The only way to compete successfully will be for them to measure and report the actual learning gains of their students.

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But deductions and special treatment of capital gains reduce actual tax rates for the top earners.

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Prospects for Supervalu and Skilled Healthcare hold less certainty since they gains have been driven purely by speculation and not any actual intent by the companies themselves.

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The actual result was even worse, as the Labor Department reported no payroll gains at all for the weakest monthly result since September 2010, when employment fell.

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The analysts noted that while the YTD gains at this point in 2013 and 1987 are similar, the actual correlation between these two years is just 0.76, which is only the 20th highest correlation of all years since 1928.

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Aside from the actual dividends from the individual stocks, ECV also writes call options on equity indexes to generate gains from option premiums.

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