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James B. Stewart
American
Journalist
Born:
1952
Been
Economic
Every
Long
Own
Rich
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There's no question that the Internet generally, and Netflix specifically, upended the traditional content-distribution supply chain and caused profound changes in the entertainment industry.
James B. Stewart
Entertainment
Internet
Changes
Entertainment Industry
Netflix
No Question
Generally
Supply
Supply Chain
Industry
Caused
Traditional
Question
Chain
Specifically
Profound
When it comes to valuation, there's only one thing stock investors really care about, which is earnings.
James B. Stewart
Care
Earnings
One Thing
About
Only
Only One Thing
Investors
Stock
Which
Really
Thing
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that in 2016, the corporate income tax raised $300 billion in revenue, while what it called 'targeted subsidies' cost about $270 billion. In other words, Congress could eliminate the subsidies and cut the corporate rate nearly in half without any significant loss in revenue.
James B. Stewart
Words
Half
Congress
Other
Corporate
Significant
About
Cost
Rate
Could
Joint
Without
Revenue
Loss
Targeted
Subsidies
Any
Committee
Tax
In Other Words
Estimated
While
Taxation
Cut
Billion
Income
Income Tax
Nearly
Eliminate
Raised
President Trump named Rand his favorite writer and 'The Fountainhead' his favorite novel.
James B. Stewart
President
President Trump
Rand
Favorite
Writer
Named
His
Trump
Novel
While there continue to be critics of the Comcast-NBC merger, it's hard to argue that competition in news and entertainment has diminished as a result, given the rise of Netflix and Amazon and the explosion in entertainment options that followed the merger.
James B. Stewart
News
Entertainment
Competition
Result
Diminished
Critics
Followed
Rise
Netflix
Given
Argue
Merger
Continue
Amazon
Options
While
Explosion
Hard
September 2001 turned out to be an unusually bad time to sell stocks: By New Year's Day 2002, little more than three months after the post-9/11 low reached on Sept. 21, the S&P 500 had gained close to 20 percent.
James B. Stewart
Time
Day
Three
Year
September
Months
Out
Bad
Percent
More
Bad Time
Had
New
Reached
Unusually
Sell
Close
Than
Stocks
After
Gained
Little
Low
Turned
Sept
It's often said that the most important qualities in a chief executive are character and judgment.
James B. Stewart
Character
Important
Judgment
Most
Qualities
Executive
Said
Chief
Chief Executive
Often
The Most Important
Like or loathe Donald J. Trump, you have to give him this: He's done more to shine a spotlight on the loopholes and fundamental unfairness of the tax code than any other American president.
James B. Stewart
You
Shine
Loathe
Other
President
Give
More
He
Like
Him
Loopholes
Spotlight
Trump
Than
American
Donald
Any
Done
Unfairness
Tax
Tax Code
American President
Code
Fundamental
The A.M.T. is a parallel system for calculating tax liability intended to ensure that high-income taxpayers pay a substantial amount in federal tax even if they have large deductions or other items to offset income.
James B. Stewart
Pay
Other
Ensure
System
Parallel
Federal
Calculating
Items
Intended
Offset
Substantial
Tax
Taxpayers
Deduction
Large
Even
Income
Amount
Liability
Losses from partnerships and limited-liability companies, the entities through which the Trumps report much of their income, do not have to be added back as part of the A.M.T. calculation.
James B. Stewart
Added
Back
Entities
Through
Part
Calculation
Partnerships
Losses
Report
Which
Much
Companies
Income
Mr. Trump had no political or military experience, the traditional routes to high political office. Virtually his only qualification was his business career, and a checkered one at that, considering his own brush with personal bankruptcy.
James B. Stewart
Business
Experience
Political
Own
Military
Virtually
Considering
High
Only
Brush
Had
Qualification
Traditional
His
Trump
Office
Personal
Bankruptcy
Business Career
Routes
Career
Mr. Trump's election has caused a tectonic shift in advertising - just as it has in media more generally - and themes that might have once seemed innocuous or patriotic have suddenly become politically charged, controversial, and divisive.
James B. Stewart
Election
Become
Once
Charged
Seemed
More
Generally
Divisive
Advertising
Caused
Shift
Trump
Politically
Controversial
Just
Patriotic
Might
Themes
Suddenly
Media
Seattle was hardly a tech magnet before Amazon, Microsoft, and then a host of once-fledgling technology firms set up operations there.
James B. Stewart
Technology
Before
Magnet
Host
Operations
Amazon
Up
Microsoft
Then
Tech
Seattle
Hardly
Set
The National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade association of apartment owners, managers, developers and lenders, has come to the defense of the interest deduction and other provisions favorable to the real estate industry, describing them as 'core principles' and promising a fight.
James B. Stewart
Fight
Real Estate
National
Defense
Other
Favorable
Promising
Council
Developers
Come
Industry
Principles
Housing
Trade
Real
Provisions
Managers
Owners
Estate
Interest
Apartment
Them
Deduction
Describing
Association
Core
From what little is known of Mr. Trump's tax returns, he used losses to offset virtually all of his taxable income for years by generating something called net operating loss carry-overs.
James B. Stewart
Virtually
Net
Something
Generating
He
Operating
Known
Returns
His
Years
Loss
Losses
Trump
Offset
Tax
Little
Tax Returns
Taxable
Used
Income
Tax reform advocates generally agree that a fair code shouldn't single out certain groups for favorable treatment at the expense of others.
James B. Stewart
Single
Others
Favorable
Out
Generally
Fair
Advocate
Reform
Expense
Tax
Tax Reform
Certain
Agree
Groups
Code
Treatment
Republicans seem to be gambling that most Americans won't care about a few rich private equity managers if their own taxes go down, their stock portfolio goes up, and economic growth accelerates.
James B. Stewart
Care
Few
Own
Rich
Down
About
Seem
Economic
Economic Growth
Most
Equity
Go
Private
Up
Stock
American
Goes
Managers
Republicans
Taxes
Gambling
Portfolio
Growth
Amazon deliberately provides cafeteria space for only a third of its employees, which encourages people to venture out of the office.
James B. Stewart
People
Space
Employees
Out
Only
Deliberately
Venture
Amazon
Provides
Encourages
Office
Which
Third
I'm hardly a smartphone addict. I rarely look at social media.
James B. Stewart
Social Media
Addict
Rarely
Look
Social
Media
Hardly
Various justifications for lower capital-gains rates have been proffered over the years, none of them self-evident. But even conceding the wisdom of lower capital-gains rates, why should they never be taxed at all, even as they are passed from generation to generation?
James B. Stewart
Wisdom
Generation
Rates
Various
Never
Over
Self-Evident
None
Passed
Been
Years
Them
Taxed
Lower
Should
Even
Why
As a global disrupter, Uber is no stranger to conflict, and its instinct has always been pugilistic.
James B. Stewart
Conflict
Instinct
Global
Always
Been
Stranger
As in many cities, Uber has disrupted powerful interests in London, starting with the drivers of black cabs, who trace their lineage to 1634, and their influential Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.
James B. Stewart
Black
Cities
Licensed
London
Drivers
Powerful
Trace
Lineage
Influential
Taxi
Interests
Who
Many
Disrupted
Starting
Association
Many people in London - and in the rest of Europe - view giant American technology companies, and Uber in particular, with intense suspicion and resentment.
James B. Stewart
Technology
People
Rest
Giant
London
Particular
American
Intense
Suspicion
View
Europe
Companies
Many
Resentment
Technology Companies
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