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‘Pure play’ stays focused on a single businessSunday, November 23, 2008 @ 3:03AMAsk the Fool: What’s a “pure play” company? – M.J., Tucson, Ariz.

Pressure increases for Community BankSunday, November 23, 2008 @ 2:06AMSTAUNTON — After suffering a $10.5 million income loss for the quarter ending Sept. 30, Community Bank is at a crossroad.

Wealth check: The future can wait - get back into the blackSaturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:18PM The patient Jane Israel, 33, recently changed jobs, leaving her with a pension dilemma. While she was working as a self-employed driving instructor, she set up a stakeholder personal pension. However, since starting as a road safety officer for Suffolk County Council this summer, she has had access to a final salary pension scheme.

Long and short of capital gains taxSaturday, November 22, 2008 @ 12:20PMHow is capital gains tax applied to bonus, rights offers, open offers and buybacks?And what do you do with capital losses? Here’s a ready reckoner. As the old adage goes, ‘Nothing is certain but death and taxes’. If stock market investing has caught your fancy, here too, you cannot avoid the taxman.

MARKETSSaturday, November 22, 2008 @ 12:17PMINVESTMENTS: Smart domestic investors see value in falling market: Bhave ‘No evidence of any market manipulation so far’. New Delhi, Nov. 22 “If you think that Indian investors don’t have money or are running away from the market (capital market), think again”, said the SEBI Chairman, ...