TheChronicleHerald.ca | NDP candidates attack Harper TheChronicleHerald.ca NDP leadership candidates left to right Thomas Mulcair, Romeo Saganash, Martin Singh, Nathan Cullen, Niki Ashton, Peggy Nash, Brian Topp and Paul Dewar take part in debate in Halifax on Sunday. (PETER PARSONS / Staff) IT TOOK just seconds at the ... NDP leadersh ip hopefuls target Mulcair in second debate Cullen on defence during federal NDP leadership debate Federal NDP leadership hopefuls target Harper |
понедельник, 30 января 2012 г.
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суббота, 28 января 2012 г.
Jenkens & Gilchrist attorneys indicted - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The indictment names Paul M. 58, of Wilmette, Ill., the former head of Jenkene & Gilchrist’s Chicago office and tax Erwin Mayer, 45, of Winnetka, Ill., a lawyerd and shareholder withthe firm’ Chicago tax practice; Donna Guerin, 48, of Elmhurts, a lawyer and shareholdee at Jenkens & Gilchrist’s tax Denis Field, 51, of Fla., the former CEO and chairman of the boarx of BDO Seidman; Robert Greisman, 48, of Ill., a tax partner at BDO’s Chicago The indictment includes Planop resident Raymond Craig Brubaker, 53, a formerr investment representative at Bank A’s Dallaxs office.
Brubaker is a CPA and an He previously served as a tax partnere inArthur Andersen's Dallas office. The individuals named were chargecd with tax fraud conspiracy and relater crimes arising out of the tax shelterd promoted by thelaw firm, BDO and the The Jenkens & Gilchrist law firm, which was Dallas-based, dissolve after a tax shelter set up by the firm'as Chicago office drew the interest of federalk authorities. Jenkens & Gilchrist agreed in 2005 to pay $81.
55 milliojn to former clients who receivedr bad tax advice from the law The indictmentsays “the defendantss and their co-conspirators marketed and implemented fraudulenf tax shelters used by wealthy individuals with multimillion-dolla taxable income in order to eliminate or reduce the taxes they wouldr have to pay the IRS.” The seven individualss were charged in 27 separate counts. The chargea include conspiracy to defraudthe IRS, tax evasion and impedingy and impairing the lawful functioning of the IRS.
The indictment claims that between the yearsx of 1994and 2004, the defendantsz were engaged in a scheme to deceive the IRS by designing and marketing fraudulent tax shelters for clients. "Dishonest and fraudulent tax including accountants, attorneys and bankers, should standx up and take noteof today's indictment," said John A. the acting assistant attorney general of theJustic Department's Tax Division.
"Professionals who sell and promot fraudulent tax shelters that help wealthy clients illegallyy evade taxes face serious felony charges and substantialprison
The indictment names Paul M. 58, of Wilmette, Ill., the former head of Jenkene & Gilchrist’s Chicago office and tax Erwin Mayer, 45, of Winnetka, Ill., a lawyerd and shareholder withthe firm’ Chicago tax practice; Donna Guerin, 48, of Elmhurts, a lawyer and shareholdee at Jenkens & Gilchrist’s tax Denis Field, 51, of Fla., the former CEO and chairman of the boarx of BDO Seidman; Robert Greisman, 48, of Ill., a tax partner at BDO’s Chicago The indictment includes Planop resident Raymond Craig Brubaker, 53, a formerr investment representative at Bank A’s Dallaxs office.
Brubaker is a CPA and an He previously served as a tax partnere inArthur Andersen's Dallas office. The individuals named were chargecd with tax fraud conspiracy and relater crimes arising out of the tax shelterd promoted by thelaw firm, BDO and the The Jenkens & Gilchrist law firm, which was Dallas-based, dissolve after a tax shelter set up by the firm'as Chicago office drew the interest of federalk authorities. Jenkens & Gilchrist agreed in 2005 to pay $81.
