IRA cash laundering exposed
London investigators and police in Ireland report the outlawed IRA used the London Stock Exchange to launder millions from Northern Ireland. A British firm likely linked to IRA fronts laundered up to 54 million over eight years. A suspect was questioned under the Prevention of Terrorism Act as authorities probe illicit market deals.
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State weekly newsletter costs taxpayers 100 million
In Albany, Janet Foley and Bern Rotman oversee a glossy 16 page edition of Opportunity New York. The quarterly publication promotes economic development and is mailed to New York businesses, development groups, and the department's foreign offices in Hong Kong Tokyo London Frankfurt and two Canadian cities.
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Sound bites shrink as campaigns lengthen complaint grows
NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw lamented the rise of brief sound bites in presidential coverage. Data trace the trend from 43 uninterrupted seconds in 1968 to about nine seconds by 1988, with projections suggesting two to eight seconds by 1992, highlighting growing media compression.
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Bush Aims For New Domestic Economic Order in Address
President Bush plans a State of the Union message urging Congress to act on the economy without sparking partisan clashes. He is expected to outline a plan to revive growth, including tax relief for middle class families, a first-time home buyer credit, and capital gains rate cuts, while proposing higher spending on Head Start, environmental cleanup, parks, and space exploration.
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Economic growth package outlines tax relief provisions
Washington reports a draft economic growth package proposing higher personal exemptions by up to 1000 per child, a first time home buyer tax credit up to 5000, expanded IRA benefits, reduced capital gains tax from 28 percent, and new tax credits or vouchers to aid low income families in buying health insurance.
Senate to debate new clampdown on cable costs
The Senate will consider a plan to reimpose government controls on cable television amid public anger over rising rates since 1984 deregulation. The bill would give the FCC power to limit subscribers and channel counts, and allow broadcasters to charge for carriage.
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