In fact, any firm that tried to disguise a dividend as a buyback would quickly learn that America's taxmen are on to the trick, and would treat such gains from buybacks as income.

ECONOMIST: Corporate finance

We grew up carrying those Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes on Halloween night, and now our kids do.

CNN: How UNICEF became a Halloween treat

Now in its third year, the Zillow Trick-or-Treat Index is designed to help kids (and parents) use data to identify cities that will boost their Halloween haul.

FORBES: 2011 Trick-or-Treating Hot Spots

The data heads at Zillow have taken a break from churning out serious research briefs and Real Estate Market Reports to rank the 20 best cities to trick or treat this Halloween.

FORBES: 2011 Trick-or-Treating Hot Spots