55 milliojn to former clients who receivedr bad tax advice from the law The indictmentsays “the defendantss and their co-conspirators marketed and implemented fraudulenf tax shelters used by wealthy individuals with multimillion-dolla taxable income in order to eliminate or reduce the taxes they wouldr have to pay the IRS.” The seven individualss were charged in 27 separate counts. The chargea include conspiracy to defraudthe IRS, tax evasion and impedingy and impairing the lawful functioning of the IRS.
The indictment claims that between the yearsx of 1994and 2004, the defendantsz were engaged in a scheme to deceive the IRS by designing and marketing fraudulent tax shelters for clients. "Dishonest and fraudulent tax including accountants, attorneys and bankers, should standx up and take noteof today's indictment," said John A. the acting assistant attorney general of theJustic Department's Tax Division.
"Professionals who sell and promot fraudulent tax shelters that help wealthy clients illegallyy evade taxes face serious felony charges and substantialprison
среда, 25 января 2012 г.
Unemployment is over 20% for S.F. building sector - San Francisco Business Times:
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With 16,000 members, that means that more than 3,20o0 building trades workers are currently withouta job. Unemployment amonh laborers and carpenters is runninfg at more than20 percent, while iron worker have the lowest jobless rate -- abou 10 percent. “Iron workerd are holding up a littlr better because we have a bridge to said ironworker Theriault referring to the construction of the eastern span of theBay “A lot of our trades are in bad shape.
” San Francisco’s bleak construction industry is similar to the dire prospects building trades workers face across the according to construction economist Ken In May unemployment in the construction sector climbedx to a “horrendous” 19.2 percent as an additionalp 59,000 construction workers lost their jobs, accordinb to new federal data. Over the past year constructiobn employment has declinedby 990,0000 jobs, or 14 percent, in the past year whilw overall nonfarm employment has declined by 4 percent, Simonsoh said..
“Construction continues to bear a disproportionate sharr of the pain fromthe recession,” Simonson, the chied economist for the Associateed General Contractors of America, said. “Simply put, the unemployment rate for constructiobn in Maywas horrendous.” Simonson said that the construction employmenf figures would likely have been worse if not for the For example, Coos Bay, Oregon-based Laskegy Clifton was able to put 24 employees on its payrol l because of a stimulus-funded highway contract. New Pennsylvania’s Sank Associated Companies has hirer 10 employees to work on a stimulus fundexbridge project.
And New Hampshire-based is hiring over 100 new employeezs and has saved 150 existing jobs becauseof stimulus-funded highway projects in its home Vermont and Maine. “The stimulus is doingy its job putting men and womej backto work,” said “It is boosting opportunity and generating economic activitgy in an increasingly broaf geographic area.
With 16,000 members, that means that more than 3,20o0 building trades workers are currently withouta job. Unemployment amonh laborers and carpenters is runninfg at more than20 percent, while iron worker have the lowest jobless rate -- abou 10 percent. “Iron workerd are holding up a littlr better because we have a bridge to said ironworker Theriault referring to the construction of the eastern span of theBay “A lot of our trades are in bad shape.
” San Francisco’s bleak construction industry is similar to the dire prospects building trades workers face across the according to construction economist Ken In May unemployment in the construction sector climbedx to a “horrendous” 19.2 percent as an additionalp 59,000 construction workers lost their jobs, accordinb to new federal data. Over the past year constructiobn employment has declinedby 990,0000 jobs, or 14 percent, in the past year whilw overall nonfarm employment has declined by 4 percent, Simonsoh said..
“Construction continues to bear a disproportionate sharr of the pain fromthe recession,” Simonson, the chied economist for the Associateed General Contractors of America, said. “Simply put, the unemployment rate for constructiobn in Maywas horrendous.” Simonson said that the construction employmenf figures would likely have been worse if not for the For example, Coos Bay, Oregon-based Laskegy Clifton was able to put 24 employees on its payrol l because of a stimulus-funded highway contract. New Pennsylvania’s Sank Associated Companies has hirer 10 employees to work on a stimulus fundexbridge project.
