| BUSINESS SURVEY: DIFFERENT TAKES ON TAXES Two-thirds of those surveyed ...
Poll results: Asked of Review-Journal/Las Vegas Business Press readers in an online survey. The Review-Journal and Las Vegas Business Press sent this business survey to more than 2,000 local businesses in December. The questionnaire was distributed to subscribers of the newspaper's Push e-mail service, as well as members of local trade groups, including the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
BY THE NUMBERS
The Nevada State Education Association wants the gaming industry to pay more taxes to support schools in Nevada. The casino industry, however, argues that the tax on most large gaming companies should not increase from 6.75 percent to 9.75 percent because the industry already funds its fair share of the state budget. As a businessperson, do you support raising the state's gaming tax? Yes -- 51.6%
No -- 42.6%
The gaming industry also argues that if state legislators do decide additional funds are necessary, any tax increase should be broad-based and apply to all businesses, not just casinos.
Top marketers held at GUN POINT and forced to make $1,000 in 48hrs.
Thats the exact scenario put before a few top Internet Marketers. With such a motivating challenge they "spilled the beans" about there top secrets for generating insane sales on the internet. All the marketers were asked to document what they did and how they did it on screen shot videos as they placed ads and used various web 2.0 venues to put out the message about the product they were asked to sale. Why would you put forth such a challenge and document it, you ask. Simple to show anyone considering starting or developing a home business that its not as hard as so many people make it out to be. With the right education, training and mentoring you can use an unlimited amount of available tools to promote and successfully build an online business with tools other than Google.
Parents, learn useful tips for evaluating online colleges, and ...
Regardless of what some websites or online colleges ask you to believe, accreditation is very important because it ensures that an institution meets or exceeds an established set of educational standards. As a result, courses from an accredited online college are most likely to be transferable to other colleges and universities, and degrees from an accredited college are far more likely to be valued by both your current employer and prospective employers considering you for a position. Beware of accreditation claims. Many questionable "accrediting agencies" exist. Some are outright frauds, offering "accreditation" to any institution willing to pay a fee. In fact, operators of some well known degree mills have also run these so-called accrediting agencies. State licensure, by the way, generally means little more than a minimal investment in assets and/or registration as a business entity.
Working-class areas lead Nashville's foreclosures
The house on Gondola Drive was meant to be Jeanette Newton's last, where the nurse turned legal assistant would grow old and retire. But that was before a knee injury forced a job change and an escalating adjustable-rate mortgage pushed her payments up from $828 to nearly $1,200 a month. Now, Newton is in bankruptcy, fighting to save the two-bedroom, two-bath house she bought three years ago. .
Performance and Accountability Report - Fiscal Year 2007 (NUREG-1542 ...
The following links on this page are to documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). See our Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools page for more information. For successful viewing of PDF documents on our site please be sure to use the latest version of Adobe. NUREG-1542, Vol. 13 (PDF - 6.13 MB - Full Version) Introductory Pages (PDF - 404 KB) Chapter 1 (PDF - 567 KB) Chapter 2 (PDF - 574 KB) Chapter 3 (PDF - 407 KB) Appendices (PDF - 1.04 MB) Publication Information Availability Notice Table of Contents A Message from the Chairman Chapter 1: Management's Discussion and Analysis Introduction About the NRC Program Performance Overview Program Performance Results Future Challenges President's Management Agenda Financial Performance Overview Systems, Controls, and Legal Compliance Chapter 2: Program Performance Measuring and Reporting Performance Goals and Performance Measures Industry Trends Addressing the President's Management Agenda Costing to Goals, Part Reviews, and Program Evaluations Program Assessment Rating Tool Program Evaluations Data Sources and Quality Chapter 3: Financial Statements and Auditors' Report A Message from the Chief Financial Officer Principal Statements Notes to Principal Statements Required Supplementary Information Auditors' Reports Independent Auditors' Report on the Financial Statements Management's Response to the Independent Auditors' Report on the Financial Statements Appendices A Inspector General's Assessment of the Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges Facing the NRC B NRC Actions Responding to the Office of the Inspector General's Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges C Management Decisions and Final Actions on OIG Audit Recommendations D Summary of Financial Statement Audit and Management Assurances E Verification and Validation of NRC's Measures and Metrics F Agreement States G NRC Organization Chart H Glossary of Acronyms A Message from the Chairman I am pleased to present the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2007.
Real Estate Matters: Call lender before it starts foreclosing
Ireceived a call to my radio show just before the end of the year. It was from a woman who had just opened her mail to find a letter from the bank stating that it was starting foreclosure proceedings
She told me how she had lost her job and used up all her savings to keep making her mortgage, home equity line of credit, and credit card payments each month. After a while, it was too much to manage, even after she got a new job.
What she wanted to know was where she could go to get help that would stop the foreclosure proceedings.
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Columbia Banking reports Q4 results, downgraded
Columbia Banking System Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $7.3 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, down from $8.3 million, or 52 cents per share a year earlier.
Officials at the Tacoma bank holding company attributed the decline to a one-time, $1.8 million (or 6 cents per share) charge.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial Network expected earnings of 46 cents per share.
Columbia (NASDAQ: COLB) released its earnings on Thursday afternoon and on Friday, the company was downgraded by analyst D.A. Davidson from 'neutral' to 'underperform.' Shares in Columbia fell 9 percent in Friday trading, falling $2.45 to close at $24.77.
For the fiscal year, Columbia reported earnings of $32.4 million, or $1.91 per share, which compares with $32.1 million, or $1.99 per share a year earlier.
Diva falls victim to Opera House curse
She may have bewitched the opera world with her pure voice and mesmerising looks, but Anna Netrebko has been unable to lift the curse of Covent Garden. The Russian soprano, who is being hailed as the next Maria Callas, was struck down with bronchitis and forced to miss three performances shortly after bringing the Royal Opera House to its feet on the opening night of La Traviata. .
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