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India aims to be world's fastest growing economy (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough. "We are facing a major problem," said Farooq, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries, which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month, most used in industrial production in India. More . . . You Can Add $18,000 A Day Courtesy Of Lawmakers To $2.8 Billion Dollar Deficit (Q13 FOX Seattle) State lawmakers prepared Wednesday for an inevitable special session, hoping to quickly finish their final budget and tax negotiations with a busy election year looming. It appears State lawmakers couldn't decide on a budget to fix the $2.8 billion dollar deficit in a timely manner. More . . . Letters: Advance mailing wastes money (Memphis Commercial Appeal) Tuesday I received a letter from the U.S. Department of Commerce telling me that in about a week I will receive my 2010 Census form in the mail. I understand the need to do a census, but to waste taxpayer dollars on this mailing in these hard economic times is something I do not understand. How much money was spent to print and send these letters to every street address in the U.S.? I'm sure it ... More . . . With money at stake, grade-inflation issue gains new attention (Jacksonville Patriot) LITTLE ROCK — It’s been nine years since the Arkansas Legislature first passed a law requiring schools to look at the issue of grade inflation, but lately the issue has received an unprecedented amount of attention thanks to a new development. More . . . Portsmouth made to wait for Cup money (Guardian Unlimited) • FA wants assurances creditors will be paid in full • Portsmouth owed £600,000 from win over Birmingham Portsmouth's administrators will have to wait at least a fortnight to discover whether they will receive the £600,000‑plus they are owed in prize money and TV revenues for beating Birmingham City in the FA Cup sixth round. The FA confirmed today that it would hold on to the payment until it ... More . . . Former RRA Partner to Answer Questions on Payments From Convicted Fraudster (Law.com) Former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler partner Steve Lippman has agreed to sit for a deposition without invoking his Fifth Amendment rights when questioned about money received from his former boss, convicted fraudster Scott Rothstein. Bankruptcy trustee Herbert Stettin contends Lippman was overpaid by $3.1 million and seeks repayment. Stettin alleges a number of bonuses and payments were made as ... More . . . Pawlenty to sign -- but trim -- $1 billion bonding bill (Pioneer Press) Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to sign and shave a $1 billion public-works bill that the Legislature is poised to pass today, even though it doesn't provide all the money he wanted to lock up sexual predators. More . . . Writers on the Range: When a scientist becomes an activist (Summit Daily News) In my office, I have a picture of a man testifying to Congress. He is haggard, with the look of someone under great strain. Behind him, engraved on the wall, is a quote from the book of Proverbs: "Where there is no vision, the people perish." The man in the picture is NASA climatologist James Hansen, best known for bringing the danger of global climate change to the attention of the modern world ... More . . . HILLSBOROUGH: Student club seeks end to idling cars at HHS (Hillsborough Beacon) The sight of cars lined up outside Hillsborough High School, engines on, with parents waiting to pick up their children, or students waiting for their friends—is a common one. For the high school’s Tree Ring Club, stopping parents and students from idling is the environment awareness club’s mission for this year, with the students beginning a school-wide awareness campaign. More . . . Parent group wants change to school funding (Lone Tree Voice) A Highlands Ranch parent group has the attention of state legislators after coming forward with big ideas to change the way schools are funded. More . . . Advertise on this page
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