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• Government is flailing on education – time for councils to take control

  
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  Council officers are starting to lead a debate about local governments future role in education | Richard Vize In January this column highlighted the urgency of local government redefining its role in light of the governments school reforms. Over the past two years perceptions of the academy movement have shifted. ...
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• Planning, Carry, and Intervention (Tchir)

  
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    by Peter Tchir, TF Market Advisors The market continues to trade with extreme volatility. Yesterday’s decline was deep and painful, only to be followed by an equally vicious rally on rumors of a rumor. This morning has already seen Europe rally, fade, then rally again. The overall theme remains the same, with ...
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• Lots of Dinero Still on the Table: SBA’s $1B Impact Investment Fund

  
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  By G. Nagesh Rao How many of you knew about the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)  “Impact Investment Initiative”? Are any of you aware of the announcement that Administrator Karen Mills made over a year and a half ago at the unveiling of the White House’s Startup America program? Most likely, not many ...
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• Gaffes-a-Plenty On LCA Tejas

  
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  Strange how the establishment belts out embarrassing gaffes on the LCA Tejas at a time when it is seriously floundering. First, DRDO chief VK Saraswat went and embarrassed himself by stating recently that the LCA Tejas was to be inducted into the Indian Air Force this year. Now, the UPA governments report to the ...
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• The big debate: maximising public sector assets

  
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  How can services make the most of their properties? We asked a range of people for their views Reinvoking the spirit of Joseph Chamberlain Joe Manning Senior researcher, New Local Government Network , leading on its 21st Century Assets project In the 19th century, Joseph Chamberlain took over private ...
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• Are More Toll Roads Inevitable?

  
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  If you have ever taken a trip to another state, odds are you ended up on some kind of toll road/turnpike. Usually they are very well kept and move right along. However, if you, like me, find yourself not carrying much cash or change around, you may find yourself between a rock and a hard place. Not to mention "at the ...
  3 days ago

• Govt Hikes Petrol price by massive Rs 7.54 a litre

  
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  The petrol price was hiked today by a record Rs 7.54 per litre as rupee had a free fall, an unpopular decision that was attacked by allies of UPA government who demanded its immediate rollback holding it as unacceptable.
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• The Meaning of Tropical Storm Alberto--and a 2012 Hurricane Rap Session

  
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  800px-Atlantic_hurricane_tracks.jpg Uh oh. Hurricane season has started early . On Saturday (the 19 th ), when Tropical Storm Alberto spun up off the Carolina coast, forecaster Brennan of the National Hurricane Center had this to say: ALBERTO IS EARLIEST - FORMING TROPICAL STORM ...
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• Kotak Life Insurance Records 109% Growth in Profit in FY 2011-12

  
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  Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited (Kotak Life Insurance) today announced profit growth of 109 per cent. Profit after tax for FY 2011-12 stood at Rs. 211 crores, up from Rs. 101 crores the previous year. The Company has wiped out all its accumulated losses and added Rs. 51 crores to its net worth which ...
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• Points for the Budget

  
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  Over at Dim Post, there is the general question of whether a “zero-budget” makes sense. Commenting on the post, I remembered some of the key points to keep in mind when looking at actual policy – rather than the tiresome and incoherent ramblings we will get from politicians of all stripes and colours when the ...
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• IAF To Go With Honeywell Engine For Jaguar?

  
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  On April 11, Indias Parliamentary consultative committee on defence visited HALs Engine Division hangars in Bangalore as part of an introduction to the companys facilities, current work and future plans. On display for the visiting group, which includes members of Indias Parliament, was a mock-up Honeywell F125 IN ...
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• Disclosure in respect of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in Annual Financial Statements

  
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  Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006-”Implications for Annual Financial Statements” The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (“the Act”) has been notified and has received the assent of the President on 16th June 2006. Subsequently, notifications defining the ...
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• Import Duty on Power Equipments

  
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  The Committee had made the following recommendations: (i) Immediate adoption of the proposed regulations for performance standards for power generation equipment; (ii) Levy of Custom Duty @10% additional custom duty – ‘Nil’ and Special Additional Duty (SAD) @ 4 (adding to 14%) for Mega and Ultra Mega Power ...
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• The Economy and Bond Market (May 21, 2012)

  
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  The Economy and Bond Market (May 21, 2012) Treasuries rallied this week, sending long-term yields sharply lower. With headlines touting bank runs in Greece and Spain, the risk-off trade was in full swing this week as both gold and the U.S. dollar rallied along with Treasuries. Ten-year Treasury yields hit the lowest ...
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• Twitter Privacy Changes: Behavioural Tracking

  
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  Users of Twitter around the globe have been receiving emails from Twitter HQ informing them of new features being released. One important feature mentioned allows Twitter to target users with content or features based on the behavioural data collected about Twitter users from third-party websites. Twitter intends to ...
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• Local languages make headway against Filipino, English

  
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  The Ethnologue lists 175 languages for the Philippines, including English (3.4 mil speakers in 2000) and Filipino (fil), the modified form of Tagalog used as an official language alongside English. According to “Long odyssey to save Philippine languages,” one of the many languages struggling in the island nation ...
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• No Haj subsidy after 10 years, SC tells government (Lead)

  
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  New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the government to eliminate the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in the next 10 years.Coming out against the government policy of subsidies to pilgrims going for Haj to the holy city of Mecca, an apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam also cut [...]
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• Now, browse Internet on Train for free without Data Card

  
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  Surfing the Internet in trains without using a data card seems to be a distinct possibility now that the Railways have received the much-awaited clearance from space agency ISRO for using their satellite for the purpose.
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• Custom Duty Exemption to Cut & polished diamonds sent abroad & re-imported

  
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  Cut and polished diamonds sent abroad and re-imported after certification/ grading by the laboratories/ agencies as notified in the Foreign trade Policy have been exempted from two percent basic customs duty with effect from 9.3.2012. The exemption is a facilitation measure to ensure that the domestic cutting and ...
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• How Would Proposed Fuel Economy Standards Affect the Highway Trust Fund?

  
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  Congressional Budget Office http://1.usa.gov/KPNGwn [ Green Car Congress ]  In a new report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the fuel economy standards proposed for model years 2017 through 2025 would eventually reduce revenues from the gasoline tax by 21% in 2040. The 21% reduction in revenues ...
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