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...Gore's plan would spend $36 billion on income tax credits to offset costs of college tuition. A family could receive as much as $2,800 in tax credits each year. Gore would also allow families to sock away up to $2,500 a year in new tax-advantaged accounts, similar to 401(k)s, which they could tap at any age for higher education or job training. And Gore would spend $2 billion nationalizing a program, already in place in some states, that gives parents tax breaks to save for their kids' college tuition...
OHIO Gore needs Cleveland's blue-collar families to offset rural conservatives in the Southwest who favor the G.O.P. But so far, Bush has an impressive 9-point lead statewide...
...officials were enthusiastic about the sale, hoping the funds from Harvard will offset deficits from Boston's Central Artery project--known as the "Big Dig"--which has had massive cost overruns...
...hotel prices could be stiff this summer. Yet an industry building boom has added almost half a million hotel rooms since 1997, outpacing demand in major U.S. cities. For instance, at the Comfort Suites in Seattle, rates are down by $5 to $10. But remember, low rates may be offset by increased parking and minibar prices...
...Boo.com was actually showing some small net earnings, but their paying customer base wasn't growing fast enough to offset the ravages of "cash burn." TIME technology writer Chris Taylor says the British-based company might have had a chance if it had controlled costs and taken one lesson from the Yanks: "Customer service," he says. "The Europeans don't really get that yet. Just as important as a flashy site is an effective support system, with real people manning real phones, making sure shopping online is actually better than shopping in a store. At Boo.com, it wasn...