• USPS Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion Starts July 1st

    Updated: 2012-06-29 22:38:09
    The Postal Service’s 2012 Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion starts July 1 and runs through Aug. 31. Business mailers will receive an upfront 2-percent postage discount on Standard Mail and First-Class Mail letters, flats, and cards (presort and automation only) that include a two-dimensional (2-D) barcode or print/mobile technology which can be read or scanned [...]

  • West Virginia Acting Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $25,000 For Gambling Debts

    Updated: 2012-06-29 22:30:43
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Mingo County woman pleaded guilty in federal court to misappropriating postal funds. Kristen K. Maynard, 29, of Delbarton, Mingo County, W.Va., admitted that over a six-month period in 2011, she took more than $25,000 in cash from the United States Post Office in Alkol, [...]

  • The OECD Recommends a "Go Smart" Approach

    Updated: 2012-06-29 21:39:53
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts The OECD Recommends a Go Smart Approach The True Cost of Federal Credit Programs So , You Want to Pay For a 70 Billion Spending Increase With a 200 Billion Tax Cut What the Supreme Court Decision Means for the Budget Administration May Get Even More Difficult for the IRS Deadlines Approach for Student Loans and Highways CRFB Releases New Health Care Paper Six Articles on the Defense Sequester By month June 2012 48 May 2012 45 April 2012 51 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 44 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 57 All Archives By Keyword Budget

  • USPS Issues Decision On Pay and Benefits for supervisory and managerial employees

    Updated: 2012-06-29 20:06:18
    USPS has made its final decision concerning changes to pay and benefits for supervisory and managerial employees. The changes cover the period 2011–2015. The decision follows completion of the pay consultation process with the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS). It includes the June 14, 2012 recommendations from a neutral fact-finding panel and complies with [...]

  • PRC Denies APWU Request for Emergency Relief on USPS Consolidation Plans

    Updated: 2012-06-29 19:59:15
    Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) today denied a Motion from the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) requesting an Emergency Order preventing the Postal Service from implementing changes in service standards until after the Commission has issued a final ruling on an APWU Complaint filed on June 12, 2012. The underlying APWU Complaint [...]

  • Wimpy’s principle of pension finance

    Updated: 2012-06-29 18:46:17
    Faced with widespread underfunding of pension plans, Congress passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006, after years of negotiations. This Act set increased and stricter required employer contributions to defined benefit pension plans. Six years later, these pension plans are … read more >

  • The True Cost of Federal Credit Programs?

    Updated: 2012-06-29 16:34:18
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts The OECD Recommends a Go Smart Approach The True Cost of Federal Credit Programs So , You Want to Pay For a 70 Billion Spending Increase With a 200 Billion Tax Cut What the Supreme Court Decision Means for the Budget Administration May Get Even More Difficult for the IRS Deadlines Approach for Student Loans and Highways CRFB Releases New Health Care Paper Six Articles on the Defense Sequester By month June 2012 48 May 2012 45 April 2012 51 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 44 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 57 All Archives By Keyword Budget

  • New pension measure 'could impact' PA, NJ bond ratings

    Updated: 2012-06-29 15:21:56
    Tougher GASB reporting will make asset/liability shortfalls look even worse.

  • No, the euro hasn't been saved yet

    Updated: 2012-06-29 15:15:28
    Judging from some media reports across Europe – and some positive market reactions, the eurozone crisis has just been solved. Italy and Spain scored a massive victory over Germany. Angela Merkel has caved in. Berlin has blinked. Hardly. Though Merkel took a bit of a beating and some unexpected progress (the term is used loosely) [...]

  • The emails that reveal how King and Osborne fixed the gilts market

    Updated: 2012-06-29 09:52:50
    OK, so I know that Barclays has been a very bad boy indeed, but when it comes to fixing the market, Bob Diamond's dudes have got nothing on Sir Mervyn King and George Osborne. In the interests of open government, I here reprint a damning exchange of e-mails between the Governor of the Bank of [...]

