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...John Schwab, director of the chemical libraries and methodologies program at National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the division of the NIH which awarded the grant, said that the money will also go towards making chemists more involved in each other’s work...
...principal values change on the basis of inflation. Another new offering: corporate bonds from Household Finance that pay interest at a rate pegged to the consumer price index. The bonds, which are riskier than those issued by the government, yielded 4.71% last week. Brokerages like Charles Schwab offer both products. Or you can opt for the original inflation-protected securities, known as TIPS, issued by the U.S. Treasury, or mutual funds that invest in them, such as PIMCO Real Return Fund or Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities. --By Barbara Kiviat
Want to take advantage of the lower tax rate on stock dividends but don't know what stocks to buy? Mutual-fund firms have created a batch of new funds focused on dividend-paying companies. Fund tracker Morningstar Inc. estimates that a dozen or so such funds, among them Schwab Dividend Equity Fund and Waddell & Reed Advisors Dividend Income Fund, either recently opened or are set to open. These so-called equity income funds, which pay returns to investors through both dividends and (it is hoped) share-price appreciation, have been around for years, although the investment style was eclipsed...
...whole package of benefits. Companies have long been shifting from traditional pension plans, in which workers get a guaranteed income in retirement, to 401(k) plans, in which the pension depends on how much employees saved and how well they invested. And companies like Goodyear, Charles Schwab and Textron are reducing the amount they kick in to workers' 401(k) plans--or suspending company matches altogether. Other firms, such as Target Corp., are dropping paid vacations and health care for some workers...
...President seized on it. "I love your ideas about...double taxation of dividends," he said. "That makes a lot of sense." Five months later the proposal was incorporated into the Bush tax plan. As for Schwab, he could trim $4 million from his tax bill...