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Hayden Library - RC537.C748 2019

Dewey Library - RC454.4.C34 2019

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The number of active cases of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh went up to 1,800 on Saturday, while nearly 1,400 people have been discharged so far, a senior official said. Principal Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said the national recovery percentage was 30 per cent but the figure was 43 per cent in Uttar Pradesh.

A new Covid-19 dimension unfolded in Dharavi on Friday as BMC officials on routine calls to recovered patients discovered that five of them had died since their discharge. The victims had completed their 14-day hospital stay over a month ago. The death toll in Dharavi—the worst-hit slum in the city with 808 positive cases, having added 25 new patients on Friday— now stands at 26. BMC officials refused to comment on the possibility of reinfection and said they would study the deaths.​

Uber reported it had seen encouraging signs in markets hit by the pandemic and posted a 14% rise in revenue for the first quarter, supported by a jump in food-delivery orders at its Uber Eats business

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Here’s the first thing you need to know about Anne Marguérite Joséphine Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville besides her remarkable name: Napoleon himself was so struck by her courage that he decided not to execute her husband. The Baroness is the subject of the New-York Historical exhibition Artist in Exile: The Visual...

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HOUSTON AND NEW YORK – LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, and CloudNine, a leader in simplifying and automating legal discovery, today announced the sale of the LexisNexis eDiscovery product suite to CloudNine. Simultaneously, CloudNine announced a significant investment from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital. The sale includes the LAW PreDiscovery, Early Discovery Analyzer (EDA) and Concordance products.

NEW YORK – Legal news organization Law360, a LexisNexis® company, today announced the launch of Access to Justice Law360, a rule of law-focused coverage section free to the public. Law360 and LexisNexis share a corporate mission to advance the rule of law around the world, and Law360 is uniquely positioned to shed light on emerging issues critical to this work.

NEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced two free resources from Law360® and Lexis Practice Advisor® to help legal professionals, lawmakers and business leaders become better informed and successfully navigate the legal issues and intricacies surrounding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia

Stretchable strain and pressure sensor might one day guide rehabilitation

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate

New partnership is part of GSK’s R&D face-lift, which includes an increased focus on immune system targets

CCH's Highlights of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a convenient vehicle for alerting clients to the new tax provisions provided under this economic stimulus bill. For individuals, this legislation includes a Making Work Pay Credit based on earned income, with a $250 economic stimulus payment to Social Security recipients and disabled veterans; an AMT patch for 2009; extension of the first-time homebuyer credit to September 1, 2009, with the repayment obligation eliminated for 2009 purchases; a $3,000 floor on the refundable Child Tax Credit; a $2,500 American Opportunity Tax Credit that is 40 percent refundable; suspension of income tax on up to $2,400 of unemployment benefits for 2009; expansion of eligible expenses for 529 plans to include computers and related technology; an above-the-line deduction for taxes related to the purchase of a new automobile; an increase in the credit for nonbusiness energy property from $500 to $1,500 and a modification of standards;  removal of the dollar limits on the credit for residential energy efficient property for fuel cell property; an increase in the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; and a general re-write of the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit, including elimination of dollar caps, a new credit for two or three wheel and low-speed plug-in vehicles, and allowing a credit for conversion kits.

On the business side, provisions include extending bonus depreciation and increased 179 expensing through 2009; up to five-year carryback of net operating losses; expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to cover unemployed veterans and disconnected youth; deferral of cancellation of indebtedness income; an increased exclusion amount for commuter transit benefits and transit passes; an increase in the capital gain exclusion percentage for qualified small business stock; and reduction to seven years for the S Corporation built-in gain holding period. The legislation also includes a number of new or enhanced bond provisions aimed at economic recovery and alternative energy.

CCH's Highlights booklet is ideal for informing clients, prospects and staff about the key new tax changes and prompting them to turn to their tax and financial advisers for help.  It's authoritative, yet practical and easy-to-understand.  Affordable quantity discounts and the option of printing firm name and logo on the cover make the CCH Highlights booklet a great tool for firms to grow their businesses.

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CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis provides thorough and complete text of added, amended, or repealed Code sections with controlling committee reports and CCH's explanation and analysis of tax provisions contained in the legislation. CCH editorial staff, along with leading practitioners, provide clear and practical guidance of the impact of the law's changes, including how various taxpayer groups and situations are affected.

The law is arranged in Code section sequence with italicized type used for all new language that amends previous Code sections. CCH also provides several special tables and lists to facilitate quick and thorough understanding of the new law and how it affects taxpayers. Features include an effective dates table organized by Code section, a listing by Code section of the Act sections affecting it, and a listing by Act section of the Code sections affected.

CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis is THE resource that tax professionals, businesses, government staff and students alike need to get all the details of and help on new tax legislation changes. CCH provides the critical, late-breaking explanation and analysis to help readers make sense of complex legislative change so they can plan, respond and advise with confidence.

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In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation and related developments. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

1. Changes for Individuals
2. Housing
3. Education and Health
4. Retirement Savings
5. Changes for Business
6. Miscellaneous
7. Changes

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In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

1. Changes for Individuals
2. Housing
3. Education and Health
4. Retirement Savings
5. Changes for Business
6. Miscellaneous Changes

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Widely used by counsel and insurers; and cited as authority by the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit courts and important state courts - this Handbook provides comprehensive information, analysis and commentary on the rapidly developing area of insurance law.

The Handbook includes revised and updated coverage of such important issues as allocation of defense costs among insurers, hazardous waste/environmental cleanup litigation, notice requirements and reinsurance. There is coverage of over 250 important recent decisions that have clarified or changed insurance law in many jurisdictions. It is replete with hundreds of new and revised citations that will substantially cut down research time and help you to prepare authoritative briefs and motion papers.

You will find invaluable state-by-state comparative surveys organized for easy access on the current law regarding late notice, insolvency drop-down decisions, insurability of punitive damages, duty to defend a PRP letter, employee discrimination and sexual harassment claims.

Table of contents:       
Volume I
Chapter 1 Rules of Construction Applied in Insurance Coverage Disputes
Chapter 2 Reservation of Rights, Disclaimers, and Denials of Coverage
Chapter 3 Misrepresentations or Omissions in the Application for Insurance
Chapter 4 The Notice Requirement in the Presentation of Claims to the Insurer
Chapter 5 The Insurer's Duty to Defend
Chapter 6 Allocation of Defense Costs among Primary and Excess Insurers
Chapter 7 The Coverage Provided By General Liability Insurance
Chapter 8 Nature and Extent of Occurrence-Based Coverage
Chapter 9 Trigger and Scope of Occurrence-Based Coverage
Chapter 10 Insurance Coverage Issues Arising Out of Hazardous Waste/Environmental Clean-Up Litigation
Chapter 11 Other Insurance
Chapter 12 Clauses
Chapter 13 Bad Faith and Wrongful Refusal to Settle: Liability in Excess of Policy Lim
Volume II
Chapter 14 Current Issues Involving Excess Insurance
Chapter 15 Insurance Coverage for Punitive Damages Assessed Against an Insured
Chapter 16 Overview of Reinsurance
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