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Where there is fame, charm and potential, money usually follows. The Rockets have seen single-game ticket sales rise 55% (group sales are up 100%) since Yao arrived. But the real windfall will come in October, when the team auctions off the naming rights to its new arena. The value of naming rights is usually determined by the number of media hits a team generates, and with Yao on board, a Rockets' study shows, the team's profile has doubled. So, presumably, will the value of the naming deal. The NBA, meanwhile, is beaming Yao's games into China...
President Bush's plan to eliminate the tax on stock dividends might upend a lot of received wisdom about investing--like the rule that income investments are best in tax-deferred retirement accounts (stocks with a yield might be better unsheltered) or that municipal bonds are the ticket for tax-free income (preferred stock might win out). The Bush plan could also put steam behind stocks that fell out of favor in the grow-grow '90s: those of mature, slowly expanding businesses with reliable cash flow and a commitment to larger dividends. As for bonds, will their appeal fade...
...foundations. In December a 1,110-sq-m penthouse complete with an indoor pool and a 21-inch LCD TV in the bathroom made headlines when it sold for a record $4.3 million. Just the right to tour the lavish apartment in Shimao Riviera Garden cost $600 per VIP ticket...
Marisa Garcia was a senior in high school that fateful night when she was stopped by the police near her California home. Her car was inspected, and a small pipe containing marijuana resin was found. Garcia received a ticket for marijuana possession, went to court, paid a $400 fine, and thought the matter was finished. She was wrong...
...secularism. Lapid's peace policies are somewhat vague, but his challenge to the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox who are exempt from military service and study at state expense has proved so popular that Shinui stands to win a potential king-making role with 14 seats. Lapid's dream ticket is a Likud-Labor-Shinui coalition, which would mark the first time in decades that Israel's secular parties were able to rule without paying disproportionate political tribute to the smaller religious parties...