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...Cambridge taxi operator reported to CPD that at 1:15 a.m., a passenger he dropped off at Jefferson Park stole keys to the taxi after paying the fee. The operator proceeded to chase the suspect through a housing complex. When the operator returned to his taxi, four black males were inside. They stole $160 in cash...
...trip or who didn't have relatives already in the U.S. to sponsor them. "They charged 30% annual interest, enough to keep someone working to pay it off over a very long time," Kwong says. It also enabled Ping and others to transfer the payments for the smuggling fee immediately after they were made, opening up a whole new pool of financing for would-be immigrants...
Police say she paid the gangs to do her dirty work, and her indictment lists several instances of calls from her demanding ransom and the payment of ransom money for the release of immigrants who were being held until families or relatives paid their smuggling fee. Wong, however, believes her participation in gangs was coerced. He says Ah Kay at one point sent goons who threatened to destroy her restaurant if she didn't knuckle under to his gang. Ah Kay, who pleaded guilty to alien smuggling several years ago, is expected to testify against her. Her attorney Joel Cohen...
...market value of $46 billion--triple the assets in these funds just two years ago. Vanguard has promised an array of competing ETFs, to be called Vipers; and Merrill Lynch has entered the tradable-funds sweepstakes with HOLDRs (Holders). Again, you pay a sales commission, but the management fee is minimal, and waived altogether if not covered by dividends paid by companies in the portfolio. The basic HOLDR consists of 20 stocks targeting, say, the Internet, biotech or banking industry...
...With Holders, you also have the option of weeding out losers and taking a deduction while keeping the rest. For steady, small-dollar investing, you still can't beat common mutual funds, especially those in a 401(k) plan. But exchange-listed, tradable stock funds aren't just another fee-laden profit center for Wall Street. For many investors, their low cost and tax flexibility make them a useful alternative...