Archive for October, 2007

VW takeover law is swept aside

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MSN MoneyCentral - Lower Saxony, where VW’s headquarters are located, continues to this day to hold a stake of about 20 per cent in the company and said it would “retain its stake in VW” after the court’s decision. Porsche has in most respects already begun […]

Surviving the Snacks of the Summer Blockbuster Season

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Five Ways to Take the Bite Out of Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

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Forbes - Throw in a large capital gain or the exercise of a few incentive stock options and there’s no escaping it. “It’s plain to see that AMT is now actually more likely to burn middle-income types than the truly wealthy,” says Christian. Says Christian
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UN and ADB joint report: China leads way of reducing poverty

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Xinhua News Agency - According to MDG 2007, a landmark report issued half way toward the target date of 2015, China has reduced its level of hunger and nutrition below the regional average, and in some Chinese cities the rate is close to zero. The reforestation in […]

Skipping sleep makes your heart skip a beat

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IBN LIve - And contrary to popular opinion - less sleep is not better. An earlier study had found that people who slept about five hours a night had about a 40 percent higher rate of heart attacks than people who slept eight hours a night. And doctors in […]