  • The RBS and Barclays affairs only tell us what we already knew – market incentives have not been working in the banking sector

    Updated: 2012-06-29 08:52:56
    The RBS IT debacle, even from what we already know, appears to involve a level of shambolic incompetence that is barely believable in a major international institution. As shareholders in RBS, British taxpayers should find out how such a debacle could happen, and as depositors or business account holders or other customers, we have the [...]

  • So, You Want to Pay For a $70 Billion Spending Increase With a $200 Billion Tax Cut?

    Updated: 2012-06-28 22:39:41
    , CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts The OECD Recommends a Go Smart Approach The True Cost of Federal Credit Programs So , You Want to Pay For a 70 Billion Spending Increase With a 200 Billion Tax Cut What the Supreme Court Decision Means for the Budget Administration May Get Even More Difficult for the IRS Deadlines Approach for Student Loans and Highways CRFB Releases New Health Care Paper Six Articles on the Defense Sequester By month June 2012 48 May 2012 45 April 2012 51 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 44 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 57 All Archives By Keyword Budget

  • What the Supreme Court Decision Means for the Budget

    Updated: 2012-06-28 19:49:39
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  • Administration May Get Even More Difficult for the IRS

    Updated: 2012-06-28 19:25:55
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  • Things worth reading: 27th June 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-27 05:54:36

  • Shock public finance figures threaten Chancellor's fiscal mandate

    Updated: 2012-06-26 12:12:07
    Further to my column this morning putting the case against more QE, I wonder whether the Bank of England really has the scope for more asset purchases even if it wants to engage in another burst of money printing. The run of decent economic news came to an abrupt end this morning with the announcement [...]

  • Things worth reading: 26th June 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-26 06:00:40

  • New York Postmaster Relief Admits To Embezzling Over $51,000 In Money Order Fraud

    Updated: 2012-06-26 02:45:16
    Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that ANDREA LYNCH, age 30, of Clayton, N.Y., pled guilty today to the felony offense of Misappropriation of Postal Funds, before the Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby in the United States District Court in Syracuse, New York. Sentencing for LYNCH is scheduled [...]

  • Who will pay for the RBS/NatWest computer screw-up? Taxpayers, of course

    Updated: 2012-06-25 12:21:46
    So RBS/NatWest have screwed up their computer systems and there's much giggling over in the technical press about how they managed to do this. What we're interested in, though, is who gets to pay for it all. The answer is – as always – the taxpayers. What actually happened is still guesswork. Most of it [...]

  • How to invest in Indian Mutual Funds – Don’t Put a Ruppee ,50% underperform benchmark ,Many involved in Frauds

    Updated: 2012-06-25 08:30:24
    Home About Contact Your Name required Your Email required Subject Your Message Email me with any questions at greenworldinvestor gmail.com A A Search : for World Economy Indian Market Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Wind Energy Solar Energy Green stocks Biofuels Nuclear Energy Solar Thermal CSP Solar Heaters Solar Inverters Solar Panels Light Emitting Diode LED Biomass Energy Hydro Energy Best of GWI How to invest in Indian Mutual Funds Don’t Put a Ruppee 50 underperform benchmark Many involved in Frauds 25 Jun , 2012 Indian Markets 0 Comment Share I have always said that investing in Indian mutual funds is a dumb idea given the lack of regulation under performance , high fees and front running and fraud conducted by mutual fund managers . It is best to invest in a good ETF with low fees

  • Things worth reading: 22nd June 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-22 07:03:42

  • Things worth reading: 21st June 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-21 05:30:35

  • Senator Judd Gregg Increasingly Involved in Deficit Reduction Talks

    Updated: 2012-06-20 21:21:24
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  • Things worth reading, the European View (9)

    Updated: 2012-06-20 06:45:00

  • Things worth reading: 20th June 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-20 05:55:30

  • PA pension to reduce 'alternative' investments, add stocks

    Updated: 2012-06-13 20:58:48
    Will cut 'alternatives' and buy equities as funding gap grows

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