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WASHINGTON: On the day no one is supposed to work, America got a raise. The final 40 cents of the latest minimum-wage increase kicked in on Labor Day, with Labor Secretary Alexis Herman bragging that the rising pay scale is not drowning the nation in unemployment as big business had warned it would...
WASHINGTON: Millions of middle-class Americans could end up paying more to Uncle Sam in the next 10 years, thanks to an obscure provision of the tax code known as the Alternative Minimum Tax. Families of four with incomes of $58,300 in 1996 tax dollars will be hardest hit. Ironically, the AMT was designed to close loopholes for the very rich. What can you do about it? Money Daily reports that lawmakers decided not to tackle the worsening situation because the media and taxpayer groups have not been vocal about it. So you may want to stop browsing...
...sentences anywhere near as long as O'Donnell's 16 years. Far more typical are the prison terms of one to three years imposed on operators of one New York State pyramid scheme. The House in July passed a telemarketing-fraud bill that for the first time sets minimum jail terms for federal convictions. But the minimum will be only six months, or 15 months if the victim is over...
...decent jobs. As a graduate of a six-week welfare-to-work program sponsored by Marriott Corp., Bradford has a foot on the ladder at the company's Crystal Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Va., where he cleans and sets up conference rooms for $7.60 an hour (vs. the current minimum wage of $4.75). He gets health insurance and profit sharing and will be eligible for stock options next year. "In the beginning I was doubtful," Bradford recalls. "I had started other training programs but never finished them. I wasn't sure this would end any differently...
NMFS stands by its numbers, however, and is considering even tougher restrictions, such as limiting the number of shark-fishing permits and setting minimum size requirements for each species. Another option, which requires cooperation from individual states but is enthusiastically supported by environmental groups, is to close critical inshore pupping and nursery grounds...