MAN AG Raises Profit Targets After Sales, Orders Gain (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) May 10 (Bloomberg) -- MAN AG, Europe's third-largest truckmaker, raised mid-term profit targets after orders and sales surged on growing demand for vehicles in eastern Europe....more...County loses round in tax fight (Southeast Missourian) Area lawmakers are assuring Cape Girardeau city and county officials that they will find a way to protect the local sales tax base despite passage of an economic development bill that could cost the......more... Crying wolf at the NEA (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Read this article ]...more... State to probe property deals (Wisconsin State Journal) A private real estate executive who was working for the state of Wisconsin and who now faces federal corruption charges in connection with a proposed $30 million state building sale also may have been involved in at least eight other state deals, officials said Friday....more... Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) Media Flash headline items a.. SAM NEWMAN: Wham Bam, Thank You Pam b.. MICHAEL SCHILDBERGER: A Little Short c.. STEVE HARRIS: Age Publisher In Metro News Rescue Talks d.. MEDIA AT THE OLYMPICS: What's Happening At Homebush? e.. 'WORST PRODUCTION EVER': Says ......more... Does this convey? (The Fayetteville Observer) The trend toward ?staging? homes for sale has created an additional challenge, both for agents and buyers. Just how much of what they see in their dream home will vanish when a contract is signed?...more... AT&T eBill Service Offers Customers Relief From Postage-Rate Increase (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) In order to avoid searching around for two-cent stamps, many are saying goodbye to stuffing envelopes and saying hello to online bill payment programs, such as AT&T eBill. With the cost of mailing a letter going up on May 14 -- from 39 cents to 41 cents a letter -- AT&T is offering a solution to help consumers and mailers alike save money....more... HOME & DECOR: Mothers' wise words became legacy for kids (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) my grandmother used to make quilts for us all the time. when she died, my mom found a bunch of quilt squares and sewed them together to make baby blankets. she gave one to me when I was pregnant with kieran, and she gave one to arden on her first birthday....more... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Mohave Valley News) The results are in. From a population of 39,000 there are 17,850 registered voters of which 3,068 voted in the last election....more... |