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Group Wants To Raise Gasoline Tax - Ksl.com
quote from ksl story. "that's what the utah taxpayers association is pushing for, along with a 25-cent reduction in sales tax. the group says that plan would raise $350 million for needed road projects." now what is the "25-cent reduction" they are ...
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Boosting State Sales Tax May Cause More Harm Than Good
california's unemployment rate soared to 7.3 percent in july, with nearly 400,000 more workers in the jobless ranks than a year earlier, indicating that we still haven't hit bottom in this recession.
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On The Rocky Road To The 2008-09 Budget
1999-2000: a new economic surge, centered on the high-tech industry, flooded state coffers. revenues - mostly income taxes - skyrocketed to $75.7 billion in 2000-01. under wilson and then-democratic gov. gray davis, spending also jumped sharply for schools and health care for the poor. republicans demanded and got billions of dollars in corporate and individual tax cuts, including a two-thirds ...
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Business Leaders: Make Renewable Energy Cheaper - San Francisco Gate
representatives from corporate giants google inc. and general electric co. said tuesday that transitioning the united states to renewable energy on a large scale would be possible — if renewable energy were cheaper. hewlett-packard 3q profit jumps ...
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Obama Sounds Populist Themes In Virginia Bus Tour - Miami Herald
martinsville, va. -- democrat barack obama is sounding tough populist themes on the campaign trail, pledging to create union jobs to build energy-efficient cars and to end tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas.
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On The Rocky Road To The 2008-09 Budget
why does california seem to struggle with its budget every year? is state spending really out of line, as republicans suggest, or are democrats right when they say we need more revenue? dan walters walks us through some key mileposts on the road to this year's state budget stalemate, and offers some key statistics to help you get to the bottom of the debate.
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Ap Financial Newsbrief At 4:51 A.m. Edt
san francisco (ap) _ hewlett-packard co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth.
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Governor Hopes Cutbacks End Budget Stalemate - Nbc 11
gov. arnold schwarzenegger is moving to end the stalemate over a state budget by offering a compromise spending plan that calls for additional cuts and a 1 percent sales tax increase. in the past, the governor has said he is against raising taxes ...
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Please Not Biden - Slate
why biden would be bad: there's a bit of c-span tape that should surface quickly if he's named. ... remember, it wasn't biden's plagiarism that knocked him out of the 1988 race. it was "''i think i have a much higher i.q. than you do.'' ... [ you got ...
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Target Won't Back Down To Community Opposition
scotts valley isn't the only place target has received a less than warm welcome. the national retailer, with 1,600 stores across the country, including one in watsonville, is building a store in the college town of davis after beating back a surge of community opposition that forced the issue to an election after city leaders' 2005 approval of the development to help build davis' bottom line.
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Did You Stay Or Did You Go? Gas Prices, Economy Make 'staycation' Appealing
with house prices plummeting and gas prices skyrocketing this summer, many americans found long-distance travel a little out of reach.
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2 Industry Outsiders Have Vision To Steer Detroit 3 Back On Track - Detroit Free Press
an oklahoma oil billionaire and a silicon valley titan have committed themselves to reforming the u.s. auto industry -- whether detroit's ready or not. t. boone pickens, who made his fortune in oil investments and corporate raiding, wants automakers ...
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Crime Hits Home - Ledger-enquirer
– all united states – alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware district of columbia florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota ...
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More Missourians Seek Help Amid Housing Crisis
when kathy felton bought a duplex 20 years ago, she dreamed it would be a home for life for her and her son. but 20 years later, the bank foreclosed on that dream. and last week, a horse trailer, three sheriff’s cars and a flatbed truck came to carry away her belongings.
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Millionaires In The Making: The Rodrigueses
john and gina rodrigues have always been good with numbers. john is a software engineer who manages a team at microsoft, and gina spent years processing mortgages at wells fargo and countrywide home loans. but the numbers they are especially good at are the kind with dollar signs in front of them.
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August 2008 - Posts - Msnbc Firstread
wilmington, del. -- the joe biden of stakeouts past -- the one who handed out bagels and willingly stopped for quick chats -- is gone. a man who seemed to relish the attention of the press during the first two days of the veep vigil is now all ...
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Green Tech - Cnet News
trilliant said on wednesday that it has raised $40 million in equity in one of the largest single-round smart-grid investments to date. the redwood city, calif.-based company makes equipment and software for energy-efficiency programs aimed at ...
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Millionaires In The Making
john and gina rodrigues have always been good with numbers. john is a software engineer who manages a team at microsoft, and gina spent years processing mortgages at wells fargo and countrywide home loans.
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Auto Stocks: Stock Car Racing
comedian stephen colbert has a real problem with bears. teddy bears. the mighty grizzly. even little tree-hugging koalas. colbert calls them all “godless killing machines” that serve no useful purpose whatsoever. but colbert is not a stock analyst.
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Millionaires In The Making: The Rodrigueses - Cnn Money
(money magazine) -- john and gina rodrigues have always been good with numbers. john is a software engineer who manages a team at microsoft, and gina spent years processing mortgages at wells fargo and countrywide home loans. but the numbers they are ...
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