Britain's worst polluters set for windfall of millions

It appears that big corporations and some those that pollute the most will benefit from a mess up in the issuing of carbon permits."A flagship European scheme designed to fight global warming is set to hand hundreds...

Call for energy windfall tax to tackle fuel poverty

Energy companies in the UK are pleading poverty. Their profits are being slashed, they tell us, as wholesale prices of gas and oil increase. They must, therefore, increase the price at which they are selling fuel to us. But when these corporations are still making billions...

Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail

"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...

Two in Congress want to Nationalize Oil Companies

Two in Congress want to Nationalize Oil Companies By Albert N. Milliron, OP-ED The latest talking points memo for the Democrats is to complain that the oil companies don't drill on all of the leased land that the...

Air for Sale:Canadian Government Sells it $3.7 billion!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd Canadians thought the one thing that was free, was Air? Who knew it was a Gold Mine for the Government!" Feds pulling billions out of thin air -- and it's for real By...

Oil Companies Saved By Republicans

"WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a...

Iraq Budget Cut by $171M After Oil-Profit Windfall

Why should the U.S. have to foot the reconstruction bill in Iraq?They're only the ones who invaded the country, waged war against the Iraqi people, tortured and killed innumerable detainees, and established an...

Double cash in ATM windfall

"A cash machine became a big hit this week after it started paying out twice as much money as it should. The ATM, outside a supermarket in they city of Hull in northern England, began spewing out double the money on Tuesday afternoon and continued doing so for several hours,...

Bill Clinton's $700,000 stock windfall

"The spring before his wife began her White House campaign, former President Bill Clinton earned $700,000 for his foundation by selling stock that he had been given from an Internet search company that was co-founded by a convicted felon and backed by the Chinese government,...

Windfall for Singapore hotels as record tourists arrive

Singapore (ANTARA News) - Singapore's hotel sector looks set to continue its spectacular rebound as room rates and visitor numbers hit record levels and the city-state unveils numerous sparkling attractions, experts say. The inaugural Singapore Airshow, which bills itself as...

Where's the Beef.com? A Presidential cybertour by Michael Barone

Presidential candidates have the opportunity to set the national agenda by bringing forward new porposals and innovative polices. But are they?"Some do this: Bill Clinton in 1992, George W. Bush in 2000. Others don’t. Like most or all of the 2008 candidates. Click through...

Marketing and Mind Control

"Imagine that I have $100 and I offer you $20 of it, no strings attached. You'd take it, right?"

Windfall Update (NBC)

This post gives a quick update on the NBC show Windfall. The show isn’t doing too well in the ratings and is on the verge of being cancelled.

Israel-Hizbollah fight is policy windfall for Bush

" Israel 's campaign to destroy Hizbollah is a foreign policy windfall for the Bush administration, which hopes it will boost the U.S. war on terrorism and heap pressure on its nemesis Iran, analysts say. "It's not...

review of this summers new shows, including the 4400, windfall, hidden palms

A review on some of this summers hot new shows, including the 4400, Windfall and Hidden Palms.

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