Archive for March, 2009
Police: Columbia fast-food worker threatened while making night deposit
Columbia police are looking for a man who allegedly attempted to rob a Burger King employee at knifepoint early Tuesday morning as she was depositing money at a bank.According to police, the female employee was making a night deposit after midnight Tuesday when a white male wearing a bandanna around…
Health Nominee Sebelius Discloses Income Tax Errors to Senators
April 1 — Kathleen Sebelius , President Barack Obama ’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, told senators she made errors in her federal income tax returns and owed more money.
Video: Twitter Plans to Make Money
Wired’s Danny Dumas and Steven Leckart stop by Twitter headquarters to probe its new moneymaking brainchild. Is Twitter making a gadget?
Childhood hearing loss more prevalent among Hispanic-American, low-income households
A new review of medical databases shows that neonatal hearing loss, already one of the most common birth disorders in the United States, is especially prevalent among Hispanic-Americans and those from low-income households, according to the April 2009 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Venezuelan government to restructure debt to raise cash as oil income falls
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s government said Tuesday it will issue US$1.2 billion in local-currency bonds to raise cash as oil income falls.
Pimco’s Gross Favors Stable Income Over Speculation
March 31 — Investors should favor stable income over speculative growth as global deleveraging leads to lower growth rates, according to William Gross , co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., the operator of the world’s biggest bond fund.
Making an unworthy sacrifice
Money politics is an open secret, in fact, not a secret at all. What’s worse, many are not interested in even hiding the fact of vote-buying.
Plan would boost income tax to pay Mich. tuition
Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday proposed raising Michigan’s income tax rate to pay university tuition for students and fund preschool programs for 4-year-olds.
Bailed-out banks show auditors the money trail
Banks that have received federal aid are using the money as they see fit, in some cases providing new loans to customers, retiring debt or buying mortgage-backed securities.
Daley will support Quinn’s income tax hike on a few conditions
Mayor Daley said today he would support Gov. Quinn’s call for a 50 percent increase in the state income tax, only if it’s tied to property tax relief and only if the governor scraps a plan to withhold millions in income tax growth from cities.
