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What to do with California's windfall
Temptation, thy name is Mac Taylor. Days after Gov. Jerry Brown urged lawmakers to spend conservatively in light of the fragile state economy, Taylor, the head of the Legislative Analyst's Office, estimated that the state's tax revenues would be $3.2...
Tags: Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Jerry Brown, Unemployment Benefits, Finance
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Democrats forge $35 billion state budget
— The Democrats who run state government forged an estimated $35 billion spending plan Tuesday that would keep education funding flat, pay for promised state worker raises and cut programs for seniors. As the state budget headed toward approval...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Palatine, Republican Party
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ON THE MOVE-Merrill lands private wealth adviser from Credit Suisse
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch has hired a veteran financial adviser from Credit Suisse to join its private wealth management office in Midtown Manhattan. Adviser Vishal Bakshi, who had been with Credit Suisse for more than a...Tags: Personal Investing, Manhattan (New York City), Midtown, Bank of America Corp., Personal Finance
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Turkey seeks to boost revenues with draft tax law
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek revealed details of a draft tax law on Wednesday aimed at boosting revenues by widening the country's tax base, but stopped short of changing income and corporation tax brackets. The law will...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Employees, Crime, Law and Justice, Turkey
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Fairly funding California's schools
Probably the most important school debate in decades is unfolding in Sacramento, and for once it has nothing to do with fill-in-the-bubble tests or the phonics versus whole language reading battle. It's about the money: How much cash goes to which...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Students, Jerry Brown, Politics
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Waukegan man gets 6 years for real estate scam, must pay back $760,000
Special to the TribuneRichard Osty solicited hundreds of thousands of dollar from investors who thought they would profit by building houses in low-income Chicago neighborhoods. But authorities say the cash they entrusted to Osty was instead spent on things like Osty’s...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Justice System, Trials, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - June 6
Elected Democrats put regional airport at risk To the editor: The Washington County Republican Central Committee applauds the excellent work of the current County Commissioners, who are focused on leveraging Hagerstown Regional Airport to stimulate...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Barack Obama, John Delaney, Benjamin L. Cardin, White House
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Letters: Flattening taxes
Re "The 501(c)(4) fiasco," Editorial, May 31 Your editorial highlights the fact that no solutions to the potential use of the IRS as a political weapon are being proposed. We must simplify our income tax system by instituting a flat 15% tax on...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Science and Technology, Religion and Belief, Politics
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ANALYSIS-Scrap corporate tax and benefit long term, some conservatives say
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - As western politicians consider moves to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance, some conservative economic thinkers say the damage done by avoidance is overstated and any remedies are more likely to do economic...Tags: Think Tanks, Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance, eBay Inc., Politics
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Tie Harbor Point tax break to jobs for city residents
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake justifies over $100 million in taxpayer-funded property tax subsidies for the developers of Harbor Point on the grounds that the development will bring jobs to Baltimore ("Mayor: Project means jobs," June 4). But...
Tags: Taxation, Harbor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics
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Tax breaks benefit rich households the most, report says
WASHINGTON — Federal income tax breaks disproportionately benefit wealthier households, according to a report issued Wednesday that is certain to become ammunition in the budget battles as Congress debates the best ways to reduce Washington's...
Tags: Barack Obama, Taxation, Politics, Congressional Budget Office, Budgets and Budgeting
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PRECIOUS-Gold gains on hopes Fed stimulus will stay, ETF holdings up
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Gold climbed on Friday, hovering near a two-week high hit in the previous session, as weak U.S. economic data eased fears that the Federal Reserve could soon wind down its bullion-friendly bond buying programme. A rise in...Tags: Metal, Environmental Issues, Federal Reserve, Environmental Pollution, Chile
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