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...Nebraska, during the most recent session of the legislature, lawmakers increased taxes on retail sales (to 5.5%, up from 5%), cigarettes (to 64˘, from 34˘ a pack) and income (a new average rate of 5.1%, up from 2.36%, starting in 2003). The hikes were vetoed by Republican Governor Mike Johanns, but the veto was overridden. The sales-tax increase targets some services, including software training, pest control, automobile cleaning and roadside assistance. That tax hike is expected to raise $100 million a year...
...their strategy that distinguishes them from the pack of candidates, they...
...about it. Harvard has a $17.5 billion endowment—this in a down year. Not all of that should be spent, obviously, and there are operating costs to consider. But when you’ve got $17.5 billion to throw around, a six-figure project looks like a pack...
...variety of it, and what quantities. The menu is 20 pages long and the list of culinary offerings from around the globe is interspersed with advertisements for products that range from Coca-Cola to Joan’s Jewellery. (Note to Christmas shoppers: She will prefer a six pack of Diet Coke to a pair of rhinestone earrings from Joan’s. The soda is infinitely more romantic and, besides, should have a far higher resale value). Portions are similarly super-sized: A trip to the Cheesecake Factory is not for the faint of heart (literally). The Cheesecake Factory?...
...Sunday, Nov. 17, an anxious crowd waited in a line starting from Science Center D—and extending into Oxford Street—before the people were told they had to leave. The disappointed pack, many of whom had traveled from all over Boston to see electronic sound artists Matmos (a.k.a. Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt) perform that night, missed the premier event in the Office for the Arts’ latest Learning From Performers program...