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Tax lure sparks boom in sales
2015-06-28 14:03:48| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
NEW WHEELS: James Newbolt, of Blackmans Bay, is driving around town in a new Toyota work ute after his boss took advantage of new tax rules to buy it. Picture: ROGER LOVELL Computer stores and car dealers are among the businesses using new instant asset write-off rules to spruik their end of financial year bargains.
Scam sparks Scots fraud haven fears
2015-06-19 12:44:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fears are growing that Scotland may be becoming a magnet for money-launderers following allegations linking shell companies there to a $1bn (634m) fraud in the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova.
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Increase in railroad casualties sparks nationwide safety campaign
2015-06-05 06:00:22| Railroads - Topix.net
A nationwide increase in railroad crossing incidents in 2014 sparked a new railroad safety campaign including a video public service announcement to combat dangerous driver behavior at railroad crossings. "Arkansas was in the top 15 nationwide for railroad injuries in 2014," said Sheryl Dudley, Arkansas state coordinator for Operation Lifesaver , the nonprofit organization that launched the "See Tracks? Think Train!" campaign last year.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's letter sparks war of words with Emirates airline president
2015-05-28 13:40:09| Airlines - Topix.net
The aviation executive sure isn't afraid to bluntly rebut Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 's newfound stance on Middle East-based airlines such as Emirates that are competing with United States-based carriers such as United Airlines , which is headquartered in Chicago, and American Airlines . In a letter that has just landed on Emanuel's desk, Clark writes he is both "surprised and more than a little disappointed" by a letter from Emanuel dated May 6 that was sent to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx .
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Corporate sponsorship of climate talks sparks NGO ire
2015-05-27 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: France on Wednesday unveiled a list of companies which will sponsor the year-end UN climate talks in Paris, sparking accusations of corporate "greenwashing" from campaigners. Twenty percent of the 170 million euro ($185-million) cost of the November 30 to December 11 conference will come from the private sector, a senior foreign ministry official said. Pierre-Henri Guignard, who is responsible for organising the event, identified 20 firms in the first batch of sponsors. They include French...
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