Buses will replace trains for 24 hours between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma beginning at 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 through 12:45 a.m. on Monday, March 9 for a switch replacement project in Wyandanch as well as Sperry Rail Car inspection and related signal and track maintenance along the route.
Buffett says he's still paying lower tax rate than his secretary. Warren Buffett says despite a higher tax bill this year than in 2012, he'll likely still pay a lower rate than his secretary. Warren Buffett says even though he and other top earners are paying higher taxes this year, he thinks he's still paying a lower rate than his secretary. In 2013, capital gains for those earning more than $400,000 ($450,000 for couples) will be taxed at 20%, up from 15%.
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are leading this effort by example. They are the two richest Americans and they have a combined net worth of more than $156 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Also according to the index, the two have combined to put more than $46 billion into the Gates Foundation.