Archive for December, 2008
December 24th, 2008 / Uncategorized / Comments Off
In response to the lowest-ever consumer confidence level recorded, the
National Retail Federation asked President-elect Barack Obama to add new national sales tax holidays into upcoming economic stimulus legislation.
December 24th, 2008 / Uncategorized / Comments Off
Small business groups are divided over new rules prohibiting credit card practices that many consumers, including small business owners, consider to be abusive.
December 23rd, 2008 / Uncategorized / Comments Off
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has rejected an anti-stem-cell group’s
latest petition for a 2010 ballot initiative that would ban the use of tax dollars for embryonic stem-cell research, abortions and human cloning.
December 23rd, 2008 / Uncategorized / Comments Off
Alabama recently recouped $28 million by settling cases involving alleged overcharges by several drug manufacturers to the Alabama Medicaid Agency.
December 23rd, 2008 / Uncategorized / Comments Off
Sun Country Airlines employees are getting paid back just in time for the holidays. Sun Country employees, who had their wages withheld through five pay periods earlier this fall, will receive the first installment of their deferred-wage repayments on Dec. 24, according to an e-mail sent to employees by Sun Country Chairman and CEO Stan Gadek.