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...best known for selling electricity meters, as "the model of the Made-in-China era." But the greatest awe is for Wang's acquisition of foreign companies, especially public ones, a strategy with great symbolic value in an era in which China wants to assert itself as a global investor, not just an exporter...
...Market concerns over weak economic indicators and an increased risk of war in the Middle East pushed mortgage rates lower," said Frank Nothaft, chief economist at mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac (which, unsurprisingly, posted a 25 percent increase in net income in Q4). "That and falling stock prices raised investor appeal for U.S. Treasury Bonds, which in turn, allowed most interest rates to drift even lower...
...would generally receive a lasting boost. Cutting the tax ensures better after-tax returns. So if you've been afraid to step back into the market, get over it. This plan would deleverage corporate America by making stock, not debt, a more attractive way to raise money and restore investor confidence by drawing attention to companies fit enough to boost cash payouts. The plan also encourages companies to stop dodging taxes, because only fully taxed profits could be paid as taxfree dividends. Some form of dividend-tax relief will almost surely survive any political horse trading. Here's a guide...
These proposed tax cuts are more than twice what Bush's allies had expected and certify the baseball-loving President as a man who swings for the fences. In slashing taxes on dividends rather than, say, the payroll tax, Bush is playing to the supply-side crowd and investor class for whom the stock market is critical. In making the wealthy the biggest beneficiaries of the cuts, Bush is willing to face down accusations of class warfare. In its willingness to risk cranking up the deficit to record levels, the Bush team is repudiating a decade-long Republican fixation...
...would generally receive a lasting boost. Cutting the tax ensures better after-tax returns. So if you've been afraid to step back into the market, get over it. This plan would deleverage corporate America by making stock, not debt, a more attractive way to raise money and restore investor confidence by drawing attention to companies fit enough to boost cash payouts. The plan also encourages companies to stop dodging taxes, because only fully taxed profits could be paid as taxfree dividends. Some form of dividend-tax relief will almost surely survive any political horse trading. Here's a guide...