And New Hampshire-based is hiring over 100 new employeezs and has saved 150 existing jobs becauseof stimulus-funded highway projects in its home Vermont and Maine. “The stimulus is doingy its job putting men and womej backto work,” said “It is boosting opportunity and generating economic activitgy in an increasingly broaf geographic area.
понедельник, 23 января 2012 г.
Small businesses wary of health care reform - Kansas City Business Journal:
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That goal, however, may not be achievef in the legislation now movingthroughb Congress, some business groups fear. They’re afraid the bill bein marked up this month by theSenate Health, Education, Labof and Pensions Committee won’t do enough to contro l health care costs, but will go too far in imposinfg stiff new insurance requirements—including minimum coveragde levels—on employers. They also worrh that includinga government-run plan as an option in new insurance exchanges would lead hospitals and doctors to chargd private insurers more for their services in order to compensate for underpaymentes they would receive from the public plan. The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce has e-mailed its urging them to oppose the SenateHELP Committee’s calling it “a dangerous proposal.” James Gelfand, the chamber’s seniotr manager of health policy, said now is the time for businessesw to demand changes in the including striking a requirement for employersz to provide insurance to their workers. “We need healtuh reform,” Gelfand said, but if the bill isn’r fixed, “I don’t know how we could possibly support The prospect of health care reformn raising costs for small businesses is “a legitimate fear,” said John Arensmeyer, CEO of Smalpl Business Majority, an organization that believes employerx should provide insurance to thei workers.
A study commissioned by the organization founx that businesses with fewer than 100 employeesa could save as muchas $855 billiom over the next 10 years if health care reform is The analysis, conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technologgy economist Jonathan Gruber, assumes that Congress will require all but the smallest firms to provide health insurance to theidr employees or pay a fee to the federa government, based on their size. It also assume that Congress will provide tax credits to smalkl businesses to help them pay forthe coverage—za provision that is included in the Senate HELP Committee’ s bill.
Todd McCracken, president of the Nationak SmallBusiness Association, said it’s “not yet whether small businesses will be better off after healtnh care reform. Providing tax credit s or other subsidies to smalol businesses for insurance coveragecould “create all kindsa of weird incentives and disincentives” for companies, he said. McCracken also is disappointed that the healtb care reform bills in their earlyformes aren’t more aggressive about driving down health care costs by changing the way medicine is practiced.
The National Federatiojn of Independent Business has been lobbyingf hard for health care reformfor years, with the goal of bringinvg down costs for small employers througj pooling mechanisms and insurance market reforms. Like NFIB lobbyist Amanda Austin thinksd the Senate HELP Committee billis “ a little light on cost containment.” NFIB also opposeas an employer mandate and a government-ruh insurance plan, two key partzs of that panel’s legislation.
That goal, however, may not be achievef in the legislation now movingthroughb Congress, some business groups fear. They’re afraid the bill bein marked up this month by theSenate Health, Education, Labof and Pensions Committee won’t do enough to contro l health care costs, but will go too far in imposinfg stiff new insurance requirements—including minimum coveragde levels—on employers. They also worrh that includinga government-run plan as an option in new insurance exchanges would lead hospitals and doctors to chargd private insurers more for their services in order to compensate for underpaymentes they would receive from the public plan. The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce has e-mailed its urging them to oppose the SenateHELP Committee’s calling it “a dangerous proposal.” James Gelfand, the chamber’s seniotr manager of health policy, said now is the time for businessesw to demand changes in the including striking a requirement for employersz to provide insurance to their workers. “We need healtuh reform,” Gelfand said, but if the bill isn’r fixed, “I don’t know how we could possibly support The prospect of health care reformn raising costs for small businesses is “a legitimate fear,” said John Arensmeyer, CEO of Smalpl Business Majority, an organization that believes employerx should provide insurance to thei workers.
