By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Question: My portfolio is managed by an investment manager. How can I tell if my manager is focusing on tax efficiency? Answer: This is a great question and reflects the dilemma investors face. Returns are not spectacular these days, yet taxes never seem to decline. Combined Federal and state tax rates can […]
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Sheryl Rowling, USAWASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sometimes mentioned as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, shied away Sunday from making a vigorous case for Trump’s candidacy aside from sharply criticizing Hillary Clinton. As Trump prepares to make his pick as early as next week, Cotton passed on several chances to praise the billionaire candidate
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USALOS ANGELES, July 3, 2016 – I was cradling my one year old son in my arms last night while my wife and my older boy (he’s 5) watched one of those “How Is It Made” documentary episodes on Netflix in our apartment in South L.A. Our windows were hanging open to let the hot
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USALOS ANGELES, July 3, 2016 – The beauty of the American tale is that it is actually 300 million smaller stories rolled into the larger picture. For my family, independence literally separated life from death. My grandparents and my father escaped the Nazis. Everything they had was taken in the Holocaust. When they came to
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USAThere’s a good rule of thumb, as previously noted, when it comes to the vice presidential selection process: Those who know don’t talk, and those who talk probably don’t know. Still, the speculation abounds, spun like so much tempting but air-filled cotton candy: Chris Christie. Elizabeth Warren. Newt Gingrich. Much of the talk is rooted
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USAMiyuki Kita, an American Studies professor at the University of Kitakyushu in southern Japan, has focused her entire academic career on Jewish political activism in the United States. Her town has no Jewish community. “Japanese students know only Martin Luther King, Jr., and regard him as the only hero of the civil rights movement,” said
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International, Jewish History, USAFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich, reportedly on Donald Trump’s shortlist for vice president, said Saturday that he would be interested in the job if he had strong authority rather than being a ceremonial figurehead. “I have a very simple test question: If it’s about funerals, I’m not interested,” Gingrich said in an appearance at the
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USALabor Secretary Tom Perez hailed Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Sunday even though she opposes the Pacific Rim trade deal that he has championed on behalf of President Obama. Mr. Perez said the likely Democratic nominee will learn from past mistakes and hold other countries accountable in her trade arrangements, while presumptive GOP nominee
Only 52 percent of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be Americans in the latest Gallup poll, representing a new low in the question’s 16-year trend. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, the Gallup analysis said that the declining patriotism is “likely related to broader dissatisfaction with the way things are going
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USAFormer Donald Trump chief of staff Corey Lewandowski defended the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s use of an anti-Hillary Clinton graphic that used a six-point star over piles of cash, saying it looked like the star used by sheriff’s departments instead of the Star of David. Mr. Trump initially posted the graphic, which says Mrs. Clinton
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USACould voters face an all-New Jersey ticket when voting for vice president this fall? Garden State Senator Cory Booker, a rumored Hillary Clinton vice presidential pick, stoked speculation on Sunday by not fully denying that he is being vetted for the job in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On the Republican side,
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USAPresident Barack Obama on Saturday night expressed his condolences over the passing of Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, who was a close friend of Obama’s and who died earlier in the day at the age of 87. Wiesel, said Obama in a statement, “was one of the great moral voices of our time, and
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International, Jewish History, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Trying to fall asleep one night earlier this year, I didn’t rely on the old-reliable method of counting sheep or picturing glamorous movie stars or mermaids (a whole other story). Instead, I spent the wakeful moments selecting the worthy charities to which I’d give some of my multi-billion-dollar Powerball
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton submitted to more than three hours of questioning at FBI headquarters Saturday morning about her “email arrangements” while she served as secretary of State, according to an aide, a sign that the probe is reaching a conclusion. The interview marks the first time that Clinton — now the presumptive Democratic presidential
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