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DOW JONES AVERAGES: These are the most widely used and recognized indexes of stock market prices in our economy. There are actually three separate indexes, for (1) 30 industrial stocks, (2) 20 transportation stocks, and (3) 15 utility stocks. There's also a composite index for all 65 stocks.
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AD VALOREM TAX A tax specified as a percentage of the price or value of a good, service, asset, or other activity. Ad valorem taxes tend to be broad based, imposed on activities such as income and retail sales. In fact, the two most important ad valorem taxes are income taxes and sales taxes. People pay a percentage of their incomes in income taxes or a percentage or the value of their purchases in sales taxes, regardless of the amount of time spent working or the quantities of goods purchases. An alternative is a per unit tax, with is a tax specified as a percentage of the physical quantity of a good.
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BLACK DISMALAPOD
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages looking to buy either a rechargeable flashlight or storage boxes for your computer software CDs. Be on the lookout for infected paper cuts.
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More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.
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"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Sir Winston Churchill
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SIPP
Survey of Income and Program Participation
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