Something else to think about: When the mercury goes up, the amount of fuel in your tank goes down.
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Paradise Lost? A Mini-Vacation Spawns A Class Action
Q: What’s the difference between a “mandatory housekeeping gratuity” and a “mandatory gratuity?” A: A payday for lawyers.
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Separating News From Noise
It has been a tumultuous few weeks in the financial markets, but there is less to the news than meets the eye.
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A Justifiable Tightening Of Reporters’ ‘Lockup’
Journalists get an advance look at the government’s market-moving employment data. In a wireless age, tighter controls make sense.
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The True Cost of Cost Basis
Congress managed to make the complicated issue of cost basis even more complex. Now taxpayers and professionals are doing their best to adjust.
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Paul Jacobs in The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe, May 20, 2012Paul Jacobs suggests alternative ways to approach a Roth IRA conversion.
New York Gets To Keep Its Broken Housing Market
New Yorkers seem to like their decades-old housing “emergency,” and the courts are likely to let them keep it.
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Another Pulitzer Honors Faulty Reporting On Taxes
As long as Pulitzer prizes go to slanted reporting on taxes, we’re likely to get more slanted reporting on taxes.
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Is It Time To Develop Secret Antibiotics?
How do we prevent a “superbug” strep throat from becoming biological Armageddon? Secret antibiotics may be the last line of defense.
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Speaking Truth In The Immigration Vacuum
Frustrated with a dysfunctional immigration system, Mayor Bloomberg speaks out. But is anyone listening?
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