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...Porter is used to such political hype now, after 21 years as a certified political junkie. Growing up in Washington, D.C., Porter lived a political life, especially because his father, Roger B. Porter, IBM professor of business and government at the JFK School of Government, served as a top economic advisor to the Ford, Reagan and Bush administrations...
...provision is not new. But word has spread slowly, largely because companies avoid dispensing anything that approaches individual tax advice and there's nothing in it for the IRA industry. But financial planners I've spoken with endorse the strategy with such vigor that you have to worry about hype. This isn't a no-brainer. And the pitfalls include the risk that you'll wind up overly concentrated in one stock. You also have to pay a tax up front...
...longtime software developer, I was amazed by the Y2K hype. Government, the media and the public at large were all completely convinced we programmers were too stupid to properly allow for a change of century. How insulting. But to the programmers who took advantage of people's gullibility and profited from the panic, I say congratulations. P.T. Barnum would be proud. And to all the people who stockpiled enough nonperishable and unappetizing food to last for years, I'd ask, Who's stupid now? Enjoy your Spam. DIANA GRUBER Las Vegas...
Despite all the hype about Iowa, the true test for the candidates won't be for at least a month. On March 7, also known as "Super Tuesday", 15 states, including New York and California, will have their primaries...
...media hype cannot attract interest where there is nothing to be hyped, Patterson said...