Contractors list woes
Munda also reviewed the labour and employment, welfare, revenue and land reforms and food and civil supplies departments.
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Wind Spin
The wind-power lobby is spinning the facts in a $1.4-million TV ad campaign aimed at extending a lucrative tax break worth billions to the industry. Its ads claim that Congress is "threatening new taxes" targeting wind power, which isn't true. No "new taxes" are envisioned. Instead, Congress is ... More >>
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U.S. election debate focuses on social issues over economy
All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the centre of American political discourse, with the struggling — though improving — economy pushed to the background.
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Health insurance scheme launched 1.78m hit by BISP budget constraints
ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has stopped providing cash grants to over 1.78 million beneficiaries because of ‘budgetary constraints’.
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Want More Wars? Raise Taxes on the Rich
Because everyone deserves an equal chance, the national inheritance tax should be 100 percent. While we're at it, why should people who inherited wealth but have low incomes get off scot-free? by Ted Rall Reacting to and attempting to co-opt the Occupy Wall Street movement, President Barack Obama used his 2012 State of the Union address to discuss what he now calls "the defining issue of our ...
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