As we look at taxes we can change, we need to look to the correct tax incentive that makes investments more desirable -- specifically, the capital gains tax.
With an average viewer age of 24 years, WB has the youngest -- and most desirable -- demographics of all networks, even surpassing Murdoch's Fox TV Network, which has an average prime time viewing age of 33.
The UK says a mechanism to ensure stability in the eurozone is desirable - and that the planned sanctions would not apply to the UK. But all 27 member states' budgets will come under close scrutiny in a "peer review" process.
It describes how vulnerable species that overtly display characteristics human beings respect or find desirable -- such as beauty, strength, power or cuddliness -- are more likely to be the focus of concerted conservation programs than animals or plants that are less appealing to the eye.
Imagine you would not constantly judge whether something is bad or good, desirable or non-desirable but simply acknowledge the situation, accept it as it is and recognize that everyone is doing what they think is the right thing at the time.
Ratings for the Oscars were up 3% to 40 million viewers, according to Nielsen, and up by 11% for the desirable 18-49 demographic.
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As for the other potential hurdle--the 12, 000 pilots at the two carriers haggling over the seniority rules that would determine future pay raises and desirable schedules--is just a hiccup.
Today we can alter just a few genes to produce a more-desirable plant, rather than doing it by trial-and-error over many generations.
Most free-market economists view such claims of desirable social by-products with the indignation of a poker player watching a professional gambler palm cards.
Spreading bank assets continent-wide is thus desirable not only for would-be banking champions but also for the euro.
But customers' loyalty to existing brands is so strong, says Mr Carbone, that foreign entrants would be attracted only if Brahma-Antarctica raised beer prices: hardly a desirable outcome for beer-drinkers.
Analysts believe that landlords of secondary properties, in less-desirable locations, will suffer the most.
You may find models available in only the least-desirable colors, or equipped with odd option combinations.
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Landlords often use their control of choice space to convince retailers also to sign leases in less-desirable locations.
"I've found myself sending people to Long Island City and Roosevelt Island, " two less-desirable neighborhoods outside of Manhattan.
But in addition to the obvious lag time to restore carbon neutrality, burning wood also has a less-than-desirable emissions profile.
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Unlike its cable and DSL broadband rivals, satellite isn't "always on, " which is perhaps the one less-desirable feature in my book.
Which brands might one day capture more shopper loyalty than Whole Foods in the desirable, high-margin niche of gourmet and natural groceries?
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While many businessmen keep amassing wealth in less-than-desirable ways, saving money for their own families or squandering it away, these kind benefactors stand out uniquely.
Some recruiting agencies post ads for eye-catching positions to attract applicants for the less-desirable jobs in their portfolios, says Steven Greenberg, publisher of jobs4point0.com, a job site for experienced professionals.
Focusing on loans only can be a risky business, especially if Fin Reg calls for more forced social lending to less-than-desirable borrowers, and demands that banks retain 5% ownership of securitizations.
Kim said his staff has figured out a way to create the desirable combination of gallium-nitride top layer on a gallium-nitride substrate.
In his six years at sister cable network ABC Family, Lee, 50, delivered ratings growth every year and has proven a knack for luring younger female viewers, a particularly desirable demographic for deep-pocketed advertisers.
His method, simply put, was to use the words of insurance companies against them, with the hope of illustrating two realities: the reality of business marketing, where a pro-consumer position is desirable, and the reality of business economics, where a pro-consumer position might create a serious loss.
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In his career he'd made a decades-old drug invulnerable to generic rivals, made Pharmacia so desirable Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) had to buy it and had turned Schering-Plough (nyse: SGP - news - people ) from a cash-hemorrhaging criminal into a jewel of a stock.
Several other companies are producing Web-connected boxes that can hook up to TVs, but those could be less desirable as new TVs come with Wi-Fi functions and Web features built in.
This classic brick colonial is in a desirable neighborhood on a tree-lined street in Memphis.
In our survey, roughly half of all career-oriented moms say that working part-time before children are school-aged is desirable.
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Obese people are rated as being less desirable as subordinates, co-workers, and bosses and are seen as less conscientious, less agreeable, and less emotionally stable.
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Will homes decline in value--and by how much--especially in desirable neighborhoods?
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