Tax Commissioner Thomas Mattox said the ruling affirms New York's approach to fair tax administration for both brick-and-mortar and Internet-based businesses.

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The ethnic differences cited in the study could have to do with genetic predisposition, but that connection has yet to be defined, Mattox said.

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"One of the points that people don't understand is that the intellectual content of the noise is irrelevant in terms of the damage it does to the ear, " Mattox said.

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