Allied Farmers likely to face legal action
NZCity Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32 PM PDT
Allied is refusing to pay $5 million in Hanover claims, accusing the failed finance company of serious breaches and failures in their agreement. It has launched legal proceedings against Hotchin and Watson. |
Correction: Smart Spending-Appliance Rebates
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO - In a Dec. 30, 2009, story about federally funded rebates on energy-efficient appliances, The Associated Press, relying on information from Joe McGuire, president of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, incorrectly reported that buyers of new refrigerators could save $250 a year on their electricity bills over what they would pay to run a 20-year-old refrigerator. |
Schools seek 2.7% budget hike
Columbia Daily Herald Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:28 PM PDT
Maury County residents could be asked to pay more in property taxes to support local schools. The Maury County School Board is proposing a roughly $77.2 million operating budget, a 2.7 percent increase from this past year. |
Couple sentenced for tax evation
WAVY TV 10 Portsmouth Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:28 PM PDT
A Virginia Beach couple who did not pay nearly a million dollars in taxes on the business they owned were sentenced Wednesday to serve prison time and ordered to pay the owed taxes in restitution. |
Govt doing nothing to reduce gender pay gap
Scoop.co.nz Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:23 PM PDT
Minister of Women’s Affairs Pansy Wong effectively conceded today that her Government has taken no new steps in the last year to reduce the pay gap between men and women, despite telling Parliament in June 2009 that she would “leave no stone unturned†to try to close the gap, the Green Party said. |
Obama: Attacking debt will be 'our project'
The Jackson Sun Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:23 PM PDT
RACINE, Wis. (AP) â€" President Barack Obama says the United States has to wean itself from its habit of using the national “credit card†and leaving future generations to pay the bill. |
Uintah district to assist with Union High repairs
Vernal Express Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:21 PM PDT
Uintah School District board members decided last week to help pay for repairs to Union High School, but also offered a slight admonishment to members of the Duchesne County School Board for not keeping them apprised of the project and its potential cost. |
WA school chief compares salary to Mariners player
KREM.com Spokane Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:20 PM PDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) â€" Washington state schools' chief Randy Dorn isn't shy about mentioning how his paycheck falls short. During a committee hearing last week, Dorn bemoaned the fact that his six-figure salary wouldn't pay a full game of Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee. Dorn said it was "embarrassing" that the salary of someone who is responsible for more than a million kids' education "would ... |
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