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...positive. Estimates of the net benefits to the U.S. economy put immigrants' net contribution at $50 billion per year. Immigrants boost economic output by increasing the size of the U.S. workforce and the productivity of American firms...Immigrants pay enough or more in federal, state and local taxes to offset what they consume in public services." 3. On "rethinking a troubled relationship" with Cuba: "U.S. policy should be reframed to enable legitimate Cuban voices to shape a representative, accountable and sustainable transition to democracy." Among the major overhauls recommended are the lifting of restrictions on American travel to Cuba, repealing...
...double whammy. As mutual funds have been forced to sell long-held positions to meet redemptions this year, they have generated capital gains - which must be passed along to investors. We might therefore also see a round of year-end selling of mutual-fund shares by investors looking to offset gains and avoid paying taxes by locking in losses. "Tax-loss selling is a very powerful force," says Joe Battipaglia, market strategist for the private client group at Stifel Nicolaus. "The market is down 50% from a year ago - those are sizable losses...
...year. Lowell, Pforzheimer, Mather, and Adams Houses have also employed surcharges for dining hall rental and sometimes clean-up. Since student groups and House Committees (HoCos) are the driving force behind much on-campus social life, something needs to be done jointly by University Hall and the Houses to offset rising costs and make parties less arduous. The College’s policies are pushing the Harvard social scene to the periphery. Not only is this push an inevitable outcome of difficult party policies, but the administration actually encourages partying in areas that are difficult to monitor. When asked...
...customizable and impossible to copy. Buyers can choose from nearly 400 combinations of metals and dials. (A rose-gold crown with a titanium bezel, perhaps?) And to further thwart counterfeiters, Vacheron has enlisted Roger Pfund, the designer behind the Swiss passport and banknote, to institute high-security details like offset printing and a polymer film on the crystal dial. A custom watch takes only three months...
...person of color, you aren’t going to get much stage time. It’s an unfortunate trend throughout Western theater: typecasting often places women into roles as either sexualized damsels in distress or desexualized comed relief, while black characters are often marginalized altogether. To offset these outdated limitations, BlackCast has reworked the script’s basic structure and implemented gender- and race-blind casting. “Too often directors are too strict in their interpretation of the play,” Coles says. “If it is set in Victorian England...