David Friend, The Canadian Press June 30, 2008 - 4:55 p.m. The electronic board shows lines as it malfunctions during the trading twenty-four hours Monday at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila's pecuniary district of Makati. The composite index lost 6.30 points or 0.3 percent to 2,459.98, a new low in nearly two years forward the last trading day of the first half of 2008. THE ...
Tax break persuades Tesla Motors to continue building zero-emission vehicles in Calif.
Jul 01 2008
June 30, 2008 - 4:27 p.m. SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) - The company that built the primeval mass-produced, all-electric car will keep its manufacturing plant in California, thanks to a new tax break. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Treasurer Bill Lockyer worked out the deal for Tesla Motors Inc. after learning the Silicon Valley-based company would build its second-generation vehicle in New Mexico. The financial violate, announced Monday, allows Tesla to avoid paying state sales tax ...
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Businesses warned to be more vigilant with new lobbying rules
Jul 01 2008
Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press June 30, 2008 - 5:04 p.m. OTTAWA - Canadian businesses will be asked to be more forthcoming in reporting junction with the federal government or face harsher penalties inferior to changes to the Lobbying Act coming into force Wednesday. The recent requirements are not expected to be weighty, but it should cause executives to reconsider their dealings with cabinet ministers and senior officials, says Ben Mills, a advocate through McCarthy Tetrault who specializes in ...
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President Bush uses Arkansas visit to talk about housing, raise cash for state GOP
Jul 01 2008
Andrew Demillo June 30, 2008 - 4:46 p.m. LITTLE ROCK (AP) - President Bush on Tuesday will talk through clients who have sought help from a nonprofit agency that offers housing counseling as he visits Arkansas — a state that has seen an uptick in foreclosures but hasn't been hit as hard by the mortgage crisis as other states. Bush will issue his first visit to Arkansas since October to meet the protection round-table ...
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Java computing: Second cup?
Jul 01 2008
Java computing: Second cup? <!-- Java computing: Second cup? Calvin Leung Java, Sun Microsystems, Open source, computing 20080630 James Gosling's Java programming language was hot once, but Sun Microsystems is hoping it's still strong enough to create a buzz. /technology/companies/ --> "Oh crap," purpose James Gosling. The Sun Microsystems vice-president was walking down a obscurity passage in a seedy part of Paris, and a shady-looking dependant was attached his tail. Gosling headed for a street lamp. Once there, ...
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