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- DLA Piper trying to reduce travel by using more videoconferencing
- DLA Piper, an international law firm with offices in Baltimore, has instituted a series of environmentally-minded reforms collectively known as the Global Sustainability Initiative. The changes the firm touts include: --Getting certified under the international green-business standard ISO 40001; --Reducing business travel through the use of...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Disagreement over offsets prevents Congress from reaching agreement on tax bill.
- The House and Senate continue to disagree over how to get tax relief to millions of Americans. Last week, the House passed modified legislation providing a one-year patch to the alternative minimum tax AMT and providing spending offsets. The passage of H.R. 4351, the AMT Relief...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- Congress struggles to reach agreement on tax bill.
- Last week, the House passed a bill that would create a one-year patch to the alternative minimum tax AMT and extend expiring tax provisions for one year. The Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007, H.R. 3996, introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- Green Energy Resources Updates Shareholders
- Green Energy Resources (PINKSHEETS: GRGR) has landed two contracts to supply woodpellets to European power producers. The contracts total 110,000 tons through 2008 and have a total value of $19 million. Export shipments are underway. The company expects 4th qtr revenues in the $2-5 million range. Market...
- Research articles 2007-11-09
- Offsets in defense trade eleventh report to Congress, January 2007
- U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security [The following are extracts of the eleventh annual report released January 2007. Some of the footnotes and tables have been omitted from this excerpt; however, the footnotes and table numbers remain the same...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Will it still be the 2007 farm bill?
- Things are either about to pick up steam ... or grind slowly to a halt when it comes to the 2007 farm bill. In fact, there's already prospects that we may not see this omnibus legislation completed this year--or maybe even next year! Here's how things shape...
- Research articles 2007-05-19
- Kansas City Power & Light to Offset Carbon From New Coal Unit
- KANSAS CITY, Missouri ENS — --> Two environmental groups said today they will drop legal action against a new Midwest coal-fired power plant after the utility building the plant agreed to offset its greenhouse gas emissions by investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. ...
- Research articles 2007-03-20
- Senior service for your tax bill.
- Byline: Annette Sampson Jun 13, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Taxation Office oversees the Senior Australians Tax Offset, which pertains to taxable income. The offset has a means test and is only offered to people with aged pension...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- Disaster aid battle ahead.
- We still expect a disaster aid plan to be in the emergency supplemental spending bill for fiscal 2006. It will be smaller than the $4 billion proposed and would have budget offsets to "pay" its way. But, even with spending offsets, it might not happen. That's ...
- Research articles 2006-05-06
- What Is Carbon Credit?
- C02 emissions trading can help lower the environmental cost of doing business – if you know how to navigate the booming $60 billion market. How It Works Emissions limits and trading rules vary country by country, so...
- Articles 2008-02-05
- Variation in trawl geometry due to unequal warp length
- Abstract--Survey standardization procedures can reduce the variability in trawl catch efficiency thus producing more precise estimates of biomass. One such procedure, towing with equal amounts of trawl warp on both sides of the net, was experimentally investigated for its importance in determining optimal trawl geometry and for evaluating the effectiveness...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Hasselbaink cashes in for busy 'Boro
- ZURICH AFP — Dutchman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink handed Middlesbrough a precious 1-0 win against UEFA Cup group D rivals Grasshoppers. Middlesbrough made their intentions clear from the offset with Gaizka Mendieta curling a 25-yard free-kick close which forced Fabio Coltorti into a flying save. The hosts' keeper had...
- Research articles 2005-10-20
- One senator balks at the administration's open checkbook policy
- "It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending." Oklahoma Republican Senator Torn Coburn is virtually alone in calling for cuts in some federal spending before the federal government dispenses funds to victims...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- Coburn Seeks Offsets to Katrina Aid
- Sen. Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.), playing his familiar role of skunk at the Sunday school picnic, is arguing that massive federal spending in the wake of Hurricane Katrina must entail some sacrifice. By that he means the pork so dear to his colleagues. That has evoked an icy response, not only...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- New Product - Fixed-rate offset at regular prices.(John Charcoal)(Brief Article)
- JOHN Charcol has launched a fixed-rate offset mortgage that offers daily interest calculation and a rate of under 5 per cent. The offset product is fixed until 31 July 2007 at 4.99 per cent. The rate then reverts to the Bank of England base rate...
- Research articles 2005-05-19
- Details of the 1998 watt balance experiment determining the Planck constant
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST watt balance experiment completed a determination of Planck constant in 1998 with a relative standard uncertainty of 87 X [10.sup.-9] (k = 1), concurrently with an upper limit on the drift rate of the SI kilogram mass standard. A number of other...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- V. Saving behaviour and the effectiveness of fiscal policy
- Introduction Private saving behaviour has important consequences for the effectiveness of fiscal policy ... Fiscal policy has been used as an antidote to weak activity during the most recent downturn and fiscal consolidation has been delayed in some countries because of its perceived costs in terms of lower...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Planes, Trains, and Carbon Offsets
- As more eco-conscious travelers use third parties to purchase carbon offsets for their air travel, airlines are incorporating the offsets into their online reservation process. Air Canada and Continental are two of the latest airlines to offer the service, and the business-class only Silverjet is completely carbon-neutral. ...
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- 'Buy American' raises its head once again; this time in a battle over defense 'offsets'
- The simmering debate over the complicated issue of defense offsets--when foreign countries require U.S. companies to transfer technology or manufacturing capacity to their country in order to receive a contract--is reaching the highest levels of Washington policy makers. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee,...
- Research articles 2004-07-07
- Alden & Ott receives ISO 9001/2000 status
- Alden & Ott Printing Inks, of Mount Prospect, IL, has successfully completed ISO 9001/2000 certification for both its offset and flexo manufacturing facilities in Illinois. "This registration confirms our commitment to continually providing our customers with quality products and services that they have come to expect from Alden &...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
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