Amazon.com spent $360,000 first quarter to lobby on online sales taxes, pa bi2071405 WASHINGTON (AP) - retailer Amazon.com spent $360,000 the first quarter to lobby on sales tax proposals and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form

France expects first online betting permits 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) bi2071405 France begin issuing authorization for betting operators from the second half of 2009 after agreeing the European Union to open up the market, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Friday

State Budget Proposals Online (R News) bi2071405 ALBANY, N.Y. The state Budget Division has posted the first 23 state agency plans for cutting 3.35 percent from current budgets. Governor David Paterson wants to see a savings of $503.7 million overall

Yahoo unveils proposals to placate investors (Courier-Post) bi2071405 In the latest effort to placate restless investors, Yahoo Inc. president Sue Decker laid out plans Wednesday for building the company's advertising operations, and Yahoo announced a slew of new partnerships

Amazon.com spent $360,000 first quarter to lobby on online sales taxes, pa bi2071405 WASHINGTON (AP) - retailer Amazon.com spent $360,000 the first quarter to lobby on sales tax proposals and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form

France expects first online betting permits 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) bi2071405 France begin issuing authorization for betting operators from the second half of 2009 after agreeing the European Union to open up the market, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Friday

State Budget Proposals Online (R News) bi2071405 ALBANY, N.Y. The state Budget Division has posted the first 23 state agency plans for cutting 3.35 percent from current budgets. Governor David Paterson wants to see a savings of $503.7 million overall

Yahoo unveils proposals to placate investors (Courier-Post) bi2071405 In the latest effort to placate restless investors, Yahoo Inc. president Sue Decker laid out plans Wednesday for building the company's advertising operations, and Yahoo announced a slew of new partnerships

Leaders of No. 2 union OK Hollywood labor contract (AP via Yahoo! News) bi2071405 Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract studios that grants actors more money for Internet work ? an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike year

Actors' union leaders OK contract (CNN Money) bi2071405 Board of AFTRA, 2nd-largest actors' group, approves 3-year deal studios and sends to 70,000 members for ratification

Blowin' the wind C-K (Chatham Daily News) bi2071405 If Saskatchewan known for wheat and Nova Scotia for lobster, one look at the Ontario Wind Atlas shows exactly how unique an area Chatham-Kent is. In fact, the tool, from the Ministry of Natural Resources, almost like Mapquest for finding the best breeze the []..

Visionaries thinking hotel on Alcatraz (San Francisco Chronicle) bi2071405 The National Park Service considering what calls a new vision for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area - and one of the proposals calls for turning one of the historic buildings on Alcatraz a hotel. The ideas - Park Service planner Nancy..

AFTRA board OKs new contract (Los Angeles Times)

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