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...been working overtime to catch the scammers. Flush with funding to root out nonprofits connected to terrorism and given a new institutional mandate to do a tougher job, its Exempt Organizations Division has added 160 auditors over the past two years. Since August 2004, according to Mark Everson, commissioner of the IRS, the agency has contacted 1,240 organizations with questions about how they pay their executives. So far, 719 returns have come under audit for suspicious accounting. State regulators, who have traditionally policed nonprofits, are pushing for new laws. The House and Senate held hearings this summer on nonprofit...
...there's more to this unusual fund company than congenital contrarianism. Brokers and clients prize its funds because over long periods they deliver steady gains--lagging in hot markets but shining in tougher times. "I've been putting clients in their funds for 15 years," says Larry Ginsburg, a financial planner in Oakland, Calif. In the downturn of 2001-02, American Funds' Investment Co. of America ($78 billion) fell just 9.7% a year as the market dropped 17.2% a year. Since then, the fund has risen 14% a year, just a shade behind the market's 14.8% annual return. Growth...
...forwards who can rebound out of position. When the rebounds come off short and the name of the game is boxing out, Harvard dominates the glass. But when the misses bounce far from the hoop—as can happen in facilities with harder rims—quicker and tougher opposing teams claim the majority of the boards.“I wouldn’t look too much into [the rims],” Stehle said. “But it’s probably good for a couple rebounds a game.”BALANCING ACTThrough six games...
Attention holiday shoppers: Returning all those silly snowflakesweaters, that fifth pair of Isotoners or that Chia Pet is about to get a little tougher. Retailers have been tightening their policies and relying on computer authorization systems to track and limit returns and exchanges, and this year they're even more aware of fraudulent returns. Retailers say they are just trying to soften the hit they expect to take--as much as $30 billion each year--from theft and fraud. "Honest customers won't be denied when they're in the right," says Joseph LaRocca, vice president of loss prevention...
...rebounds, and although she pulled down just two more in the second frame, she did finish with 13 points and her first career double-double. Still, the personal achievement didn’t make up for the lack of toughness shown by the team. “They were tougher tonight,” McCaffery said. “It was our home opener, and we should have come out a lot stronger and ready to play. We just weren’t here in the second half. We started out strong and then just kind of fell apart...