Economic News
Hundreds of Ky. nonprofits face loss of status
Source: The Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) Hundreds of small nonprofit organizations in Kentucky are have not filed tax returns in the last three years and are facing a mid-October deadline to seek relief from the government.
The Internal Revenue Service list of noncompliant groups contains 141 pages of organizations from Kentucky. The listing shows about 160 religious and civic groups, youth sports associations and business development organizations just for Paducah, Benton, Mayfield and Mu… Click to Read More
Hundreds of Ky. nonprofits face loss of status
Source: The Associated Press
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) Hundreds of small nonprofit organizations in Kentucky are have not filed tax returns in the last three years and are facing a mid-October deadline to seek relief from the government.
The Internal Revenue Service list of noncompliant groups contains 141 pages of organizations from Kentucky. The listing shows about 160 religious and civic groups, youth sports associations and business development organizations just for Paducah, Benton, Mayfield and Mu… Click to Read More
GM's Opel signs-up singer to boost brand image
Source: The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) General Motors Co.'s subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH says it has signed-up the winner of the European Song Contest as its new brand image.
Opel spokesman Christof Birringer said Sunday singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, known as "Lena", was introduced as the new face for the company's cars during a surprise concert for some 20,000 people at Opel's open house event in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt on Saturday.
The 19-year-old German singer won the Eu… Click to Read More
GM's Opel signs-up singer to boost brand image
Source: The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) General Motors Co.'s subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH says it has signed-up the winner of the European Song Contest as its new brand image.
Opel spokesman Christof Birringer said Sunday singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, known as "Lena", was introduced as the new face for the company's cars during a surprise concert for some 20,000 people at Opel's open house event in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt on Saturday.
The 19-year-old German singer won the Eu… Click to Read More
Afghan Central Bank: Kabul Bank has 'stabilized'
Source: The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghanistan's largest bank remained solvent Sunday after a nearly weeklong run on the troubled institution, according to the governor of the nation's central bank, which is being criticized for looking the other way at the bank's mismanagement problems for too long.
Nervous depositors continued to make withdrawals, but Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat said the Kabul Bank was on sound footing. He said no decision had been made about whe… Click to Read More
Afghan Central Bank: Kabul Bank has 'stabilized'
Source: The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghanistan's largest bank remained solvent Sunday after a nearly weeklong run on the troubled institution, according to the governor of the nation's central bank, which is being criticized for looking the other way at the bank's mismanagement problems for too long.
Nervous depositors continued to make withdrawals, but Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat said the Kabul Bank was on sound footing. He said no decision had been made about whe… Click to Read More
Official: Obama backing research tax credits
Source: The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday.
Obama will outline the $100 billion proposal during a speech on the economy Wednesday in Cleveland, the official said. The announcement is expected to be the first in a series of new measures Obama will propose this fall… Click to Read More
Official: Obama backing research tax credits
Source: The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday.
Obama will outline the $100 billion proposal during a speech on the economy Wednesday in Cleveland, the official said. The announcement is expected to be the first in a series of new measures Obama will propose this fall… Click to Read More
GM's Opel signs-up singer to boost brand image
Source: The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) General Motors' subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH says it has signed-up the winner of the European Song Contest as its new brand image.
Opel spokesman Christof Birringer said Sunday singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, known as "Lena", was introduced as the new face for the company's cars during a surprise concert for some 20,000 people at Opel's open house event in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt on Saturday.
The 19-year-old German singer won the Europea… Click to Read More
GM's Opel signs-up singer to boost brand image
Source: The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) General Motors' subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH says it has signed-up the winner of the European Song Contest as its new brand image.
Opel spokesman Christof Birringer said Sunday singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, known as "Lena", was introduced as the new face for the company's cars during a surprise concert for some 20,000 people at Opel's open house event in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt on Saturday.
The 19-year-old German singer won the Europea… Click to Read More
