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To: kinkblot who wrote (22)	1/26/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 36

Related issue which should further delay voice over data network tariffed services for awhile. But not forever....... www1.newsalert.com

To: kinkblot who wrote (22)	5/23/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: kinkblot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36

Bookstores' demise a sad chapter boston.com Story from the Boston Globe 05/23/99, page A01. The Davids currently lose to the Goliaths due to efficiency, name recognition, and one huge freebie: a federally mandated three-year sales tax exemption for all companies selling on-line in states where the companies do not have facilities. That's 5 percent off the top in Massachusetts for Amazon.com. "Basically, if you buy on the Net at this point, you don't pay taxes," Flynn said. True - they don't compete on a level playing field, taxwise. But for the time being, the Commonwealth is collecting plenty of Net-related cap gains taxes so there's not much pressure to do anything about it. Waterstone's will quit Boston and close three area stores. The Exeter Street store was their beachhead in North America, opened in 1991. They will now focus on opening more airport bookstores, the kind that sell Grisham novels.