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• A Newly Opened Investment Tax Gift

  Published: November 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Newly, Opened, Investment, Tax, Gift, Barclays Plc, Merrill Lynch Amp Co Inc, David Hariton, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Fortune Magazine, Lehman Brothers Inc, Allan Sloan, Andrew Desouza, Robert Willens, U S Department Of The Treasury, U S House Committee On Ways And Me

  Thanksgiving has just passed; the year-end holidays are around the corner. So in the spirit of the season, I've got a gift for you. Sort of. It's not spiritual or religious, and doesn't even involve food. It's about money. To be specific, it's a way that average investors may one day be able to...

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• Smucker Adds Coffee to Its Breakfast Lineup -- And Does It Tax Free

  Published: June 10, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Smucker, Adds, Coffee, Its, Breakfast, Lineup, And, Does, Tax, Free, Folgers Coffee, Orrville, Allan Sloan, Cincinnati, Robert Willens, Fortune Magazine, Ohio, Pillsbury Crisco

  It looks like a simple corporate transaction negotiated around a kitchen table. J.M. Smucker, the jelly and jam outfit, is buying the Folgers coffee business from Procter & Gamble, creating a breakfast food combo. What could be more down-home? But when you look at the $3.3 billion transaction...

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