ABC News (blog) | Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan 'Was Never a Man of Substance' ABC News (blog) This is Paul Ryan who used to be a man of substance, who put up plans, I may disagree with some of them, but with great levels of specificity. Now they've said they're going to cut $5 trillion in taxes, increase spending in the military, and somehow .. . The past two weeks have shown us that Paul Ryan isn't so different from the ... |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Paul Krugman: Paul Ryan 'Was Never a Man of Substance' - ABC News (blog)
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Lingle orders unpaid days off for workers - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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In an address broadcast from the State Lingle also said she wouldc scale back free Medicaid benefitsto low-incomew adults and said the state would delay paying some of its large r bills until July. The governor is also askingh the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Office of Hawaiiabn Affairs to implement equivalent furlough days or restric ttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not allowq ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the University of Hawaiui or the Hawaii Health Systems but Lingle said theirf spending will be restricted in an amount equivalenft to the three-days-per-month The furloughs, which start July 1, amoungt to about a 13.
8 percent pay cut, or abouf $5,500 for a worker making $40,000 a As with layoffs, Lingle does not have to negotiatew the furloughs with any of the unione representing state workers. Lingle has said she doesn’gt want to lay off workers because of the disruptivre effect of contract rules that would enable senior workerswto “bump” junior workers, even if they worked in differentf state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to clos e a gapof $730 million between now and June 30, 2011, as forecast by the state’ s Council on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaioi is expected to see tax revenues fallby $2.7 billion over the next two years.
“Idf we do not implement the furlough we would have to lay off upto 10,0000 employees to realize an equivalentr amount of savings,” Lingle said. The statre has about 46,000 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentof Education. Lingle blames the fiscal shortfall on thelingering recession, rising dropping visitor arrivals, a decline in privater building permits, a doublingv of foreclosures, and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotepl rooms, high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobaccok to help meet the budget shortfall.
But Lingle, a Republican whose vetoes of thosr measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she wouldx not ask for additionalo tax increases. She also rejected callsx for legalizing gambling. However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of state operating fundw go to labor costs and that the state had provided employee wage increase of betweej 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearsa “when our economy was thriving.
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In an address broadcast from the State Lingle also said she wouldc scale back free Medicaid benefitsto low-incomew adults and said the state would delay paying some of its large r bills until July. The governor is also askingh the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Office of Hawaiiabn Affairs to implement equivalent furlough days or restric ttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not allowq ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the University of Hawaiui or the Hawaii Health Systems but Lingle said theirf spending will be restricted in an amount equivalenft to the three-days-per-month The furloughs, which start July 1, amoungt to about a 13.
8 percent pay cut, or abouf $5,500 for a worker making $40,000 a As with layoffs, Lingle does not have to negotiatew the furloughs with any of the unione representing state workers. Lingle has said she doesn’gt want to lay off workers because of the disruptivre effect of contract rules that would enable senior workerswto “bump” junior workers, even if they worked in differentf state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to clos e a gapof $730 million between now and June 30, 2011, as forecast by the state’ s Council on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaioi is expected to see tax revenues fallby $2.7 billion over the next two years.
“Idf we do not implement the furlough we would have to lay off upto 10,0000 employees to realize an equivalentr amount of savings,” Lingle said. The statre has about 46,000 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentof Education. Lingle blames the fiscal shortfall on thelingering recession, rising dropping visitor arrivals, a decline in privater building permits, a doublingv of foreclosures, and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotepl rooms, high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobaccok to help meet the budget shortfall.
