The Media Line Staff Tel Aviv, Israel (TML) – Israel’s decision to reconsider its tax and royalty regime for energy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and risks future exploration, the partners in the giant Leviathan natural gas project said. Charles Davidson, the chief executive officer of Texas-based Novel Energy, and Gideon Tadmor, CEO of [...]
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Gas Companies Take Offensive Against Israeli Tax Plan
Posted by davidguide on December 13th, 2010
Posted in Finance News 
Tags: civic action, Development, energy producers, gas revenues, Government, government panel, investment, israel business, israeli tax, Leviathan, michael melchior, Panel, rabbi michael, rate, regime, Sheshinki, stake, state, tax regime, tel aviv israel 
Comments OffVermont senator Bernard Sanders (I) spends 8 hours denouncing tax deal
Posted by davidguide on December 11th, 2010
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Vermont’s Independent Sen. Bernard Sanders spent over eight hours denouncing the new agreement to extend Bush-era tax cuts to millions of Americans. Speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sanders spoke out against President Barack Obama’s efforts, saying the deal only increases [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: agreement, America, Bad Credit Loans, barack obama, Bernard, bernard sanders, Borghese, Bush-era, China, Contributor, d c united, D.C., deal, denouncing, economic issues, economy business, eight hours, hours, Independent, Matthew, news, Obama, obama senate, Sanders, Sen. Bernard Sanders, senate republicans, Senator, spends, U.S. Senate, United States, vermont, Washington Comments OffBrazil’s Largest Newspaper Sues Blog Over Parody
Posted by davidguide on December 11th, 2010
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Sao Paulo, Brazil (AHN) – Brazil’s largest newspaper has sued an independent blog that had parodied the newspaper. Folha de S. Paulo sued the blog “Falha de S. Paulo,” which was created last September by brothers Lino and Mário Ito Bocchini. Lino is a journalist while Mário is a [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: aacute, Bad Credit Loans, blog, bocchini, Brazil, Brazil's, deep pockets, economy business, english word, Falha, Folha, graphic artist, Largest, last september, Linda, linda young, Lino, news writer, Newspaper, Over, Parody, Rio, S. Paulo, Sao Paulo, sao paulo brazil, Sues, word Comments OffIceland to repay Britain $3.45 billion debt due to Icesave Bank failure
Posted by davidguide on December 10th, 2010
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Reykjavik, Iceland (AHN) – Iceland will start repaying a $3.45 billion (EUR 2.6 billion) from Britain in 2016. Reykjavik owed the amount to London after the online Icesave Bank failed two years ago. The agreement to repay ends two years of dispute over interest rates between the two countries after [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: $3.45, agency moody, agreement, Bad Credit Loans, Bank, billion, Britain, british officials, Debt, Denmark, economy business, EUR, European, european economic area, failure, Finland, high interest accounts, Iceland, Icesave, Interest, international monetary fund, Landsbanki, Loan, London, Norway, percent, rate, repay, Reykjavik, reykjavik iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, U.K., union article, welsh councils Comments OffZuckerberg Pledges Half of Wealth to Charity
Posted by davidguide on December 10th, 2010
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Seattle, WA, United States (AHN) – Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg pledged Thursday to give half of his wealth to charity. He made the promise by signing up with Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge campaign. Aside from Zuckerberg, others who joined the campaign include billionaire investor Carl [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: Bad Credit Loans, bill, bill and melinda gates, billionaires in the world, Business, Campaign, Carl Icahn, charity, Chief Executive Stephen Case, co-founder, Diane Von Furstenberg, Facebook, Half, Hernandez, Leon Cooperman, mark zuckerberg, Melinda, New York, new york mayor, Newark, news, Nicolas Berggruen, pledge, pledge campaign, Pledges, successful business people, Theodore Forstmann, U.S. Zuckerberg, United States, Vittorio, Warren Buffett, Wealth, Zuckerberg Comments OffWal-Mart to stop extra $1 Sunday pay for employees
Posted by davidguide on December 9th, 2010
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (AHN) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Wednesday that it will no longer pay its employees who work Sundays an additional $1 an hour. The new policy, however, would only cover workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Current U.S. employees numbering 1.4 million will not be [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: allied workers union, chief executive officer, consecutive quarters, economy business, employees, extra, majority share, mike duke, news writer, sales declines, Stop, Sunday, unanimous vote, wal mart stores, WalMart Comments OffTaylor Swift Named Face Of CoverGirl’s New NatureLuxe Line
Posted by davidguide on December 9th, 2010
Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Earlier this year, Taylor Swift became the latest spokeswoman for CoverGirl, where she joined the ranks of A-listers like Drew Barrymore and Rihanna. Now the “Speak Now” star is the face of the beauty giant’s new NatureLuxe line. NatureLuxe is described [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: Balm, celebrity, CoverGirl, CoverGirl's, Drew Barrymore, ellen degeneres, face, foundation, Gloss, January, line, Molly Sims, Named, NatureLuxe, Queen Latifah, Silk, Swift, Taylor, Tyra Banks Comments OffTax Cuts: President Wins Republicans While Democrats Play Politics
Posted by davidguide on December 8th, 2010
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday called fellow Democrats to quit playing games with ordinary Americans’ lives noting that his top priority is ” to do what’s right for the American people, for jobs, and for economic growth.” Addressing journalists at a press conference [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: cuts, democrats, play, Politics, president, republicans, Wins Comments OffU.S. Gaming Revenues To Recover in Late 2011, 2014 Revenues to Reach $68B
Posted by davidguide on December 7th, 2010
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The gaming industry which has been hard hit in recent years is slated is slated to rebound due to improved economic conditions triggering a recovery in U.S. gaming revenues in late 2011. However 2007 pre-economic meltdown gaming revenue levels will not [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: $68B, 2011, 2014, Atlantic City, Ayinde, compound, digit, digit increases, economic meltdown, entertainment choices, Gaming, gaming entertainment, gaming revenue, gaming revenues, global casino, increase, industry, Las Vegas, Late, Laughlin, market, Mary Lynn Palenik, Nevada, New York, NY, O. Chase - AHN, Online, Pacific, palenik, Pennsylvania, percent, Reach, Recover, region, Reno, report, revenues, tribal casinos, U.S., United States, US Comments OffIndian Airlines Directed To Publish Tariff Structure On Website For Transparency
Posted by davidguide on December 7th, 2010
AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked all the Indian airlines to make their airfares public by putting up the relevant information on their respective websites. The airlines have been given a 48-hour deadline to comply with this instruction. The Government wants to ensure [...]
Posted in Finance News Tags: Airlines, Directed, Indian, Publish, structure, Tariff, Transparency, Website Comments Off
