proposition 1-2-3 do not support such an exemption for tenants allowed to buy under Proposition 1. Just because we support a choice of homeownership does not mean we want the city to subsidize it, in any way. Instead, the plan...
...first problem is that there would not be that much tax revenue. Although newly-bought apartments would be taxed at market value, the home ownership tax exemption would discount the taxable value by about...
Proponents of the measure, however, contend that it would give low-income city residents an opportunity to buy apartments at a discount rate, because landlords would only have one market for their rent-controlled apartments...