News release: “As part of the Obama Administration’s aggressive efforts to enforce U.S. tax laws and reduce offshore tax evasion, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Swiss Ambassador to the United States Urs Ziswiler signed a protocol updating the current income tax treaty between the United States and Switzerland to allow for greater tax information exchange.”
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Daily Archives: September 24, 2009
New on LLRX.com – Peek: Mobile E-Mail On A Budget
Peek: Mobile E-Mail On A Budget – Conrad J. Jacoby discusses his experiences using the Peek mobile e-mail device (Time Magazine’s 2008 Gadget of the Year), which he believes is genuinely useful and an excellent value for its cost. Continue Reading
Report: High School Dropouts and the Economic Losses from Juvenile Crime in California
High School Dropouts and The Economic Losses from Juvenile Crime in California. California Dropout Research Project Report #16, September 2009, By Clive R. Belfield Queens College, City University of New York and Henry M. Levin Teachers College, Columbia University [thanks to Dan Mitchel] “California’s juvenile crime rate is high. Juveniles commit one-in-six violent crimes and… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – ILTA 2009: Smaller, Cheaper…Better?
ILTA 2009: Smaller, Cheaper… Better? – Attorney and legal IT expert Conrad J. Jacoby believes participants in this year’s conference were hungry for the knowledge available there, for the ability to see in-depth presentations of products, and to attend personal briefings with high-level vendor-side programmers and product directors. Continue Reading
EFF: Government Must Provide More Info on Campaign to GiveTelecoms Retroactive Immunity
News release: “A judge ordered the government Thursday to release more records about the lobbying campaign to provide immunity to the telecommunications giants that participated in the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the records be provided to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) by October 9, 2009. The decision is… Continue Reading
Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009
News release: “Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), author of the credit card reform bill signed earlier this year by President Obama, and Barney Frank (D-MA), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, today introduced legislation which changes the effective date for the reforms in that bill to December 1, 2009. H.R. 3639, the Expedited CARD Reform… Continue Reading
