In order to determine the true amount of real income when a capital asset is sold, it would be necessary to index the purchase price for the inflation that occurred between the date of purchase and sale.

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Magnolia Picture's Man on Wire, which just so happened to take home an Oscar this year, is in that group of 50 along with FirstLook Studios' Transsiberian and War, Inc.. Better still, VUDU intends to make future releases available for purchase day-and-date with the DVD release, and we can only hope that major studios get with the program and follow suit.

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Most segregate the contracts into groups by purchase date, and invest the funds for each group in a separate pool of bonds.

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For example, carefully record what you spend, along with the date, who was paid and the purpose for the purchase, and you can get breaks on business cards, online ads, business insurance, interest paid on your business credit card or business loans and even rent or dues on a workspace.

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It's been a while since we saw it at IFA, but it looks like the Hisense Pulse with Google TV is finally available for purchase a month after its promised release date.

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The company will continue to deliver free security fixes for the operating system beyond this cutoff date, however maintenance updates will require the purchase of extended support from Microsoft.

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