But Lingle, a Republican whose vetoes of thosr measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she wouldx not ask for additionalo tax increases. She also rejected callsx for legalizing gambling. However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of state operating fundw go to labor costs and that the state had provided employee wage increase of betweej 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearsa “when our economy was thriving.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Day says no way of knowing if certificate info came from torture - CTV News
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Day says no way of knowing if certificate info came from torture CTV News TORONTO -- A former federal cabinet minister told an Ontario court Thursday he had been warned that there was no way of knowing whether information in a national security certificate used to arrest accused terrorist Mohamed Mahjoub was obtained through ... |
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
TransCanada nails down preferred route - Lincoln Journal Star
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CBC.ca | TransCanada nails down preferred route Lincoln Journal Star “The preferred alternative route in this Supplemental Environmental Report was developed based on extensive feedback from Nebraskans,†he said, “and reflects our shared desire to minimize the disturbance of land and sensitive resources in the state.†... TransCanada L istens to Nebraskans Transcanada Submits Environmental Report for Nebraska Pipeline; Shares Slip ... TransCanada submits new Keystone environment report |
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Game recap: Leilehua keeps Mililani at bay - MaxPreps
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Game recap: Leilehua keeps Mililani at bay MaxPreps Leilehua (Wahiawa, Hawaii)'s advantage, which at one point stood at 10 points, dwindled to four before the final whistle blew on a 17-13 victory over Mililani (Hawaii). After taking the lead on a touchdown run in the first quarter, the Mighty Mules led ... |
Sunday, September 2, 2012
David, Bacharach song lyric sample - Washington Post
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David, Bacharach song lyric sample Washington Post A sampling of some lyrics to well-known songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who died Saturday. ___. Loading... Comments · Weigh In · Corrections? Personal Post. “Do You Know the Way to San Joseâ€. Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away ... |
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Retailers bank on idea of low-price guarantees - San Antonio Business Journal:
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But the plan will work only if largwe numbers ofcustomers don’t pursue the companies’ which would force them to drop prices they’c rather keep at current levels, several industry watcher s said. announced May 12 it wouldr become the latest retaik chain to offer to sell productz belowlisted costs, if shoppers brinvg in printed ads from competitors showing that the same producf is selling for a lower price there. The Minneapolis-basesd chain is testing the policy in two markets Denver andOrlando — and will use thosd results to help it decide whethedr to take the offer nationally, spokeswoman Delisa McLinden said.
Thus Target joins both locally managed and nationao chains specializingin electronics, general goodsz or even fitness equipment that offer similaf promises. The price-matching policies first began to spring up roughlyt 20years ago, but really have gained steamk in the past 10 years, according to Ken a marketing professor at . Some might think it’s a bad time for the marketingv approach, given that retailers are enduringslowee sales: March 2009 retail sales were down 10.6 percenft from March 2008, accordint to the . But several companty owners said they see this as a more appropriate time to offetsuch deals.
McLinden said Target decided to try out the policyg as part of a new marketing push to emphasizse its low prices during a time of Jim Pearse, owner of Thornton-based chaij , said maintaining such a policy makess it easier to build customer trus t at a time when peoplwe tend to shop aroundd more. “In this economy, it’s a great service to the Pearse said. “When the competition is having a then we’re having a sale on the same … From the customer’s pointg of view, it givesa them more confidence to make a purchase.
” But whild some customers will scan ads and compared prices of specific items, most don’y do that level of homework — and that’s what stores hope for, said Donalxd Lichtenstein, professor and chairman of the marketing divisiohn of the ’s Leeds School of Business. Instead, many shopperxs will hear that a stored offersa price-matching guarantee and just assumw that any business that would do that also woulde have low prices, Lichtenstein And they’ll buy from that store without noticingb that what they’re purchasing might be more expensive than the same item somewheree else.
The careful shopper may find that some storeds sell a unique productthat can’rt be compared to other stores, Manning and Lichtensteimn said. Take the home-fitness machines at , a 10-stord Colorado chain based in Glenwood HealthStyles is the only licensed Colorado dealer for severa l linesof equipment, meaning that no othe store in the state could advertise a comparabl e price, co-owner Dave Sheriff Of course, some potential customers still will bring in online ads or ads from other in which case Sheriff has to make sure the listed pric includes freight, warranty and delivery.
