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...plan, more companies were raising or starting to distribute dividends, and those firms were outperforming the overall market. Those trends would continue for years, as soon-to-retire baby boomers focused on the certainty of cash income over the promise of capital gains - as long as both are on equal tax footing. But there are complications. Last year 34 companies in the S&P 500, including Ford and Goodyear, paid a dividend though they lost money and paid no tax. Under the Bush plan, their dividends would be taxable. And 28 other companies, including Kodak and Chubb, paid more...
...interview yesterday, the president was quick to clarify that he was an equal-opportunity dancer...
Union carried play in the early going, putting 13 shots on goal in the first period. But Grumet-Morris, who has always played his best when seeing a healthy amount of shots, was equal to the task, yielding few rebounds...
There are, to be sure, some exceptions. A doctor might favor an ACE inhibitor over a diuretic, for example, when treating a diabetic patient with kidney disease, since ACE inhibitors help prevent renal failure. But all other things being equal, diuretics should be the first-line medical treatment--that is, if eating better and exercising more aren't enough to bring down your blood pressure on their...
...prepares to move into the Blue House next February for a five-year presidential term, a sea change in U.S.-South Korean relations appears to be under way. In his first postvictory public utterances, the President-elect said he wants South Korea to be treated as an equal by the U.S., not as a ward. And despite his lack of foreign-policy experience, he made it clear that his incoming administration will not defer to the U.S. on North Korean diplomacy. "The traditional friendship and alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States must mature and advance...