Word: equal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first question to ask yourself is whether there are other investments that are likely to grow faster, or balance your portfolio better, than the ones that you own. Often the answer is yes, and in those cases you should try to sell winners and losers in equal proportions to minimize your tax bill. "You can take the losses today, still remain in the market and use those losses to offset current capital gains," says financial planner Altair Gobo of U.S. Financial Services in Fairfield...
...Louis Cardinals slugger who was first to hit 70 homers in a season, beating Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61. His record stood until this year, when Barry Bonds hit 73. An injured, frustrated McGwire told reporters he was no longer able to perform "at a level equal to what [the Cardinals] would be paying...
...doubt, the new WTO blueprint is hugely ambitious. It commits trade officials to negotiate an end to agricultural subsidies across the globe, discuss a new competition framework, debate equal treatment for foreign investors, speed up customs procedures, improve market access for the WTO?s poorer nations and sort out the complex relationship between environmental treaties and trade rules. The World Bank has already estimated that the new round could boost growth by up to $2.8 trillion...
...forces in Kabul are so mixed. Though they re-opened a movie theater there last week for the first time since the Taliban took power, women were not admitted. A brief street demonstration last week by women who wanted to march to the U.N. headquarters in Kabul to demand equal rights was blocked by the police, who claimed they could not guarantee the security of the protesters...
...weeks ago, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and the President's Special Counselor, Karen Hughes, met with Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, and Mavis Leno, who has long worked to bring attention to the problems of Afghan women. "We asked the Administration to make returning women to equal status under the law a nonnegotiable issue in forming any new government," says Leno, wife of Tonight Show host Jay Leno. "That's pretty much the language Colin Powell used when he spoke at the State Department [last week], so it appears the government is going to do exactly that...