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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: Adele (music artist), Barack Obama, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Jon Stewart, Financial Aid
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Should Combs accept UCLA's scholarship?
He earned it, take it Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times This ranks as one of the dumbest concocted "controversies" in the history of concocted controversies in new-world media. Of course rich man mogul "Diddy" Combs could pay for son Justin's...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Awards and Prizes, Mark Zuckerberg, Football, Los Angeles Times
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The myth of free trade
Maryland politicians are dismayed by the latest closing of the Sparrows Point steel mill and the loss of its remaining jobs, but on a broader national scale the die was cast in the 1970s, when extreme hubris in the U.S. steel and fabricating industries...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Software Industry, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Bankruptcy judge says he will approve Tribune Co. restructuring
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAfter more than 31/2 years of bitter legal conflict, the judge in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case said he would approve a plan to transfer ownership of the Chicago media company to a group of hedge funds and banks based in Los Angeles and New York. But...Tags: News Corp., Chicago Tribune, Tribune Company, Food Network (tv network), Sales
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Maryland PSC approves Constellation sale to Exelon
Maryland regulators approved Constellation Energy Group's sale to Chicago-based Exelon Corp. on Friday, setting the stage for Baltimore to lose its last Fortune 500 company to an out-of-state owner.
Exelon promptly accepted the terms imposed by the...Tags: Financial Aid, Civil and Public Service, Exelon Corp., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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The Buffett Rule backlash
Critics of the so-called "Buffett Rule," President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a minimum income tax on the wealthy, would like to have their gilded cake and eat it, too. On the one hand, they contend that the proposal would have a minimal impact...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Government Health Care, Republican Party, Social Security, Personal Income
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Buffett's claims about tax rates unproven
In your editorial regarding the proposed tax increase for high-earners ("The Buffett Rule backlash," April 12)," you state that Warren Buffett's secretarial staff "were shown to pay a higher percentage of their income to the tax man than their billionaire... -
Why fairness is essential for economic growth
Get ready for the tax wars. President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich, setting a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on millionaires (the so-called "Buffett Rule," named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who says it's unfair that he...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Germany, Ronald Reagan, Colleges and Universities
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Skeptical of Buffett and need for higher taxes
First, I'm an 80-year-old living on Social Security, and I know all the tax loopholes need to be closed ("The Buffett Rule backlash," April 13). But isn't it correct that Warren Buffett owes the IRS a great deal of taxes for a number of years? Let's...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Government Health Care
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Maryland Senate votes to tax the rich
The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state. The Senate's vote to adopt what is being...Tags: Barack Obama, David Brinkley, Karl Marx, Roger Manno, Paul Ryan
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Romney and class warfare
As the Republican presidential race moves to Nevada, land of roulette wheels, craps tables and slot machines, where dreams of quick riches are often broken, Mitt Romneycontinues to struggle with the political consequences of the millions he's made through...Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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Let's talk about the meaning of fairness
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama talked about Americans paying their fair share in taxes. For most of my life, I thought that I had a reasonably good idea about what "fair" means — except for that period when my children...Tags: Barack Obama, State Income Tax, Rentals, Federal Income Tax, Income Tax
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