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Flaherty considers additional tax reductions (CTV Winnipeg)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:05:20 GMT
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Ottawa and Canada's banks will create a working group to loosen tight consumer credit, which has been the "number one concern" voiced during pre-budget consultations.
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Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:49:34 GMT
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It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...
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Harper, McGuinty announce $4B auto bailout package (CTV British Columbia)
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Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:59:49 GMT
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty have announced a $4-billion aid package for Canada's struggling auto industry.
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Buy-to-let fraud hits thousands (Times Online)
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Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:06:31 GMT
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Detectives are investigating one of Britain’s biggest buy-to-let schemes in which large numbers of investors have seen their savings wiped out.
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State diciplines health care professionals (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:34:14 GMT
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The state Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications or registrations of health care providers in Washington. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states. In Lewis County, the state summarily suspended the license of pharmacist Alvin Fitzgerald. His license to practice pharmacy ...
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Gregoire: proposed budget will close deficit without raising taxes (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:49:07 GMT
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Gov. Chris Gregoire today proposed her 2009–11 state budget, closing a projected $5.7 billion shortfall through a combination of program reductions, suspension of salary increases for state employees, teachers and care workers, pension changes, increased federal contributions and the use of the state's rainy day fund. "Now is not the time to be raising taxes on our residents and businesses," ...
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Chamber After-Hours cancelled (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:19:24 GMT
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Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce has cancelled this evening's scheduled Business After Hours event planned for Willow Gardens Retirement Living in Puyallup due to inclement weather and driving conditions.This Chamber office is also closed today for the same reason. ...
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Canada will slump into deficit next year: Flaherty (CTV British Columbia)
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Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:29:49 GMT
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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday that Canada will fall into deficit during the next fiscal year as recessionary economic forces continue to slowdown the world's economy.
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Officials approve auto aid package worth about $3.3B (CTV Winnipeg)
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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:50:18 GMT
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The federal and Ontario governments will provide a lifeline worth about $3.3 billion to the Canadian auto sector, but the money won't flow until the U.S. approves its own bailout, Industry Minister Tony Clement said.
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BC BREAKING NEWS: (Kelowna Capital News)
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Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:53:29 GMT
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Sasan Ansari, a 29-year-old UBC law student, was convicted of manslaughter in the murder of his friend Joshua Goos outside the Hollyburn Country Club in May 2006.
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