Word: reaping
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...business, a development that may affect what kinds of shows get made--and stay on the air--in the future. Following the success of movie DVDs, which now bring in more money than the box office, TV DVDs made more than $1 billion last year and are expected to reap even more money this year. And TV executives, who can smell a quarter buried in a pile of gym socks, have taken notice. "A show like Family Guy could not be justified in the old TV model," says Gary Newman, president of 20th Century Fox TV. "Now we have...
...with the taxable Tnote's 4.20%. And that's before taking into account any exemption from state and local tax. "Yields are still cheap compared to Treasuries'," says Zane Brown, director of fixed-income investments at Lord Abbett. Baby boomers in peak earning years are especially well positioned to reap the tax benefits of munis, says Brown, who recommends high-quality bonds, rated...
...befriending the local hairdresser, with whom they perform a passable Peter Allen?inspired dance routine. Most of this has been for the benefit of a visiting tax inspector (Pete Postlethwaite), who is investigating their claim to be a couple, and for the benefits the hard-up Vince hopes to reap...
...preferential oil contracts as Iraq's petroleum industry gets back on its feet. Last year Mitsubishi signed a deal to procure 40,000 barrels of crude per day from the southern city of Basra. In South Korea, top firms like Hyundai Construction and LG Electronics are hoping to reap rewards in Iraq. Hyundai has already won two contracts worth $240 million to build a hospital and repair dams. And the need to bolster economic relations with the U.S. was a major factor for Thailand to send troops to Iraq. Since dispatching soldiers, Thailand, which sells 20% of its exports...
...company. Granted, Harvard Student Agencies (HSA)—the official ring vendor of the original bill, and now likely to be the one chosen by the council—is itself nonprofit. But it will almost certainly be contracting the ring-making out to a company that will reap large benefits from the deal...