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International Herald Tribune |
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Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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U.S. expected to open more tax cases of UBS clients; U.S. builds case against UBS clients; 150 w
While it was not clear where the government had gotten the 150 names, U.S. investigators received 285 names from UBS in February as part of a settlement, and has received names from other sources as well. In February, UBS agreed to pay $780 million to settle charges that it had helped American clients ... Read More |
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445 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Aug 18, 2009 |
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IDG News Service |
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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Challenges seen for effort to adapt campaign's use of the Web for government applications |
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2031 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Dec 23, 2008 |
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International Herald Tribune |
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Monday, November 10, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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"Thomas Jefferson used newspapers to win the presidency, FDR used radio to change the way he governed, JFK was the first president to understand television, and Howard Dean saw the value of the Web for raising money," said Ranjit Mathoda, a lawyer and money manager who blogs at Mathoda.com. "But Senator [Barack Obama] understood that you could use the Web to lower the cost of buildi ... Read More |
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1668 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Nov 11, 2008 |
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Financial Times |
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Friday, September 26, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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"It's the nature of what the borrowing is for - building a hospital and making sure Johnny and Susie have a school that is open - that makes a freeze in the muni-market significant," said Thomas Doe, CEO of Municipal Market Advisors (MMA). "If you can't get access to the capital markets, you may have to raise taxes to generate the revenue for those projects."
"It's dif ... Read More |
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1725 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 01, 2008 |
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Geospatial |
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Friday, August 01, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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California state government is gearing up for a renaissance of geospatial information systems--one in which citizens can see and touch the data relevant to critical questions such as where are they going to live and where are their kids going to go to school, while business owners will be able to interact with the data that will guide them in determining whether or not to locate their business in ... Read More |
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1779 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Aug 05, 2008 |
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Financial Times |
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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"The federal government does not own the internet - thank God - and it does not own the nation's cyber networks," Mr [Michael Chertoff] said. "We can't be serious about national security or national cyber security without engaging private industry."
"We have no interest (in) or intention of duplicating a system where the government tries to sit over the internet and pr ... Read More |
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2525 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 10, 2008 |
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Financial Times |
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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In the long term, the report envisages a structure based on what it calls an objective-based approach. This means dividing the regulatory workload by broad tasks, rather by types of institutions. The Treasury urges instead a three-part division of responsibilities. There would be a "market stability regulator" - the Fed - whose job would be to gather information and monitor risks across ... Read More |
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1809 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 17, 2008 |
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Financial Times |
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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"The subcommittee has been investigating the use of offshore jurisdictions and institutions to perpetrate tax abuse," he said. "The case involving LGT bank is proof that the problem has not gone away, and the subcommittee will continue to explore all different angles to this problem."
The IRS declined to comment and the Department of Justice said it was "unaware" o ... Read More |
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2110 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 08, 2008 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com |
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Sunday, October 07, 2007 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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Mike Gallagher takes the helm of the Entertainment Software Association — the trade group that represents video games — at a time of rapid growth and unprecedented prosperity in the industry. But Gallagher had virtually no name recognition inside the industry. He’s a former assistant secretary of commerce in the Bush administration – an attorney who’s worked in telecommunications, both in the priv ... Read More |
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853 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 20, 2008 |
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ottowabusinessjournal.com |
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
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Gender, Private Sector
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The City of Ottawa's chief auditor is conducting a review of the municipality's public-private partnership projects beginning this year and continuing into 2007.
Municipal Auditor-General Alain Lalonde provided a verbal report on his ongoing review to a city committee last week.
He faced a barrage of questions from members of the city's Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee. Sev ... Read More |
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929 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 20, 2008 |
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