Former Liberty Bar staying put

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Former Liberty Bar staying put
Silver Ventures had reached terms with chef Andrew Weissman and his business partner, who opened Minnie's Tavern about a year ago, to purchase the building. Under Silver Venture's proposal, the building, 328 E. Josephine St., would be cut in two pieces …
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FCC changes to E-Rate program could leave struggling school districts without …
Bob Casey, D-Pa., sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to reverse course on the plan, citing 21 districts across the state that would likely lose their websites. “The E-Rate program has played an important role in helping school districts maintain …
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Wonkbook: Making Tax Day easier (and more fair)

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Wonkbook: Making Tax Day easier (and more fair)
The company has said in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it views free government tax preparation as a risk to its business. Last year, the company spent more than … Meanwhile, Republicans oppose the spending offsets in Obama …
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Overview of the Major Proposals to End NSA Bulk Collection
CDT and more than forty other public interest groups recently sent a letter to key Members of Congress and the Administration, expressing support for the USA FREEDOM Act and calling for three key reforms to be included in any legislation to end the …
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FCC Watch A Broadcaster's Guide To Washington Issues
Last summer, Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn advised Congress that the FCC is monitoring complaints related to loud commercials, and suggested that if a particular station receives a sufficient number of complaints, the FCC will issue a Letter of …
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Nashville moves ahead in bidding for Democratic National Convention

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Nashville moves ahead in bidding for Democratic National Convention
Sign Up for the Nashville Business Journal Afternoon Edition Newsletter. See all newsletters. Sign Up … as reported by the Nashville Business Journal. The original letter to cities included a nine-page summary of the requirements for hosting the …
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Accelerating chicken slaughter comes at inhumane cost
On March 17, 68 members of Congress sent a joint letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for the withdrawal of a proposed rule to dramatically change the way chickens and turkeys are inspected and processed in America. In addition to …
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Kitzhaber: Moving Cover Oregon to the federal exchange is 'the right call'
Oracle, for its part, lashed back at Cover Oregon in a letter last week, but sounded a more conciliatory tone on Thursday by offering to provide “any assistance the state needs in moving parts of Oregon's health care exchange to the federal system …
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Bramwell's Lunch Beat: IRS May Want to Fix Its Bonus Policy
The IRS is squaring off against Michael Clarke, a West Palm Beach, Florida, investor who is arguing that the US tax agency in 2011 improperly issued a summons “as retribution” against him and his business partners for resisting an audit. … Senator …
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What John Paul II's bodyguard learned from him

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What John Paul II's bodyguard learned from him
For two years, he got an up close and personal view of what John Paul II was like as a leader — lessons that he applied to his own business career and that inspired him to write a book in 2011, The Pope and the CEO: John Paul II's Leadership Lessons …
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SinglePoint, Inc. Executes Letter of Intent to Acquire Digital Signage Network …
The acquisition, which will consist of cash and stock, advances SinglePoint's strategy to offer a comprehensive package of marketing, CRM, payments and other relevant solutions to its clientele including those clients in the medical marijuana industry …
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Letter: Main Street Project (by Selectman Bill Boland)
I think this blog has continued to do a great job keeping the town informed. I do not, however, … “This is the State's Plan”. The Main Street Project has been being studied for far too many years. It is being referred to by those who are now against …
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PARCC showdown in Louisiana – An accreditation Band-Aid – Illuminating …

