TOP 100 AMERICAN SITES
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| 'Carried-Interest' Tax Gains Traction The "carried-interest'' tax debate has re-emerged in Congress, auguring higher taxes for private-equity and hedge-fund managers. online.wsj.com |
UBS Lays Out Ethics Code UBS issued an employee code explicitly banning staff from helping clients cheat on their taxes, as part of the Swiss bank's effort to restore its reputation after a messy U.S. probe into hidden offshore accounts. online.wsj.com |
Graduation rate drops at D.C. charter schools The graduation rate for D.C. charter schools dropped nearly five percentage points, to 83.3 percent, for the 2008-09 school year, officials said Friday. feeds.washingtonpost.com |
D.C. visitors help rescue woman from Union Station Metro tracks "Help!" the disabled woman cried, her motorized wheelchair overturned a few feet away as she lay sprawled on the Metro tracks at Union Station just before midnight one day last week. feeds.washingtonpost.com |
Stocks Down; Caterpillar Tumbles Worries about the economy resurfaced as Caterpillar's earnings declined and sales of new homes unexpectedly dropped in December. online.wsj.com |