dagblog - Comments for "The New Wolves of Wall Street" http://dagblog.com/link/new-wolves-wall-street-23733 Comments for "The New Wolves of Wall Street" en here's the real culprit as I http://dagblog.com/comment/244145#comment-244145 <a id="comment-244145"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/new-wolves-wall-street-23733">The New Wolves of Wall Street</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>here's the real culprit as I see it, 1997, forced into a whole new ball game:</p> <blockquote> <p>[....] In 1997, Congress <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/30/business/budget-deal-to-cost-tiaa-cref-its-tax-exemption.html">revoked</a> the company’s nonprofit status as part of a tax reform bill, saying the status gave TIAA an unfair advantage over other companies. This meant TIAA’s <a href="http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=3132">costs would rise</a> significantly because it would have to pay taxes.</p> <p>Still, TIAA’s management said, the change would allow it to pursue investment opportunities it had not been able to engage in as a tax-exempt entity [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sat, 21 Oct 2017 18:24:49 +0000 artappraiser comment 244145 at http://dagblog.com