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...pleased and really happy that the faculty voted in favor of Gen Ed,” Simmons said. “I really hope my colleagues jump into it with enthusiasm, and I’m looking forward to coming back to the new curriculum...
...setting both rates at 28%. (A quirk in the law kept the effective top rate at 33%.) But since 1992, as the chart on the previous page shows, income and capital gains rates have followed very different paths. One inadvertent result has been a pronounced tax bias in favor of private-equity partnerships and against traditional corporations. It's a bias that Stephen Schwarzman has taken great advantage of over the past 15 years. Now he may just have helped end it. THE BIG TAX GAP The growing disparity between capital gains and income tax rates has been a boon...
...question is how badly onetime frontrunner John McCain is lagging the field. He had vowed to beef up his fundraising operation after a disappointing $13.4-million showing put him in third place for the first quarter. However, McCain's stance in favor of comprehensive immigration Reform - which is hugely unpopular with the Republican base - is making that difficult. Though his June calendar was packed with around 30 fundraising events, word among Republicans activists is that they have been lightly attended. If he fails to raise even $10 million, it will add to the perception that his campaign has entered...
...bloc, says he doubts that Blair will be able to "disconnect himself from America and its pro-Israeli policy." That doubt was shared by one senior Arab official at the recent Sharm al-Sheikh summit who said that Blair's appointment is seen around the Middle East as a favor bestowed by the White House in recognition of his loyalty as an ally...
...Blair's favor, however, are his megawatt charm and drive. Who else would leap at the chance to do diplomacy's most thankless job? It also helps that, so far, he has the trust of Bush and the Israelis. "We have nothing but respect for him," said Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister...