Paterson Says Judge Blocks N.Y. Indian Cigarette Tax Collection
Fed’s Fisher ‘Reluctant’ to Ease Until Fiscal Policy Improves
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said he’s reluctant to expand the Fed’s balance sheet to stimulate the economy unless there are additional tax and regulatory policies in place to spur job growth.
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Funai Electric to Increase LCD TV Output Capacity at Thai Plant
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Funai Electric Co., a Japanese maker of audio-visual equipment, plans to increase production capacity for liquid-crystal display televisions by 54 percent at its factory in Thai…
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Netherlands to Release Two Men Arrested on Amsterdam’s Airport
The Dutch national prosecutor will release two men, who were suspected of possible involvement in preparing a terrorist act, without charging them, spokesman Martijn Boelhouwer said by telephone today.
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Judge Denies U.S. Request to Dismiss Drilling Ban Challenge
A federal judge denied a U.S. government request to dismiss a challenge to the Obama administration’s deep-water drilling ban, finding the government’s new rules didn’t render a lawsuit stopping the moratorium irrelevant.
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Paterson Says Judge Blocks N.Y. Indian Cigarette Tax Collection
New York Governor David Paterson said a state appellate court has blocked the state from implementing a new tax on cigarette purchases on Indian reservations by non-tribal buyers.
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