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Taxes & Small Business

…provide. “If you give a small business guy $20,000 he’ll say, ‘I could buy a new delivery truck but I have nobody to deliver to,’” said William Dunkelberg, chief economist…

A Sentence Worthy of the WSJ Editorial Page

…exposures), and facing “limited efforts” at control. Would anyone—even William Easterly—even consider the possibility that this is not an area more subject than most to regulatory capture at best, and…

$300 billion F-35 fighter jet

…Intelligence reports: “Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn on Thursday [21 Jan 10] underscored the Pentagon’s commitment to Lockheed Martin Corp’s $300 billion F-35 fighter jet, saying the U.S. government and…

Bernanke Interlude

…personal note, [Bernanke] doesn’t have the gravitas of a Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan or William McChesney Martin. In this day and age of crisis management, gravitas is essential. Almost anyone…

More Haiti

…surgery and treatment, said Dr. William O’Neill, the dean of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, which has erected a field hospital near the airport there….

Massachusetts senate election

…16 years since William Weld took the position in 1991. The state legislative bodies are overwhelmingly Democratic. The 1972 national election saw MA being the only state going for George…