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Soda tax proposal bubbles up agin
November 2, 2011 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — If every man, woman and child in Illinois were to drink 18 ounces of sugary beverages each day, state coffers could get an additional $1.4 billion.
Kraft Foods Chairman & CEO Irene Rosenfeld, Fortune’s #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business, to Speak at The Executives’ Club’s October 26 Global Leaders Luncheon
CHICAGO , Oct. 25, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Irene Rosenfeld , Chairman & CEO of Kraft Foods, recently named most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine, will address The Executives’ Club of Chicago at their October 26th Global Leaders Luncheon.
Susan Boyle Dethrones Taylor Swift on Billboard 200 Chart
Kate Middleton isn’t the only British woman with something to smile about this week–Billboard just announced that Susan Boyle’s holiday album, ‘ The Gift ,’ has bumped Taylor Swift from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.
Ireland’s crisis flares as investors dump bonds (AP)
DUBLIN – Ireland’s financial troubles loomed large Wednesday as investors — betting that the country soon could join Greece in seeking a bailout from the European Union — drove the interest rate on the country’s 10-year borrowing to a new high. The yield, or interest rate, on 10-year bonds rose above 8 percent for the first time since the launch of the euro, the European Union’s common currency, 11 years ago.
EU commissioner endorses Irish budget frontloading
DUBLIN (AFP) – Ireland’s decision to frontload a four-year 15-billion-euro (20.8-billion-dollar) deficit correction in next month’s budget was endorsed Monday by EU economic commissioner Olli Rehn. At a press conference in Dublin, he said all-party support for the programme of austerity would boost the plan.
Egyptian woman will make history at Youth Olympics (AP)
SINGAPORE – When Jihan El Midany leads the Egyptian delegation into Saturday’s opening ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympics, it will be a historic moment for her country. The 18-year-old pentathlete will become the first woman from Egypt to serve as a flag bearer at an Olympic event.
Jury to announce verdict in Pitino extortion case (AP)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A jury deliberating the case of a Kentucky woman accused of demanding millions from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to keep quiet about their sexual tryst has reached a verdict.
ADL Calls Use of Nazi Reference by Jerry Brown ‘Offensive and Inappropriate’
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown’s use of Nazi imagery, when he compared political opponent Meg Whitman’s campaign methods to those of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, deeply offensive and inappropriate. According to the Los Angeles Times, Mr.
Holloway Suspect Wanted In Peruvian Murder Case
LIMA, Peru (CBS) ― The man considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway is wanted in Peru for the suspicion of murder, according to police officials. Peruvian police say a young Dutchman twice arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is now a suspect in the slaying of a Peruvian woman.
Daughter may have found clue in father’s murder
CHICAGO (CBS) — A young Chicago woman may have found a clue that will lead to the arrest of her father’s suspected killer. She found it on the Internet, on the suspect’s MySpace page.