...fishing, agricultural, tourism and whisky. This issue will affect a lot of local areas." Colin Borland , public affairs manager for the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland , said BoS was adopting the wrong strategy. He said its members...

In this article: Alan Reid, HBOS, Scotland, Lloyds, Federation of Small Businesses, and Bank of Scotland

...the UK plan was "not particularly attractive to me as finance minister in Canada , because we're not a government that has raised taxes ". The British Bankers' Association has also cast doubt on the effectiveness of such levies, which Chief...

In this article: Tax, Unemployment, Climate change, British Bankers' Association, Angela Knight, Tim Geithner, and Jim Flaherty

"Technology companies care about this case because it will define what you can and cannot get a patent on," said Emery Simon , counselor to the Business Software Alliance , which represents large technology companies including Microsoft Corp....

In this article: Supreme Court, Microsoft Corp., and Red Hat Inc.

To report a scam The Better Business Bureau advises anyone encountering distressed loved-one scams to report the incidents immediately to local police departments or the attorney general 's office. In addition, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Call...

In this article: Better Business Bureau, Spokane, Canada, Cocaine, Attorney General, and Montana

...taking the information from the valuation report and using it to facilitate mortgages." Kennedy Foster , policy consultant for the Council of Mortgage Lenders in Scotland , said lenders generally accepted valuations provided the surveyor was...

In this article: Scotland and Council of Mortgage Lenders

...be recycled to obtain more energy and improve waste disposal, according to Steve Kraft , senior director of used fuel management at the Nuclear Energy Institute. </p><p>The reason no plan has been developed to take care of waste? "It's extremely...

In this article: Waste, Cancer, Spent nuclear fuel, Specific properties, Plutonium, Dioxin, and Nuclear Energy Institute

...pushed the index slightly higher than September's level and further above the 50 point mark separating expansion and contraction. Australian Industry Group , Associate Director Public Policy , Peter Burn said that while the growth in the...

In this article: Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Industry Group, and Australia

...services and fuels around the world. It's a piece of the 53 new nuclear plants already under construction worldwide, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute. It's the 137 plants on order or planned in 26 countries or the 295 under...

In this article: Michigan, Nuclear power, Climate change, Department of Energy, Coal, Supply chain, Environmental Protection Agency, and Carbon

...confidence continues to improve as the Canadian economy struggles to recover from a severe downturn, according to a national survey. The Conference Board of Canada said Wednesday its business confidence index rose in the third quarter to...

In this article: Respondent, The Conference Board, Ottawa, Recession, Financial Post, and Canada

...crucial in that they can effectively support managers in delivering this challenge set out by Nice. " But Stephen Alambritis , from the Federation of Small Businesses , said: "These kind of statements just bring down Nice in the eyes of the...

In this article: Anxiety, Lancaster University, John Lewis Partnership, and Federation of Small Businesses

...has expanded into the black for the first time in 19 months, as more Australians consume retail goods and recreational services. The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index (PSI) rose by a seasonally...

In this article: Australian Industry Group, Inventories, and Recession

Activity in the largest sector of the Australian economy - services - jumped in October as sales and new orders rose. The Australian Industry Group -Commonwealth Bank of Australia performance of services index climbed 5.5 points to 54.8 in...

In this article: Australian Industry Group and AiG

...although many avoided citing AHIP's study" (Frates, 11/2). Meanwhile, Roll Call reports that Divided We Fail, a diverse coalition of the Business Roundtable , the National Federation of Independent Business , AARP and the Service Employees...

In this article: WellPoint, Medical advice, America's Health Insurance Plans, Courier Journal, Service Employees International Union, and University of Maryland

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after heavy losses on Wall Street on Friday among both securities and commodity prices. When the Sydney Futures Exchange last traded on Saturday morning, the December share price index...

In this article: S&P500, US, Tax, Sydney Futures Exchange, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, FTSE, and Nasdaq

The Australian dollar opened lower on Monday, after the risk sensitive currency was battered by falling equity and commodity prices. At 7am, the Australian dollar was trading at 89.89 US cents, down from Friday's close of 91.43 US cents.

In this article: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Copper, Silver, Bank of New Zealand, New York Mercantile Exchange, Standard & Poor's 500, and New York

...on the wood-burning stove in his home. The company ended up redoing the work and refunding his money. "The Better Business Bureau made them back down and take care of the problem," he said. Some BBB reports list complaints as resolved even...

In this article: Complaint and Better Business Bureau

... Barack Obama has said he would support new plants. Earlier this week the industry group the Nuclear Energy Institute said it wants about $100 billion in loan guarantees in the bill for nuclear and renewable energy. Rowe said $100...

In this article: Exelon Corp, Nuclear power, Nuclear Energy Institute, Lindsey Graham, Barack Obama, Global warming, Union of Concerned Scientists, and U.S.

...debates, advocating for a strong global economy. John Castellani official biography, courtesy of the Business Roundtable , 2009. Business Roundtable companies donate more than $7 billion a year in combined charitable contributions,...

In this article: Business Roundtable, Corporate governance, General Electric Co., Social Security, National Association of Manufacturers, Union College, Tenneco Inc., Washington, D.C, and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs