Death tax deadline. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has indicated that he will bring the issue of permanent repeal of the estate tax for a vote before Memorial Day, reported NADA Newswire.

Write-off cap may rise. Small businesses may be able to write off up to $200,000 a year - double the current amount - on spending for computers, machinery and other big-ticket items under President Bush's 2007 budget proposal, reported USA TODAY.

EEOC lawsuits decline. Discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against private sector employers fell 5% last year, announced the agency. The breakdown of Fiscal Year 2005 charge filings: Race (35.5% of all filings), Sex (30.6%), Retaliation (29.5%), Age (22%), Disability (19.7%), National Origin (10.7%), Religion (3.1%), and Equal Pay (1.3%).

Auto insurance update. Insurance.com, the nation's largest online auto insurance agency, says consumer car insurance quote requests on its website increased by more than 20% in 2005, the fourth straight year of growth. This reflects consumers' growing comfort with using the Internet for researching and buying car insurance policies, the company says.

Hungry, anyone?  The American Dietetic Association reports that 75% of office workers eat lunch at their desk two or three times a week.