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Income annuities should not be confused with variable annuities. Variable annuities let you save tax deferred through standard mutual funds and may offer certain guarantees (like a minimum return). But they often have high expenses and commissions. Immediate-fixed annuities are simple, low-cost products that let you plunk down a pot of money and get a secure monthly income for life (or some other designated period...
...encouraging seniors who can afford it to donate proportional to their means. But no proponent of Senior Gift can legitimately claim that the withholding of a single $10 donation will materially hurt Harvard. And no detractor can feign great enough financial distress to justify their refusal to plunk down the cash equivalent of a beer and a burrito. Harvard subsidizes everyone’s yearly tuition at least to the tune of $20,000 (more if financial aid is in the picture). Bottom line: It’s never really about the money. It’s about the principle.For...
These heavenly revenue trends are not confined to trinkets. Sales in telescopes have risen almost 50% in the past twelve months, as would-be astronomers plunk down anywhere from $100 to $8,500 per instrument. Says Kim Davey of Celestron International, an optical-instruments firm in Torrance, Calif.: "The comet is an excuse for people to buy the telescope they've always wanted." American Express is offering a $799 telescope "for Halley's comet and beyond," which can be paid for in monthly installments of $39.95. Burton Rubin, who made a fortune in the '70s on his E-Z Wider...
...there in his music." Backstage at a concert, the atmosphere is a little more restrictive, less familial than in times past, but Springsteen, off the road, is still the superstar who will tag along home on the spur of the moment with a casual friend and plunk out a few notes for the family on a toy piano. Recently, after a rehearsal in New Jersey, Springsteen found a fan lounging on the Boss's '69 black Chevy Malibu convertible. The fan took a bluff, bold shot: "How about a ride home?" "Hop in," said the Boss, and they drove...
...regional semifinal, where the Crimson will face New Hampshire at 3:30 p.m.,” I don’t know what combination of quotes would have done the trick, and you’re just about out of luck. So just go ahead, put down the paper, plunk yourself down on a sofa somewhere and make your way to “I Love The 90’s.” Maybe they’ll have a full top-10 list...