Economy & Markets
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Feds Could Lighten Trust Unrelated Income Penalties
By Staff WriterRelief could be on the way for charitable remainder trusts that intentionally or unintentionally earn substantial amounts of unrelated business taxable income.The Internal Revenue Service ...
March 01, 2008
Healthy EntranceStocks in health care, including biotech and pharmaceuticals, are poised for higher levels in 2008 - thanks to present valuations, developing pipelines and acquisition horizons,...
March 01, 2008
Partnerships for 2008Many moons ago, I believed everything I had been told about partnerships. I believed they were even less stable than marriages; that 90 percent of...
March 01, 2008
Banking on ThemesMost of us know about theme parks and theme restaurants, but are you familiar with theme-based investing? Indeed, many investors are just beginning to appreciate...
March 01, 2008
A New Global Force?Sovereign wealth funds -- government-owned funds often amassed from petrodollar surpluses and geared toward investment in foreign industrial and financial assets -- have become seemingly...
March 01, 2008
A Temporary Band-Aid, Not a FixOn August 31, 2007 the United States crossed a historic fiscal milestone, or millstone, as the national debt topped $9 trillion, according to the Bureau...
March 01, 2008
Subprime ProphetGary Shilling meets me at the bar of the restaurant with a large plastic jar in his hands. Since developing a serious beekeeping hobby a...