If you want tax reform, the last thing you should do is l et the politicians take away loopholes without using the revenue to finance lower tax rates.

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Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on L-3 Communications, with 10 of 12 analysts rating it hold.

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The family have asked the judge to rule that "all steps" should be taken to preserve patient L's life.

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Should I structure my company as an L.L.C. or an S-Corporation?

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Sanjay Kaul, a cardiologist at Cedars Sinai Hospital in L.A. who has been an FDA consultant, says the FDA should now require all cholesterol medicines to either do a big study showing they prevent heart problems before approval or only grant conditional approval and then demand the big study.

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The Obama stimulus should have been in stages, and this mistake in policy created an L not a V in the US economy, a terrible mistake, according to Orszag.

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L. Mencken is based on the tenet that politics as practiced by boobus Americanus should be viewed as an act of nature, to be dealt with as one would a stormy day.

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To learn about where investors should look for relatively good returns, I recently talked to seasoned Asia hand Danny L. Lee, a managing director at Bain Capital Asia.

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