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...threat is the possibility of a year-end market dive as investors sell off stocks in anticipation of a rise in the capital gains tax. Under current rules, only 40% of long-term capital gains, including profits from the sale of stock, is subject to taxation, which translates to a maximum rate of 20% on such income. Starting Jan. 1, however, all long-term capital gains will be taxed at a top marginal rate of 28%. Investors wishing to take advantage of the lower tax rate on these gains must unload their stock...
...have the same strategy in mind because of 8% state and city sales taxes. Says Rita: "On a $14,000 car, we're talking $1,120 in sales tax that we could deduct if we buy a car this year." Many auto dealers in states with high sales taxes plan to start using the last-chance break as a year-end advertising gimmick...
...Daniloff was ensnared four weeks ago in a KGB trap, it was thought the tense game of pawns that ensued would prevent any progress on arms control or toward a Soviet-American summit. Instead, something quite different occurred. Movement on arms control increased, and so did hopes for a year-end meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. As a result, the dog seemed to wag the tail for a change: the desire to reach an accord on the major issues dividing the superpowers created an eagerness to resolve, as quickly as face-saving maneuvers would allow, the dispute involving...
...fair, Columbia is not alone in its problems. U.S. box-office attendance for the first six months of 1986 hit a seven-year low of 488.6 million, compared with a mid-1983 high of 599 million. Even with a strong summer, year-end box-office sales are expected to fall below 1985's $3.75 billion, which was nearly 7% lower than...
...women's ice hockey team (11-9-1, 3-5-1) hosts Dartmouth tomorrow at Bright in a crucial year-end showdown. The winner will advance as the fourth and final seed to the Ivy Tournament, which takes place this weekend...