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...advertising carried in Florida. If 7% of a commercial's viewers are in Florida, for example, then the advertiser would be required to pay the state a 5% tax on 7% of the network's fee for running the ad. The network's affiliates in Florida would have to collect the tax for any local advertising...
...NOTEBOOK: Renninger and Morelli had two hits apiece for the Crimson yesterday. Caprio and Pakalnis were the only batsmen not to collect hits...O'Connell's game-winning RBI was his first of the season...By surrendering only two earned runs to the Rams, Harvard's team ERA dipped under the 3.00 mark...
...trade deficit and the falling value of the dollar. Home loans are now more sensitive to volatility in such markets because of a trend known as "securitization." That is a process in which lending institutions repackage their home loans as securities for resale to other investors rather than collect interest and principal themselves. The practice makes mortgage rates more sensitive to economic flare-ups. Even so, most financial experts contend, securitization keeps home loans more affordable. Reason: lenders can tap funds from a huge financial marketplace rather than just from local savings depositors...
...audiences are paying their $20 or $30 a seat for glamour and a taste of the theater life, the theatrical types say they signed on with the bus-and- truck mainly for the money. The members of the company all collect a per diem expense, and the idea is to live on the per diem and stash the paycheck for when they get back to New York. "You need a nest egg in this business," says Bruce Daniels, a lead, "so you can survive while you're out trying to get . . ." -- his voice deepens and Tivoli lights blink...
...During Pete Rose's magical summer of 1978, when he tied Wee Willie Keeler's National League mark of hitting safely in 44 consecutive game, the Cincinnati legend failed to collect a hit against the Braves in game 45. How did Rose make his final out and which pitcher denied him a place in the record book on that final plate appearance...