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McIver blasts two county measures for park levies
On 06-08-2007.
Supporters of the King County parks measures on the Aug. 21 ballot hope that, once again, Seattle voters will overwhelmingly approve property taxes for county play fields, trails and green space.
But they shouldn't count on one yes vote from City Councilman Richard McIver for the two levy proposals. ...
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Schering-Plough Corporation Announces Commencement of Public ...
On 02-08-2007.
Offering of Common Shares and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock August 02, 2007: 06:30 AM EST

KENILWORTH, N.J., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation announced today that it has commenced one registered public offering of 50,000,000 common shares. The underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 7,500,000 common shares from Schering-Plough. ...
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Cycling restrictions on Maui volcano are considered
On 29-07-2007.
Recent biking accidents and deaths on the winding road down Maui's 10,000-foot Haleakala volcano could lead to stricter safety rules. Park and state officials are considering restricting the number of biking tours, the number of bikes in each group, the spacing of the bikes and perhaps the total number of tours themselves. ...
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Ahead of the Bell: McKesson Meeting
On 25-07-2007.
NEW YORK (AP) - Drug, health and beauty care products distributor McKesson Corp. hosts one shareholder meeting Wednesday.
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services, or ISS, noted the company is asking investors to approve one plan to repeal its classified board structure and establish annual elections of its board members. ...
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Does Pa. budget tardiness deserve punishment?
On 21-07-2007.
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Regimented work schedules and fines for tardiness?
These are some of the ideas being floated to break one string of five straight years during which Gov. Ed Rendell and the Legislature wrapped up one state budget after the fiscal year began.
This year's impasse wasn't the most protracted battle, but it was the first under Rendell that resulted in one shutdown of certain government services. The ...
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WCB Acquires Union Bank Square for $92M
On 17-07-2007.
Union Bank Square ORANGE, CA-WCB Properties of Newport Beach has acquired the 397,000-sf Union Bank Square office project in partnership with the US real estate business of UBS Global Asset Management. Terry Thompson, vice president of acquisitions for WCB, tells GlobeSt.com that the new owners plan $4 million in upgrades in one value-added play at the office project. ...
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