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Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:37:45 -0500

"We are challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted legislation in New York"

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York. via The Modesto Bee

Jaguar Land Rover CEO Polites dies at 60 after illness

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:37:16 -0500

"His passion for the car business was legend, but the resolve he showed since taking over as CEO of Jaguar Land Rover ... was something very special"

Finance officials tackle reforms

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:00:09 -0500

"I see very little likelihood that anything like that will pass."

Top financial leaders, faced with the biggest crisis to hit the global economy in at least a decade, are pledging to strengthen their regulation of banks and other financial institutions while anxiously hoping ... via The Modesto Bee

Cheney, Saudis talk about oil, security

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:14:09 -0500

Vice President Dick Cheney, compeleting a two-day stay in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, discussed ways to stabilize the energy market with Saudi King Abdullah but it is unclear whether he asked for increased oil ... via The Modesto Bee