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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: Jon Tester, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Easter, Economy, Business and Finance
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis) D.J. Tice column
Star TribuneA front-page story in Sunday's Star Tribune captured a clarifying transformation that has come to the great American tax debate in 2013. It seems that Gov. Mark ("Tax the Rich") Dayton is locked in yet another late-session showdown against...Tags: Personal Income, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Elections
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Chattanooga-based CBL posts higher earnings on better occupancy, sales
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Despite a struggling national retail sales picture, CBL & Associates Properties Inc. reported Monday that first quarter earnings climbed on higher occupancy and rents. "We are seeing solid improvement in occupancy, net operating income, sales and...Tags: Office and Retail Spaces, National Retail Federation, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Earnings Forecasts
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Adopted budget restores City School programs
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanThe Plattsburgh City School Board has adopted a 2013-14 budget that maintains all current programs and restores some previous cuts, including gymnastics. The $39,632,807 spending plan, approved 5 to 3 at a recent meeting, represents a $200,000...Tags: Unemployment, Elections, Job Layoffs, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace
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Consumer spending and personal income climb in March
WASHINGTON -- Consumers spent more in March even as their income rose less than analysts had projected, a mixed economic message to start a week that will end with the latest government unemployment report. Consumer spending was up 0.2% last month, down...
Tags: Personal Income
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Looking for silver lining in Orlando's business-for-sale market
Curtis Kroeker, 42, is group general manager of BizQuest.com and BizBuySell.com, a website that allows business owners and brokers to list companies for sale. Kroeker spoke with staff writer Sara K. Clarke about trends in the business-for-sale market...
Tags: Sales, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Finance
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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Authors, Crime, Law and Justice, Anwar al-Awlaki, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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U.S. might not hit debt limit until October, new study says
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. might not hit its debt limit until October because of improved economic growth and higher tax revenue this year, according to a new estimate released Friday. The projection by the Bipartisan Policy Center would give Congress and...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Senate
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New budget plan would put MARTA on track financially
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMARTA General Manager Keith Parker proposed a budget Thursday that promised a revitalized transit authority within five years, with $111 million in reserves rather than falling off the fiscal cliff, as had been projected. Especially relevant for riders:...Tags: Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance, Employment Opportunities, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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The stunt pilots misread their gauges
Somewhere between the Oval Office and a snarled airport near you, the stunt pilots in the Obama administration made a terrible miscalculation. Most citizens are able to read. They're seeing numerous articles in the public prints explaining how the...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress, Tom Coburn, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel
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LPL revenue rises on strong adviser productivity, markets
Reuters* Revenue up 8.1 percent at $974.8 million * Client assets rise 11.3 percent to $394 billion * CFO says "fiscal cliff" deal encouraged investors * Shares up 3.1 percent By Ashley Lau April 25 (Reuters) - LPL Financial Holdings Inc reported higher...Tags: U.S. Congress, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Earnings Forecasts, Finance
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H&R Block shares slide on tax return volumes
ReutersApril 25 (Reuters) - Tax preparer H&R Block Inc said its share of tax returns prepared so far this year has remained essentially flat, compared with a year earlier, sending its stock down 9 percent after the bell. The company assisted 22 million U.S....Tags: H&R Block Inc., Stock Market, Intuit Incorporated, Marketing, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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