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December 4, 2012

Stocking Stuffer — Shareholder Edition

It’s hardly enough for a Hawaiian vacation — more like a January gas bill or a meal for two at a nice restaurant — but yours truly  is on the receiving end of not one but two special dividends this December (I’ve got modest holdings of Costco and Commerce Bancshares). Multiply that largess by dozens of...
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A Sealed Well = a Well

Seller Semantics According to my contacts at Edina Title, a couple recent closings have hiccupped over the Seller’s well disclosure. Make that, the lack of such a disclosure. In each case, the Seller was under the impression that, because the well on their property had been sealed, it was appropriate to check “No” in the...
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Skirting the Fiscal Cliff . . .

 . . . . Without Voting to Raise Taxes The most credible theory I’ve heard/read so far (I don’t remember the source) has it that Republicans who’ve all taken the Grover Norquist “no new taxes” pledge don’t dare cross him. The alternative? Go over the fiscal cliff — which automatically raises taxes — then vote...
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