Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Iran supplying weapons to Iraq
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:45:36 -0600
General says U.S. has proof Iran arming Iraqi
militias
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Iran is supplying Iraqi militias with a variety of powerful weapons
including
Katyusha rockets, the No. 2 U.S. general in Iraq said Tuesday.
Tax-cut efforts target firms
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At least a dozen states are considering using multibillion-dollar
budget
surpluses to cut business taxes to become more competitive. In a
departure
from earlier times of budget surpluses, few states plan significant
reductions
in personal income taxes.
World scientists blame fossil fuels for global warming
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A major international analysis of climate change due Friday will
conclude that
humankind's reliance on fossil fuels - coal, fuel oil and natural gas -
is to
blame for global warming. Among the findings is that even if people
stopped
burning the fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide, the effects of
higher
temperatures, including deadlier heat waves, coastal floods, longer
droughts,
worse wildfires and higher energy bills, would not go away in our
lifetime.
Company directors' average pay passes $160,000
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The average pay for directors of nearly 1,500 companies tops $160,000,
as
boards now spend more time monitoring the performance of publicly
traded
companies, says a study released Tuesday.
Dems want trade talks to include protections
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President Bush and congressional Democrats fired the opening salvos
Tuesday in
what could become a major debate about whether the U.S. pursues
additional
trade agreements.
