Word: maximum
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...benefits are fully realized and the investors have recaptured much of their original investment through write-offs, they can sell the property. The profits from the sale are taxed, but usually at favorable capital gains rates, which under the new law have been reduced even further, from an effective maximum...
...fully mechanized farm. While the most efficient farm size has increased in the last decade, due mainly to tractor improvements, this 1973 report found that most farmers need a much smaller acreage and capital investment than Pat Benedict. For instance, a vegetable grower in California produces at his maximum potential on a farm of 200 acres with less than one-fifth of Benedict's investment in machinery, and a corn farmer in Indiana on a farm of 800 acres. This point is born out by the "postage stamp" farms of Italy which produce 50 per cent more than the average...
...arranging last week's dollar rescue, the Administration also showed a sense of style and timing in economic policy that it had never before displayed. By keeping their mouths shut, officials managed to spring the announcement just when it would do nearly maximum damage to antidollar speculators. And the President demonstrated commendable willingness to swallow bitter medicine that he had long put off taking. But that ought to be only the start...
...deposits are held in savings, where the money earns a maximum interest of 5% a year right up to the moment of withdrawal. But banks that offer the service can charge steep fees, sometimes as much as 25? for every check written, plus a monthly service fee that may be as high as $5 if the savings balance drops below a preset level. Thus PAT accounts may be profitable only for depositors who write few checks and can maintain a balance of close...
...entrepreneur named Marvin Marshall tours the dairylands of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio in a Ford Econoline van packed with IBM computer equipment. In two hours he will analyze a farmer's dairy cows and whip out a formula for feed calculated to permit each beast to produce the maximum amount of milk while remaining in glowing health...