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...other big, uh, news this week is of course the promise of Viagra. A CP warning: This may tempt you into watching "Cocoon" once again. Don?t. It really is that bad. Happy viewing...
Even though all these pets do is take, take, take, at least Tamagotchi is a "pet from outer space," while Sea Monkeys are pets that come in the mail. As the fight ensues, Tamagotchi beeps menacingly, while the Sea Monkeys hatch and tempt hungry gold fish. Neither species is capable of love or anger or true defecation, therefore the battle is a draw...
...million filers, citizens would still be required to produce records to refute IRS claims. And the change would apply only to individual taxpayers, not companies. All the same, critics are worried that in a system based on voluntary compliance, just the prospect of less aggressive enforcement will tempt more people to fudge. And if taxpayers were not required to produce their records in court, the IRS might resort to more intrusive methods of fact gathering--for instance, squeezing information from brokers, clients and ex-spouses. Digging through your own checkbook ledgers would be a pleasure by comparison...
Johnson, who controls a majority of BET's voting stock, now has a thorny problem: sweetening his offer will siphon capital from BET's planned expansion. On the other hand, since he has essentially put the company up for sale, a failure to raise the bid might tempt deep-pocketed media giants like NBC or Disney to make a bid. Johnson is adamant that he won't cede control. Says he: "I will not give up my stake. Never. Why should I, when I can make this company grow so much larger...
...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 to erect a whole new bureaucratic apparatus of agents, forms and experts to police the change. The changes could tempt investors to divert money into unproductive investments that nonetheless yield lightly taxed capital gains, like the half-empty office buildings that sprouted before the 1986 reform...