Ahmadinejad forced to suspend value added tax mechanism for two months.

After mounting criticism from Bazaari political forces and business men, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the suspension a new value added tax mechanism for two months. "Under the new VAT policy...

Krispy Kreme hopes to heat up sales with ice cream

I love the signature glazed doughnuts. I remember back in the day when Vancouver didn't have a Krispy Kreme store I would beg my friends who went shopping in Seattle to grab me a box of Krispy Kreme. I can honestly...

Ikea trashes disposable bags

Ikea is doing their part to save the environment, and is banning all disposable bags from their stores.Starting today, across North Amercia, the furnishing giant will no longer be offering any kind of bags at any of...

MySpace Music: the iTunes Killer?

MySpace began a digital music sales battle with iTunes Thursday when it launched MySpace Music — a "music service formed by the world's second largest social network and all four of the largest recording...

US okays $1b arms sales; Pakistan to get Cobra helicopters

"WASHINGTON: The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it approved sales of radar and aircraft upgrades, missiles and other equipment valued at $1.01 billion to four U.S. allies including Pakistan. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said these U.S. allies...

Pakistan govt tax on oil is more than subsidy

" The Pakistan government has worked out a subsidy of Rs85 billion after this month’s change in petroleum prices, which is much less than what it is earning by slapping sales tax and petroleum development levy, official sources revealed Thursday. Sources in the petroleum...

UK Musicians Enjoy Mercury Prize Sales Boost

The Mercury Prize is certainly a prestigious honour bestowed on UK musicians every year, however, I had no idea that it could have such a huge impact on sales for those artists fortunate enough to be either...

McCain fortune traced to organized crime

This is from World News Daily and Jerome R. Corsi, who is so often quoted by the right's charges against Barack Obama." ELECTION 2008 McCain fortune traced to organized crime Mob...

Maple Leaf Foods Slices its Prices: Amidst Listeria Hysteria

Opinion Barry Artiste Maple Leaf foods are deep discounting their foods in a public relations move to win back consumers, sort of a quasi price war, with 50 percent off meats versus competitors similar products....

Baked beans sales surge as credit crunch bites

The credit crunch creates lots of losers but winners too and baked bean manufacturers such as Heinz are certainly winners as people look to the relatively cheap but nutricious baked bean to fill the gaps in the menu...

Edinburgh Festival: Fringe Director's Shock Departure

Jon Morgan, the recently appointed director of the Edinburgh Festival, which is the world's largest fringe fest, has made a sudden departure from his position."The crisis-beset Fringe festival in Edinburgh suffered...

Fringe ticket sales fall by 10%

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is a massive event here in the UK. It is known worldwide as one of the top theater festivals, and is a prominent spotlight for new playwrights.However this year a limping worlwide economy and terrible August weather in the UK resulted in the...

Itchin' to Scratch: Vinyl LPs Still Sell

Mp3's, CD's, blah-blah-blah... vinyl lives on! Indeed, vinyl sales are increasing by more than a third.However, such an optimistic number shows how small the market really is: just one LP leaves the record store for...

Bellway suffers 'avalanche' of cancelled sales

Britains house builder Bellway said the last two months had seen a 45% drop in sales over this time last year. With buyers wanting to wait and see what the Governments woolly approach over stamp duty would be, plus...

New Jonas Brothers Album Headed for #1

I'm obviously out of the tween pop cultural loop if I'm not up on the latest JoBro news, but I've just learned that their new album, A Little Bit Longer, is projected to sell more than 700,000 copies in its first...

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