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Lloyd Waters: The taxman cometh for the middle class
The middle-class taxpayer, I suspect, is a little like Ichabod Crane, an honest traveler who decided one night to ride his horse through Sleepy Hollow. He disappeared into the night. Maybe Ichabod was a middle-class taxpayer. On April 15 at midnight, a...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Verizon Communications, Moby
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UC Santa Barbara student leaders vote down divestment resolution
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details Elected student leaders at UC Santa Barbara voted down a resolution early Thursday that would have urged the UC system to divest from companies said to profit from anti-Palestinian...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Riverside, University of California, Santa Barbara, Students
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Aereo fight is about money. MTV yanks 'Buckwild.' Lynton re-ups.
After the coffee. Before emptying the cat box (well, you wanted to know). The Skinny: I stuffed myself silly at the premiere party for HBO's "Veep" last night so I'm feeling a little bloated this morning. Yes, it's a tough life. Wednesday's headlines...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Washington, DC, The New York Times, CBS Corp., Univision (tv network)
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Ronald J. Biglin, Loyola business professor
Ronald J. Biglin, a former business professor and dean of graduate programs at what is now Loyola University Maryland who owned a winery and a distribution company, died Monday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 81. "Ron...
Tags: Towson, New York University, Science and Technology, Georgetown, Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York)
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Regulators follow golden road to Promontory
Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, must take us for fools. No need to worry about her and the so-called revolving door between government and Wall Street, she told the Wall Street Journal on April 2, after...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Government, Dell Inc., Fannie Mae, Mary Schapiro
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GE to acquire Lufkin Industries to expand oil and gas business
General Electric Co. has agreed to acquire Lufkin Industries Inc. for more than $3 billion as the mega-firm looks to grow its expanding oil and gas business. The $88.50-a-share offer from GE represents a 38.4% premium over Lufkin’s Friday $63.93...
Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Lufkin Industries Incorporated
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How the relationship between employers and workers changed
Decades ago, many workers spent their whole lives at the same job, retiring with a full pension, and maybe even a gold watch from their boss. Now, almost no one works at the same place for life, and there’s much less loyalty between employers...
Tags: Employment, Unemployment, University of California, Santa Barbara, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Yvonne Brill dies at 88; developed revolutionary propulsion system
Pioneering rocket scientist Yvonne Brill often referred to herself as an "only" — as in the sole woman in the room at a time when female scientists and engineers were exceedingly few. Brill began her career in 1945 and eventually developed a...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Engineering, White House
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Comcast's Roberts paid $29 million; NBCU's Burke got $26 million
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts might run the nation's largest entertainment and cable TV company, but he ranks in the middle of the media pack in terms of salary and perks. Roberts received $29 million in compensation last year, an increase...Tags: Comcast Corporation, Robert A. Iger, Companies and Corporations, Brian L. Roberts, NBCUniversal
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UC Riverside student leaders revoke Israel divestment policy
After much debate that brought the passions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts to campus, UC Riverside’s student government has reversed itself and revoked a prior resolution that urged the UC system to divest from companies that have contracts...
Tags: University of California, Riverside, National Government, Government, Raytheon Company, Human Rights
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UC Riverside student leaders revoke divestment resolution
After much debate that brought the passions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to campus, UC Riverside's student government has reversed itself and revoked a resolution that urged the UC system to divest from companies that have contracts with Israel's...
Tags: University of California, Riverside, National Government, Government, Raytheon Company, Human Rights
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Ethics agency launches probe of environmental regulator
SACRAMENTO -- The state's ethics agency is investigating whether one of California's top environmental regulators violated conflict-of-interest laws by regulating companies in which she owns stock. Officials at the Fair Political Practices Commission...Tags: Values, Ethics, Consumers, Religion and Belief, Chevron Corportion
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