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A European primer: What does austerity look like?
Austerity has been the main prescription across Europe for dealing with the continent's nearly 3-year-old debt crisis, brought on by too much government... (May 13, 2012)

Romney urges grads to honor family commitments
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday. (May 13, 2012)

Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will... (May 09, 2012)

Andover: Officials hope to attract business with tax break
Andover will join the growing ranks of communities using an incentive plan known as Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, to woo businesses to town. Voters approved a... (May 09, 2012)

TJX gets another tax break to expand in Framingham
Retail giant TJX Cos. secured its second major property tax break in two months Wednesday night after agreeing to keep its headquarters in Framingham, where it... (May 03, 2012)

Framingham promises tax break to TJX to stay, expand corporate headquarters
In the face of growing worries of Framingham-based TJX corporate headquarters relocating to Marlborough for tax break incentives there, Framingham's Board of... (May 03, 2012)

New Obama campaign ad attacks Mitt Romney for outsourcing American jobs
The Obama campaign charges in a new ad airing in three swing states that Mitt Romney’s economic plan is built on outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. “As a... (May 01, 2012)

Commission endorses review of state tax breaks
The state’s Tax Expenditure Commission, assembled to review a $26 billion budget of tax breaks, deductions, and expenditures, unanimously approved... (April 23, 2012)

Incentives luring developers to build
Georgetown is launching a bold plan to woo commercial developers and captains of industry who want to settle down in the Greater Boston area with promises of a... (April 25, 2012)

Tax incentives woo businesses
A sampling of area projects that have benefited from local and state tax credits (April 25, 2012)

Burlington eyes tax break to lure coffee firm
Burlington is negotiating with Keurig over a potential tax break aimed at bringing the growing coffee machine company to the town. Town administrator Robert E... (April 13, 2012)

Small businesses misrepresented? Need to know Friday
Because this is an election year, it seems that small businesses are being talked about more and more. Small businesses as a whole are a very easy, convenient... (April 20, 2012)

Sign up for tax-break lottery
Town officials are advising residents that applications are being accepted through April 20 for this year’s program allowing senior citizens to cover part of... (April 07, 2012)

Fiat opens 500L production line in Serbia
Italian carmaker Fiat on Monday opened a production line in Kragujevac, Serbia, for the new family version of its popular 500 city car. (April 16, 2012)

State panel urges fewer Mass. tax breaks
A task force of elected officials and policy makers says Massachusetts needs to overhaul its tax system to eliminate breaks that cost the state billions of... (March 20, 2012)

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From Wikipedia

Tax break is a slang term referring to any item which reduces tax, including any tax exemption, tax deduction, or tax credit. Tax break is also a pejorative term used in the United States to refer to purportedly favorable tax treatment of any class of persons, as in "individuals get a tax break for xxx".