For instance, Apple offers customers up to 18 months interest-free on purchases on a card from Barclaycard US. But if you don't pay off that specific purchase in the interest-free period, you'll face a variable annual percentage rate that's currently about 23%, according to the Apple website.

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We are also encouraged by URS' strong free cash flow generation, which is a result of its variable-cost focus.

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In his budget, the President proposed slapping taxes on new sales of variable annuities. (People who already own annuities will have a one-time opportunity to switch from one variable contract to another, tax free.) Clinton's levies include taxing income and capital gains if the holder transfers assets from one subaccount (a mutual-fund-type account) to another.

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