But if it does, he said, he won’t hesitate to offer the lower price in exchange for increased loyalty fromthat buyer. “Our margihn goes down, but we know we’ve got a customer who knows us and wants to buyfrom us,” said the exercised physiologist, who founded the chain 16 yearsw ago. “It’s more than, say, the Internet group or the group out of state canprovide them.
” Othefr stores are alleged to have become too particular in theirr price-matching policies and begun denying legitimate A New York resident, for has filed a lawsuit againsg electronics chain , arguing the companyy taught its employees how to deny valid according to multiple media reports. Best Buy officials didn’f return messages seeking response tothe Yet, in penny-pinching times, shoppers actually will become more energizexd to compare prices and spend time to find the best Manning said. And that could backfire on the storea hoping the policies alone will get customers into stores withoutresearchinyg costs, he said.
But the plan will work only if largwe numbers ofcustomers don’t pursue the companies’ which would force them to drop prices they’c rather keep at current levels, several industry watcher s said. announced May 12 it wouldr become the latest retaik chain to offer to sell productz belowlisted costs, if shoppers brinvg in printed ads from competitors showing that the same producf is selling for a lower price there. The Minneapolis-basesd chain is testing the policy in two markets Denver andOrlando — and will use thosd results to help it decide whethedr to take the offer nationally, spokeswoman Delisa McLinden said.
Thus Target joins both locally managed and nationao chains specializingin electronics, general goodsz or even fitness equipment that offer similaf promises. The price-matching policies first began to spring up roughlyt 20years ago, but really have gained steamk in the past 10 years, according to Ken a marketing professor at . Some might think it’s a bad time for the marketingv approach, given that retailers are enduringslowee sales: March 2009 retail sales were down 10.6 percenft from March 2008, accordint to the . But several companty owners said they see this as a more appropriate time to offetsuch deals.
McLinden said Target decided to try out the policyg as part of a new marketing push to emphasizse its low prices during a time of Jim Pearse, owner of Thornton-based chaij , said maintaining such a policy makess it easier to build customer trus t at a time when peoplwe tend to shop aroundd more. “In this economy, it’s a great service to the Pearse said. “When the competition is having a then we’re having a sale on the same … From the customer’s pointg of view, it givesa them more confidence to make a purchase.
” But whild some customers will scan ads and compared prices of specific items, most don’y do that level of homework — and that’s what stores hope for, said Donalxd Lichtenstein, professor and chairman of the marketing divisiohn of the ’s Leeds School of Business. Instead, many shopperxs will hear that a stored offersa price-matching guarantee and just assumw that any business that would do that also woulde have low prices, Lichtenstein And they’ll buy from that store without noticingb that what they’re purchasing might be more expensive than the same item somewheree else.
The careful shopper may find that some storeds sell a unique productthat can’rt be compared to other stores, Manning and Lichtensteimn said. Take the home-fitness machines at , a 10-stord Colorado chain based in Glenwood HealthStyles is the only licensed Colorado dealer for severa l linesof equipment, meaning that no othe store in the state could advertise a comparabl e price, co-owner Dave Sheriff Of course, some potential customers still will bring in online ads or ads from other in which case Sheriff has to make sure the listed pric includes freight, warranty and delivery.
But if it does, he said, he won’t hesitate to offer the lower price in exchange for increased loyalty fromthat buyer. “Our margihn goes down, but we know we’ve got a customer who knows us and wants to buyfrom us,” said the exercised physiologist, who founded the chain 16 yearsw ago. “It’s more than, say, the Internet group or the group out of state canprovide them.
” Othefr stores are alleged to have become too particular in theirr price-matching policies and begun denying legitimate A New York resident, for has filed a lawsuit againsg electronics chain , arguing the companyy taught its employees how to deny valid according to multiple media reports. Best Buy officials didn’f return messages seeking response tothe Yet, in penny-pinching times, shoppers actually will become more energizexd to compare prices and spend time to find the best Manning said. And that could backfire on the storea hoping the policies alone will get customers into stores withoutresearchinyg costs, he said.
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