Word: rental
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...capital gains (28% max). But if Republicans get their way, profits on the sale of most investments would be taxed at either 10% or 20%, whatever the taxpayer's regular income rate. There might even be a third rate, of 25%, for the sales of some types of rental property; and a fourth, of 28%, for such collectibles as rare coins. The G.O.P. also wants capital gains to be indexed for inflation--that is, the taxable gain would be reduced by the amount that prices had risen over the life of the investment. Treasury officials contend they would be forced...
...pharmaceutical giant Bergen Brunswig and from 1970 to '72 was Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Similar figures fill the church's upper management: Tony Burns, a "stake president" (the rough equivalent of an archbishop), is chairman of Miami-based Ryder Systems, the truck-rental empire...
...Pebble Gifford, president of the Harvard Square Defense Fund (HSDF), said Harvard Square "desperately needs rental housing," not high-end condominiums...
...gratifying as this growth is to RV dealers, what really gladdens the heart of the biggest manufacturers, Fleetwood Enterprises (RV sales: $1.4 billion, up 6% in its latest year) and Thor Industries ($602 million, up 7%), is the rental market. Winnebagos may be stand-up comics' vehicular whipping boys, but company executives can laugh too, having enjoyed six consecutive years of growth. Members of the Recreation Vehicle Rental Association, which represents about 250 companies, are anticipating a remarkable 29% increase in RV rentals this year and are expanding their fleets accordingly...
...other hand, start at about $40,000 with basic home furnishings and rise majestically to $750,000. That's a little steep for a three-week holiday, but rolling palaces are rentable at $100 or so a day, the average charged by Cruise America, the country's largest rental outfit. Rented or purchased, RVs represent a way for families to keep travel, accommodation and food costs within a defined budget. More important, RVers can go where they want to, when they want to--no motels, no airports, no planning. And life on the road lends itself to games and long...