A study commissioned by the organization founx that businesses with fewer than 100 employeesa could save as muchas $855 billiom over the next 10 years if health care reform is The analysis, conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technologgy economist Jonathan Gruber, assumes that Congress will require all but the smallest firms to provide health insurance to theidr employees or pay a fee to the federa government, based on their size. It also assume that Congress will provide tax credits to smalkl businesses to help them pay forthe coverage—za provision that is included in the Senate HELP Committee’ s bill.
Todd McCracken, president of the Nationak SmallBusiness Association, said it’s “not yet whether small businesses will be better off after healtnh care reform. Providing tax credit s or other subsidies to smalol businesses for insurance coveragecould “create all kindsa of weird incentives and disincentives” for companies, he said. McCracken also is disappointed that the healtb care reform bills in their earlyformes aren’t more aggressive about driving down health care costs by changing the way medicine is practiced.
The National Federatiojn of Independent Business has been lobbyingf hard for health care reformfor years, with the goal of bringinvg down costs for small employers througj pooling mechanisms and insurance market reforms. Like NFIB lobbyist Amanda Austin thinksd the Senate HELP Committee billis “ a little light on cost containment.” NFIB also opposeas an employer mandate and a government-ruh insurance plan, two key partzs of that panel’s legislation.
суббота, 21 января 2012 г.
C.C. Myers clan branches out with new consulting venture - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Co-owners Janelle and Clint Myers are now working onthe company’s first projects since formally launching in Septemberf 2008. The company is actinbg as an environmental consultant tothe $324 milliomn Lincoln highway bypass project and it has contractsd with the Nevada Irrigation District in Grass Valley. The self-funded, woman-owned Sacramento business is focused mainly on publidcworks jobs. In additionh to project managementand consulting, MCS provide s storm water management and engineering services. MCS executive vice presidenr Clint Myers said what sets MCS aparr from traditional consulting companies isthe principals’ experience in the constructionh industry.
Not a lot of consultants have suchan expertise, he “We’re hoping that we can fill that he added. MCS has $100,000 in backloyg work. The company expects to be profitables in the first quarterof 2010. Myeras said MCS can help companies that once framedhouses — work that has dried up in the regionm and across the country explore other opportunities, such as publicc contracts. The state wants to build more highwa yrest areas, for example, he said.
Janeller Myers’ experience in the industryu dates back to 1990 when she helped starrta woman-owned highway constructioj company focused on building barrier rails in California, Nevada and New She was on the board of directors untilo the company was sold to Rancho Cordova-based , her husband’s firm, in 2006. Clint Myers worked as an engineer and project managerfor C.C. Myerx before going back to school fora master’s degrere in real estate development at the . After receiving his the younger Myersran Today, C.C. homebuilding companies — Myers Homes Inc.
, Myers Homes of Californiaz LLC (licensed in Nevada) and several subsidiaries — are estimated to be worth nothingh due to the depressedhousing market. C.C. Myers majority owned by its is a creditor in the Chapter 7 personakl bankruptcy filedby C.C. Myers last year. In these tougyh economic times, Clint Myersa said MCS plans to help companies and governmenf agencies find creative ways toremovre “fat” from their budgets and, on the environmental come up with “solutions that are more economically friendlt while still preserving the quality habitat that California has come to When the economy was strong, a developer lookinh to get a project approved for example, buy expensive mitigationm credits to destroy a wetlansd on a project site in ordere to speed it up.
But Myerd said MCS could help such a developert find a less expensive such as keeping the wetlancd and working with the city to increase the lot MCS will compete for environmental consultingg jobs with companies suchas , a Sacramento-basedr subsidiary of The company declined to commenf on the new venture. Web site went live last and it has Facebook andLinkedIn profiles, Clint Myeres said. “The people you have to appeak to for construction contracts are getting youngereand younger,” he “We’re trying to find different ways to connect to thosew people.” For now, the company has two and a wildlife biologist on contract.
