Although it is too early to predict what the final franchise tax revenue total will be for this fiscal year, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts announced that as of June 24, the revised tax has produced about $4.2 million in revenue. Approximately 133,000 payments have been received, including 46,000 extension payments.
According to the comptroller’s [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union today sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for refusing to turn over thousands of public documents in their possession detailing the deaths of immigration detainees held in U.S. custody.
The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. [...]
Reed Elsevier, the UK-listed publisher, has delayed the posting of the information memorandum on its Reed Business Information (RBI) division because it is still finalising its financing package, sources close to the situation told dealReporter.
Reed Elsevier wants to offer staple finance to prospective buyers, and so far, JPMorgan is at the most advanced stages of [...]
A top official in the Department of Finance has admitted it is unsatisfactory that some information his officials require to make a decision over the Maze development has not been made available.
Mr O’Reilly told assembly members “We can say to departments, as we have said, the information and the way it’s been presented looks unsatisfactory, [...]
Vegetable oil cooking spray
8 slices cinnamon raisin bread without icing (such as Sun Maid)
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups shredded apple (about 2-3 medium apples)
3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1 egg
3/4 cup skim milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Spray an 8- or 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Place four slices of raisin bread [...]
The myriad smells are completely alluring - there’s the buttery scent of shallots being braised, the sweet smell of chicken being roasted and, from the patisserie kitchen below, the tantalising aroma of tarte tatin wafting up the stairs.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is asking the UN to award French cuisine Unesco humanity heritage status.
A parliamentary fact-finding [...]
THE RECENT alarming events at Gloucester High School should be a wake-up call about the precarious sexual health of our nation’s youth.
Despite our country’s wealth and educational resources, the United States leads all industrialized Western nations in rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. This epidemic is fueled by inaccurate sexual information, lack of [...]
POPULAR cook show host Kylie Kwong may be hampered by communication problems with her relatives in China but she easily found the way to their hearts – through their tummies.
The fourth-generation Australian Chinese, who confesses to feeling “terribly embarrassed†by her inability to speak Cantonese or Mandarin with her clansmen, was glad to redeem herself [...]
Prior to the tomato-linked salmonella outbreak, food-related illness and recalls that have affected Bay Staters in recent years include:
Beef shipped across the country, including to 112 Massachusetts schools, was recalled in February after the U.S. Department of Agriculture learned employees of Hallmark/Westland Meat in California were videotaped using a fork lift and electronic prod to [...]
The L.A. outpost of this high-fashion emporium stocks the company’s private label infant clothing line, featuring classic baby looks such as footie pajamas with baby blue or pink stripes ($36) and a snow-white ribbed cotton sweater-and-hat set ($68). The children’s department also features less dressy — but not much cheaper — fare, including Levi’s Capital [...]
