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Tax Benefits From Options as Windfall for Businesses
By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
Companies that were granted stock options after the 2008 stock market collapse are benefiting from those awards too - in the form of tax savings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/business/tax-breaks-from-options-a-windfall-for-businesses.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
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| Republicans aspiring to this residence have broad views on the power its occupant can wield |
In G.O.P. Field, Broad View of Presidential Power Prevails
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Even as they advocate for limited government, many of the Republican candidates hold expansive views about the scope of the executive authority they would wield if elected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/us/politics/gop-field-has-broad-views-on-executive-power.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Interactive Feature: The Candidates on Executive Power
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| Iowans listened to Newt Gingrich on Wednesday in Le Mars, north of Sioux City. The state's caucuses will take place on Tuesday. |
Voters Examining Candidates, Often to a Fault
By MICHAEL BARBARO and ASHLEY PARKER
The traits and background of the Republican presidential hopefuls enter into the thinking of many voters in New Hampshire and Iowa.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/us/politics/voters-say-republican-candidates-personalities-matter.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Republicans Campaign in Iowa
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I don't go out to get gas at night. I don't run to any stores. I try to do everything in the daytime and to be back before night falls."
JUANITA KENNEDY, 65, of Highland Park, Mich., a cash-strapped city that has turned off many of its streetlights to save money
