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The conservative advocate who dismantled affirmative action is joining forces with a center-left Democrat and a Duke University economist to challenge another sacred cow in elite college admissions: preferential treatment for the offspring of alumni.

In essence, the United States has agreed to help finance a batch of rare earths projects in Australia -- gaining preferential access to the minerals they unearth in return.

Only Rwanda held firm and was punished with a suspension from selling clothes under AGOA's preferential rates.

The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released a batch of annual tax-code adjustments, including the income ranges needed to notch the preferential tax rate on capital gains.

The commission could temporarily suspend its preferential tariff rates if it decides there is a distortion hurting the EU market.