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...greater than the $440 million in stock sales that had been reported previously. The transactions enabled Boesky to avoid huge losses. The SEC has said that if Boesky had been forced to sell out after the charges were announced, the activity would have sent the stock market into a dive. Nonetheless, the disclosures of the watchdog's rubber teeth infuriated the business community...
More often, though, he gets his goals the hard way--by slashing a shot from the side or by taking the puck the length of the ice, faking out the goalie and sending it past him. And Bourbeau isn't afraid to dive into the corners and tassle with a big defenseman in pursuit of a loose puck...
...Contra funding, they are utter imbeciles if they fail to make concerted efforts to find out. They are faced with their greatest opportunity to crack Reagan's teflon armor. All they have to do is look at the polls. It is no coincidence that the 20 point dive in Reagan's approval rating comes at a time when the majority of Americans believe that he knew about the funding...
With running starts, the two took turns hurling themselves through the muck. They would emerge, caked with dirt and grass but grinning wildly, and dive through the mud again...
...threat is the possibility of a year-end market dive as investors sell off stocks in anticipation of a rise in the capital gains tax. Under current rules, only 40% of long-term capital gains, including profits from the sale of stock, is subject to taxation, which translates to a maximum rate of 20% on such income. Starting Jan. 1, however, all long-term capital gains will be taxed at a top marginal rate of 28%. Investors wishing to take advantage of the lower tax rate on these gains must unload their stock...