ShareThis State Dept. planning to spend $ 115 million to ‘upgrade’ $ 700 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad –Troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but U.S. money hasn’t 27 Jun 2012 The State Department is planning to spend up to $ 115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most [...]
Anti-Obesity Soda Tax Fails as Lobbyists Spend Millions: Retail
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Duane D. Stanford, BusinessWeek.com Last month, Hawaii lawmakers killed a proposed tax that would have added 17 cents to a single-serve bottle of soda. It was the second failed attempt, even though Governor Neil Abercrombie had pushed the proposed levy. Like many advocates of a sugary beverage tax, Abercrombie faced a well-funded lobbying campaign [...]
