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Senate OKs repeal of grocery sales tax
APOKLAHOMA CITY -- A Senate committee has approved a bill to eliminate the sales tax on groceries once state revenues return to where they were before the economic downturn. The Senate Finance Committee voted 10-4 on Tuesday for the bill by Durant...Tags: Sales, State Budgets, Real Estate Sales
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Cigar makers would be harmed if Pennsylvania extended sales tax to cigars
Deborah Brown, acting CEO of the American Lung Association of the mid-Atlantic, in a Feb. 5 Your View, chided Cigars International Inc. for, among other things, accepting ''tax breaks'' to keep its business and jobs in Pennsylvania and further called...Tags: Sales, Unemployment, Companies and Corporations, State Budgets, Business
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Soda tax fizzles as support sours
— The soft drink industry has worked to smother a proposal to tax sugared beverages, a plan advocates said would have reduced obesity and helped finance health care reform.
Only months ago, supporters of the soda tax saw it as an idea whose hour...Tags: Medical Research, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Obesity, Science
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Business community leery of tax cut
One of Gov. Martin O'Malley's signature efforts this year - a plan to cut the hefty unemployment-benefits taxes paid by businesses - has not gained the support of the business community despite weeks of talks, a senator said Friday. "I don't think the...Tags: Unemployment, State Budgets, Finance, Regional Authority, Labor Legislation
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Beverage industry douses tax on soft drinks
Employing a broad-based lobbying effort, the soft drink industry has smothered a plan to tax sugared beverages -- a plan advocates said would have reduced obesity and helped finance healthcare reform.
Only months ago, public health advocates thought...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science, Obesity, Dieting, Minority Groups
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Colorado could become 4th state to force online retailers to charge state sales tax
DENVER (AP) — Colorado is considering becoming the fourth state to force online retailers like Amazon to charge state sales tax. The Senate Finance Committee backed the proposal late Thursday. The House has already approved the measure, one of 13...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Sales, State Budgets, Real Estate Sales
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Senate leaders propose job-creating bills
Washington BureauEager to show Americans that they are focused on reversing widespread unemployment, Senate Democrats today unveiled a package of legislation dedicated to spurring job growth. "Our No. 1 emphasis is going to be on creating jobs," said Senate Majority...Tags: Finance, State Budgets, Federal Bailout Funds, Democratic Party, Employers
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Senate Democrats unveil job-creation package
Eager to show Americans that they are focused on reversing widespread unemployment, Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled a package of legislation dedicated to spurring job growth.
"Our No. 1 emphasis is going to be on creating jobs," said Senate...Tags: State Budgets, Finance, Federal Bailout Funds, Democratic Party, Employers
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Looking for a compromise on unemployment tax rates
Gov. Martin O'Malley has said he wants to help businesses by tapping federal stimulus money to lower their unemployment tax rates. But first he has to face down the toughest opponents of his plan: businesses. The emerging battle has lawmakers...Tags: Unemployment, Employers, Dereck E Davis, Martin O'Malley, Small Businesses
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Obama team hit with tough questioning as it promotes president's budget on Hill
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget outline drew bipartisan fire on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with Republicans complaining it doesn't address deficits soon enough and raises taxes too much. Democrats balked at some of...Tags: Finance, Federal Bailout Funds, Democratic Party, Judd Gregg, Timothy Geithner
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Geithner says economy better than year ago, yet government spending needed for job growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (GYT'-nur) says the nation's economy is stronger than it was a year ago, yet the government must continue to act to stimulate job growth. Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday that...Tags: State Budgets, Public Finance, Corporate Crime, Barack Obama, Corruption
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Stocks gain as signs of life in housing
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Signs of strength in the housing market pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its second straight gain of more than 100 points. An increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes and the first profit at homebuilder D.R....Tags: New York Stock Exchange, Stock Activities, Sales, Homes, New York Mercantile Exchange
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