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USAGE: "California Schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell said that last week teachers reminded students that if they have to sneeze, to put their mouths into the crook of one of their elbows. 'The students started calling that the Dracula Sneeze, and we picked up on that,' O'Connell said." --Reuters, April...
...Washington Targeting Tax Havens President Obama has proposed cracking down on U.S. corporations that use offshore subsidiaries to lower their tax burdens. While most nations do not tax corporate profits earned abroad, Obama says doing so would put some $210 billion in U.S. coffers over the next 10 years. Critics say the change would make it harder for U.S. companies to compete globally and could spur some to relocate overseas. A 2008 report from the Government Accountability Office said 83 of the 100 largest public U.S. companies have subsidiaries in tax havens...
...stick to cutbacks on discretionary spending, it's important to do it in a way that puts you in the right frame of mind. For every dollar you cut out, you could put 50¢ in the bank and 50¢ toward buying something fun--so being thrifty morphs from denying yourself what you want into anticipating what you're going to buy. When you do buy things, use cash. Handing bills over the counter underscores what you're spending in a way that swiping a piece of plastic never will...
...pose questions to the Faculty about budget cuts, according to the plan.At 5:15 p.m. the group plans to hold a larger rally outside University Hall, where the Faculty meeting will be in progress. During the meeting, several students discussed methods to increase press coverage of the event to put more pressure on administrators. “There are mainstream media outlets that care about this,†said UC representative Eric N. Hysen ’11, “Now I think that’s something we can leverage...
Digital U.S.A. The first official U.S. travel website is now live. Put together by the U.S. Travel Association - along with state tourism offices and convention and visitors bureaus - the contains 7,000 pages, which you can navigate by destination or activity...