MCS plansx to hire a business development manager for marketing andpreparingf proposals. When it comes to business MCS will tap people who are retirexor semi-retired from the field. “With the family beinv in the construction industry forso long, there are a variety of people that we’ved known over the years who are now retiree who are looking for something to Clint Myers said. “Our combined with people we’re able to bring in, can give us the abilityu to do somefairly high-end consultinfg for businesses wanting to grow or Consultants also can assist companies transitioninyg from one generation to the next.
Co-owners Janelle and Clint Myers are now working onthe company’s first projects since formally launching in Septemberf 2008. The company is actinbg as an environmental consultant tothe $324 milliomn Lincoln highway bypass project and it has contractsd with the Nevada Irrigation District in Grass Valley. The self-funded, woman-owned Sacramento business is focused mainly on publidcworks jobs. In additionh to project managementand consulting, MCS provide s storm water management and engineering services. MCS executive vice presidenr Clint Myers said what sets MCS aparr from traditional consulting companies isthe principals’ experience in the constructionh industry.
Not a lot of consultants have suchan expertise, he “We’re hoping that we can fill that he added. MCS has $100,000 in backloyg work. The company expects to be profitables in the first quarterof 2010. Myeras said MCS can help companies that once framedhouses — work that has dried up in the regionm and across the country explore other opportunities, such as publicc contracts. The state wants to build more highwa yrest areas, for example, he said.
Janeller Myers’ experience in the industryu dates back to 1990 when she helped starrta woman-owned highway constructioj company focused on building barrier rails in California, Nevada and New She was on the board of directors untilo the company was sold to Rancho Cordova-based , her husband’s firm, in 2006. Clint Myers worked as an engineer and project managerfor C.C. Myerx before going back to school fora master’s degrere in real estate development at the . After receiving his the younger Myersran Today, C.C. homebuilding companies — Myers Homes Inc.
, Myers Homes of Californiaz LLC (licensed in Nevada) and several subsidiaries — are estimated to be worth nothingh due to the depressedhousing market. C.C. Myers majority owned by its is a creditor in the Chapter 7 personakl bankruptcy filedby C.C. Myers last year. In these tougyh economic times, Clint Myersa said MCS plans to help companies and governmenf agencies find creative ways toremovre “fat” from their budgets and, on the environmental come up with “solutions that are more economically friendlt while still preserving the quality habitat that California has come to When the economy was strong, a developer lookinh to get a project approved for example, buy expensive mitigationm credits to destroy a wetlansd on a project site in ordere to speed it up.
But Myerd said MCS could help such a developert find a less expensive such as keeping the wetlancd and working with the city to increase the lot MCS will compete for environmental consultingg jobs with companies suchas , a Sacramento-basedr subsidiary of The company declined to commenf on the new venture. Web site went live last and it has Facebook andLinkedIn profiles, Clint Myeres said. “The people you have to appeak to for construction contracts are getting youngereand younger,” he “We’re trying to find different ways to connect to thosew people.” For now, the company has two and a wildlife biologist on contract.
MCS plansx to hire a business development manager for marketing andpreparingf proposals. When it comes to business MCS will tap people who are retirexor semi-retired from the field. “With the family beinv in the construction industry forso long, there are a variety of people that we’ved known over the years who are now retiree who are looking for something to Clint Myers said. “Our combined with people we’re able to bring in, can give us the abilityu to do somefairly high-end consultinfg for businesses wanting to grow or Consultants also can assist companies transitioninyg from one generation to the next.
четверг, 19 января 2012 г.
вторник, 17 января 2012 г.
No deal on teacher evaluation system - New York Daily News
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New York Daily News | No deal on teacher evaluation system New York Daily News Andrew Cuomo pushed for a deal on statewide teacher evaluations but was forced to go with Plan B, the Daily News has learned. ALBANY â€" A determined Gov. Cuomo held “serious discussions†with union officials as he pushed for a deal on a statewide ... I'll Cuo i t alone on teachers Invoking King, Cuomo and Bloomberg Stoke Fight on Teacher Review Impasse Evaluations of teachers, risk of fund loss collide |
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