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• Tight job market is bane of visiting foreign students
  Sep 5, 2010 — The Virginian-Pilot
  Mussina worked briefly at an ice cream parlor until the hours dried up, sold cosmetics on commission at a mall kiosk and waited tables, but the hours weren't enough. They never came. "There were over 4,000 foreign students here in Virginia Beach last year. Now they plan to travel before returning home. The program helped Bekaeva improve her English and provided the cash for some clothes, a laptop and travel money.
• Dent, Callahan launch first TV ads
  Sep 4, 2010 — The Morning Call
  Right?" Callahan tells municipal officials on the video. "We all recognize that this is after all sort of perceived as a tax increase. We're trying to give everyone adequate cover." The ad also notes Callahan has raised real estate taxes four times. An April poll, including independent Jake Towne, showed Dent leading Callahan 38 percent to 27 percent, with Towne getting 4 percent.
• North Dakota bank removes roadblock in Hecker bankruptcy
  Sep 3, 2010 — Pioneer Press
  When Hecker couldn't pay back some $11 million he had borrowed, the bank, at risk of being shut down, asked him for additional collateral to secure the loans. Last week, Olson filed a motion asking for summary judgment on the charges against him.
• Op-Ed Contributor: How to End the Great Recession
  Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
  Even though the American economy kept growing, hourly wages flattened. The economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty examined tax returns from 1913 to 2008. Much of this was paid for with a 70 percent to 90 percent marginal income tax on the highest incomes.
• Fired Delray cancer patient wins $8.1 million from Michaels
  Sep 2, 2010 — Sun Sentinel
  Within days after her mastectomy, according to the lawsuit, District Manager Skip Sand began calling Jorud asking her when she was coming back to work. I've had a hard time hanging on but I stayed with it," Jorud said, "I've had a lot of medical issues and it's been a tough two years.
• Senate hopefuls wage hard battle in 1st debate
  Sep 2, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
  What she did there counts, so I'm going to keep on telling the truth about it," Boxer said.The candidates also sparred over immigration. Fiorina reiterated her objections to comprehensive immigration reform.
• Fired cancer patient wins $8.1 million from Michaels Stores
  Sep 1, 2010 — Sun Sentinel
  Within days after her mastectomy, according to the lawsuit, District Manager Skip Sand began calling Jorud asking her when she was coming back to work. I've had a hard time hanging on but I stayed with it," Jorud said, "I've had a lot of medical issues and it's been a tough two years.
• Hotel pays Waukesha real estate tax
  Sep 1, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Its real estate value had last increased to $5.2 million.
• Wonkbook: Jobs bill details sketched; unions target boardrooms; new oil reg rules
  Sep 1, 2010 — Washington Post
  Meanwhile, an SEC decision expanding shareholder power over corporate boards has led unions to consider installing their supporters on target companies' boards. It's not clear what those tax breaks would target or how much they might cost in lost revenue to the government. That the Reagan and Bush tax cuts went disproportionately to high-income households, which save more of their income, did not help, either.