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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 This is a change from the 2010 law which based taxation of inherited assets on their original cost basis, instead of their current fair market value. billion estate.

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Do Commodities Speculators Make Things Cost More?

Harvard Business Review

Or is the problem simply that speculators have taken over the market for a crucial commodity? Markets that existed mainly for the convenience of industry have become dominated by exchange-traded funds, hedge funds, and investment banks. So, on balance, having a futures market appears better than not having a futures market.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

from 1994 to 2003. Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets. As the stock market began to take off, though, and options rained down on corporate execs, the compensation tables began to turn, certainly for the top ranks.