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            4(c)(5), Income Tax Regs., is defined as "any bill, note, bond,                               
            debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness, or any evidence of                              
            an interest in, or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the                              
            foregoing items."  Sec. 1.864-4(c)(5)(v), Income Tax Regs.                                    
                  In the second category of income, any dividends or interest                             
            from stocks or securities, or any gain or loss from the sale or                               
            exchange of stocks or securities, which does not meet the                                     
            conditions described supra and therefore is not treated as                                    
            effectively connected with the taxpayer’s active conduct of a                                 
            banking, financing or similar business in the United States still                             
            "may be effectively connected for the taxable year" with the                                  
            conduct of another business by the taxpayer in the United States                              
            pursuant to either the asset-use test or the business-activities                              
            test.  Sec. 1.864-4(c)(5)(vi)(a), Income Tax Regs.  In the last                               
            category of income, any income, gain, or loss from sources within                             
            the United States (other than dividends or interest from, or gain                             
            or loss from the sale or exchange of, stocks or securities) is                                
            determined to be effectively connected pursuant to either the                                 
            asset-use test or business-activities test.  Sec. 1.864-                                      
            4(c)(5)(vi)(b), Income Tax Regs.                                                              
                  c.    Section 864(c)(2)(A) Asset-use Test                                               
                  The Code provides that one factor to consider in determining                            
            whether income described in section 864(c)(2) is effectively                                  








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