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PARCC showdown in Louisiana – An accreditation Band-Aid – Illuminating …
White was referring to South Carolina's plan to pull out of the Smarter Balanced assessments, after all, just five days after the state board of education voted to stick with the testing group. South Carolina … And outgoing state Superintendent Mick …
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Enhancing border security and protecting a national monument
Thomas Winkowski, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said in a January 2014 letter to Senator Heinrich:“The provisions of this bill would significantly enhance the flexibility of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to operate …
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Live blog: Planning Commission considers selling Newcomb Boulevard to …
Newcomb will be open to traffic, though a proposal is pending to make it one-way. Their purchase offer rejected, …. Christian Rooney, president of the Newcomb Blvd Association, reads from a letter from Trianon Plaza, another closed street. by Karen …
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Law Prof Rips School for Helping Poor Grads and Not Giving Him a Raise
Via the Tax Prof Blog, here's letter No. 1 to UO Law School Dean Michael Moffitt, in which Illig blasts the school for its plummeting U.S. News ranking and also its plan to "stiff" him: Michael, … Everyone is in everyone else's business, instead of …
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Lok Sabha Elections 2014: JD-U releases manifesto, promises reservation in …

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Lok Sabha Elections 2014: JD-U releases manifesto, promises reservation in …
In a letter dated July 27, 1982 to Indira Gandhi as prime minister I referred to an act, by American Jews, that was “the equivalent of an annihilatory nuclear first strike on India”. In her reply dated July 29, 1982 she wrote “Dear Mr. Chandra, I have …
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Wobbling on its tracks
Weasel words in the proposal offered to voters may make some difference, at least from a legal perspective: Californians were promised a system "designed to achieve" 240 mph, not one that actually met that speed. But the fate of the scheme, as with all …
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Millions on the sidelines for big health care push
"I'm feeling a little embarrassed that I interpreted things the wrong way the first time," said Wilt, who signed up Friday for a midlevel "silver" plan for $ 150 per month, a price that reflects a $ 224 tax credit. "It just goes to show how confusing all …
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Camelot Information Systems Inc. Announces Completion of Merger

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Camelot Information Systems Inc. Announces Completion of Merger
Registered shareholders and holders of ADSs entitled to the merger consideration will receive a letter of transmittal and instructions from Citibank, N.A., the paying agent appointed by Parent, on how to surrender their share certificates or the …
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Sauer Energy CEO Update Letter
Sauer Energy Inc. is a technology developer and manufacturer focused on the emerging renewable energy market. In the very near future, SEI plans to offer the patented helixical WindRider model VAWTs that employ the HelixWind technology it purchased in …
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5 takeaways from President Obamas budget

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5 takeaways from President Obamas budget
Featured prominently near the beginning of the budget is a letter from Obama highlighting how his administration has presided over a solid number of new housing starts, rosy unemployment rates and a shrinking deficit. “It's a road map for creating …
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Easton Pharmaceuticals Announces Signing LOI for Joint Venture Towards …
The Letter Of Intent was signed with another public company listed on the OTCQB exchange. … In particular, when used in the preceding of discussion, the words "anticipate," "pleased," "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," "possible" or …
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Latest Business Proposal Letter,Blog News

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Defense Industry Ponders Where It Goes From Here
Industry groups worry that uncertainty about where the defense business is going could weaken companies across the board. “Noting the fiscal and budgetary constraints our country faces in the coming years, we must understand the impacts and plan for …
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Top of the news
Mayor Eric Garcetti's upcoming budget will include a proposal to phase out the city's business tax. The City Council may be an obstacle. … A plan to transform Los Angeles into a more livable city — one parking space at a time — goes citywide this …
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Latest Business Proposal Letter,Blog News

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New York falls short in bid for 0 million federal manufacturing center
“Your application was found to have merit; however, due to funding constraints, the application was not selected for negotiation of an award at this time,” a letter from the DOE's Golden Field Office to the Research Foundation of SUNY states. “If …
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Archive for January, 2014
Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat widely expected to be the next Senate Finance Committee chairman, last week led a bipartisan group of lawmakers, health care experts and seniors' advocates backing a plan to better coordinate care given to Medicare …
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2014 appropriations takeaways Compromise, it seems, on IT systems Intel …
IBM SWINGS AGAINST CBM EXPANSION — IBM is starting 2014 out with a swipe at the controversial covered business method program expansion that it managed to keep out of patent reform legislation in the House last year. The CBM program is still on the …
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