Mortgage and Financial News From 2008-3-21 Page 8
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Minister allays worries on BOJ absence (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Japan's economy minister on Friday played down any economic damage from the absence of a central bank chief, which is growing into a major political embarrassment ahead of a financial meeting of industrialized nations. The Bank of Japan has no governor after the opposition controlled upper house of parliament rejected two government nominations in a row, saying they were too politically ...
2008-03-21 12:01:55 -
Television - Business (Scoop.co.nz)
The government is attempting to wash its hands of the Easter trading controversy this year by announcing it will not be reviewing the laws.
2008-03-21 12:02:09 -
Starbucks Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Tip-Pooling (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett has ruled that Starbucks must pay baristas $86 million, plus interest, for using some of its employees' tips to pay shift supervisors.
2008-03-21 12:02:45 -
Inland Power & Light’s net margins rise sharply (Spokane Journal of Business)
Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, says its net margins—equivalent to net income—leaped 42 percent to $4.5 million last year, due partly to better-than-expected power sales and lower-than-expected operating costs.
2008-03-21 12:03:50