BOSTON - What happened to Mayor Menino? He’s been seen around town wearing a medical boot, but it appears the man in charge of Boston isn’t even sure what happened. FOX25 Political Editor Joe Battenfeld reports. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFXT FOX 25 Boston, MA]
Private and household consumption rebounds in South Korea. (The Trade) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Advocates are hoping the lure of federal stimulus dollars will overcome opposition to creating a central Florida commuter rail system and shoring up an existing line in South Florida during a nine-day special session that starts Thursday. More>>> [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOFL FOX 35 Orlando, FL]
Private personal information was found in a dumpster Tuesday. Everything from tax returns to mortgage applications from a midtown accountant's office were found and state investigators said the documents should have been shredded. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA ]
tax referendum [www.clipsyndicate.com | WLFI CBS 18 Lafayette]
While most employees of state government are being forced to take five unpaid days off, Gov. Bill Richardson has nearly $58 million in federal stimulus funds stashed away to spend as he pleases. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
When officials cut the ribbon opening a new Hewlett Packard customer service center in Rio Rancho Wednesday the opened the doors to what could become 1,800 well-paying jobs over the next decade. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
albuquerque's new mayor spends his first official day on the job -- amid growing gloom about the city's financial health minute thumbnail 05:06 pm stuart dyson is live downtown -- with more on the challenge confronting mayor richard berry. stu? it's a lot like the state's budget crisis - big bills to pay with taxpayer dollars that are coming in lower and slower as the great recession deepens - the city of albuquerque is in the same boat. richard berry takes over as mayor in the worst economic crisis since the great depression - all the earlier fantasy-talk about new mexico avoiding the worst of it seems to have evaporated - along with thousands of jobs and hundreds of shut-down businesses. berry says the city's revenue shortfall may be twice the size of what the previous administration predicted - a whopping 24 million dollars. " so we've got some financial challenges - there's no question about tit - the good news is we're gonna get through it - we're gonna be fine in the long run - we're gonna have some tough decisions to make but minute thumbnail 05:07 pm i've got a great team of financial people in the administration and we're gonna work with the council and we're gonna find our way through it." city council president ike benton is looking ahead to the next budget year - and seeing more shortfall. " i've heard anywhere from like you said - from 10 to 40 million - so we're gonna have to get down - figure out what those numbers really are gonna be - a certain amount of that is crystal-balling - what's gonna happen with gross receipts taxes - that's what we live and die by here." the city gets most of its money from that tax on sales and services - and in the recession people have less money to spend on stuff - so taxes are down bigtime - city employees may feel the pain. " i don't want to be the one to say it - but i think they're gonna have to be - i imagine they're gonna be looking at a certain amount of furloughs - i mean everybody's looking at that nowadays - here at our office we're on a 32 hour work week
More people are asking for help from the Toys for Tots program [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
If you buy big ticket items or electronics this holiday season, you'll want to make sure you're protected if the product breaks. 22news is working for you with some tips about consumer protection plans and warranties. At Manny's in West Springfield, the store manager says there is a 15-25% failure rate on many products within the first five years. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Two broken jewelry store windows have some worried criminals are becoming bolder. The stores just down the Street here on Main Street had their windows cracked or broken with a brick, in attempt to get at the jewelry. The fact that it happened on Main street, under the bright street lights has some worried. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
The Pilkington glass plant in Northwood was awarded nearly $700,000 in grants to help construct a $1.4 million solar panel field. The funding is part of $13 million in federal stimulus money that was awarded to Ohio for alternative energy projects. When completed the solar field will supply about 65-percent of the plant's normal power needs. The panels are expected to be purchased from First Solar in Perrysburg Township. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WUPW FOX Toledo, OH]
(12/2/09) - Financial planner Liz Wilson says for tax write-off purposes, take detailed notes when donating items to Goodwill. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WSMV Nashville, TN]
WNEM TV5’s Chris Gloninger explored Camp Grayling's sprawling grounds Wednesday as the military showed off how spends the public’s tax dollars. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNEM Flint, MI]
Vermont's statewide property tax is expected to go up next year. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WPTZ NBC 5 Burlington VT]
f it receives tax incentives, German-based company Fortu PowerCell may put its new technology plant in northern Muskegon Township, bringing about 700 jobs to the area and $650 million in investment to the community over the next few years. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
SALES TAX ROLLBACK [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Business confidence [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Race to the Senate: The Democrats Debate Part 2 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Dick Patten, president of the American Family Business Institute, talks with Bloomberg Television about his opposition to the estate tax. House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer says Congress will vote on an estate tax this week, CNBC reported without citing where it obtained the information. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Hewlett-Packard officials and Gov. Bill Richardson on Wednesday cut the ribbon to open the company's new customer service and technical support center in Rio Rancho. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Hewlett Packard's chief executive officer and Gov. Bill Richardson headlined a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the company's much-anticipated customer service and technical support center in Rio Rancho. The state of New Mexico invested millions of dollars in tax incentives, job training and capital outlay funds to attract the Fortune 500 company. Richardson says the opening of the HP center is good news in a time of economic uncertainty and high unemployment. HP officials have promised the state they will employ more than 1,300 workers at the center by 2012. Senior HP executive John Hood says the center also will be home to one of only two laboratories in the world where HP can troubleshoot its products. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
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