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Gov't Agency Decries Flight Auction Plan
the government accountability office says u.s. aviation officials do not have the authority to auction off flight slots at airports, a plan that slated for testing this fall.
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Lawmakers Hope New Ideas Will Revive Bailout Plan
alarmed by setbacks, supporters of the imperiled multibillion-dollar economic rescue fought to bring it back to life tuesday, courting reluctant lawmakers with sweeteners including a plan to reassure americans their bank deposits are safe.
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Idl Solutions Wins Government Business
idl solutions inc., a germantown information technology company, said monday that it has been awarded a $2.8 million, five-year contract by the centers for medicare and medicaid services to develop software to help manage the agency's fee-for-service health plan.
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No Business-labor Ballot Deal
business leaders today said negotiations with organized labor have ended without an agreement that would have removed four union-backed measures from the november statewide ballot.
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Nrl Okays Titans Betting Agency
the nrl will block gold coast from profiting on the result of any rugby league fixtures after giving the titans' newly formed betting agency conditional approval today.
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Congressional Leaders Hope Changes Under Discussion Will Help Revive Financial Rescue Plan
washington - congressional leaders, president bush and the two rivals to succeed him rummaged through ideas new and old tuesday, desperately seeking to change a dozen house members' votes and pass a multibillion-dollar economic rescue plan.
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Alitalia Rescue Plan Cleared For Takeoff
alitalia flight attendants reluctantly signed on monday to a rescue plan for the italian flagship, pulling it back from the brink of bankruptcy and shifting the focus to the search for a foreign partner.
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Lawmakers Hope New Ideas Will Revive Bailout Plan
by charles babington and jim kuhnhenn alarmed by setbacks, supporters of the imperiled multibillion-dollar economic rescue fought to bring it back to life tuesday, courting reluctant lawmakers with sweeteners including a plan to reassure americans their bank deposits are safe. wall street, at least, regained hope. the dow jones industrials rose 485 points, one day after a record 778-point ...
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Toronto Mayor Unveils New Development Plan
proposal calls for creation of two agencies aimed at attracting business to surplus land, luring foreign investors
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Nrl Okays Titans Betting Agency
the nrl will block gold coast from profiting on the result of any rugby league fixtures after giving the titans' newly formed betting agency conditional approval.
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Congressional Leaders Hope Changes Under Discussion Will Help Revive ... - Newsday
washington (ap) _ congressional leaders, president bush and the two rivals to succeed him rummaged through ideas new and old tuesday, desperately seeking to change a dozen house members' votes and pass a multibillion-dollar economic rescue plan. at ...
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In Fight Over Flight Delays, Faa Found To Have No Legal Authority To ... - Los Angeles Times
washington (ap) _ u.s. aviation officials have no legal authority to auction off takeoff and landing slots at airports, a scheme the government devised to try to curb crippling traffic jams at major airports, congressional investigators say. the ...
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Better Deposit Insurance Seen Amid Efforts To Save Econ Rescue; Wall ... - Newsday
washington (ap) _ alarmed by setbacks, supporters of the imperiled multibillion-dollar economic rescue fought to bring it back to life tuesday, courting reluctant lawmakers with sweeteners including a plan to reassure americans their bank deposits ...
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All Business: Fair-value Accounting Rules A Must - Cnbc
new york - how can lawmakers make the financial crisis disappear — without a $700 billion taxpayer bailout and all those pesky political ramifications? suspend accounting rules that are forcing financial firms to give a fair-market value to their ...
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Financial Crisis Hurts State Pensions, Budgets - Abc News
the financial crisis on wall street is causing waves in state houses across the country, where various governors are grappling with budget deficits, dwindling finances and plummeting pension funds. the troubles on wall street might hurt some state ...
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Global Stocks Volatile, After Us Lawmakers Reject Bailout - Baltimore Sun
london (ap) _ stocks were volatile across the world on tuesday, a day after u.s. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bank rescue plan. european stocks bounced up and down, asian stocks fell, and the dow jones industrial average rose 2.3 percent by ...
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Housing Bust May Not Bottom Till 2010: Moody's - Reuters
new york (reuters) - the u.s. housing market bust may not bottom until 2010, later than previously thought, and more home builders may fail before the housing market recovers, moody's investors service said in a new report. upheaval in the financial ...
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Huge Tva Electric Rate Increase Takes Effect - Miami Herald
knoxville, tenn. -- the tennessee valley authority's largest electric rate increase in more than three decades takes effect wednesday as thousands of consumers already are struggling to pay their power bills and avoid service cutoffs. a 20 percent ...
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Dexia Bank Gets $9.2b Bailout From Governments, Shareholders - Los Angeles Times
brussels, belgium (ap) _ dexia became the second belgian bank this week to get a government and shareholder bailout tuesday when belgium, france and luxembourg said they would inject almost $9.2 billion to keep it afloat. dexia's ceo axel miller ...
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Faq On Paulson's Regulatory Reform Plan - Us News And World Report
although the bush administration has been criticized for its largely hands-off approach to the housing crisis, treasury secretary henry paulson can now take credit for having accomplished one of the most difficult feats in the financial services ...
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