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BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Jun 22, 2007 @ 12:35am neoform

Yahoo News -- Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies. Democrats came three votes short of overcoming a threatened GOP filibuster that wa.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- A Senate hearing weighs charges that speculation by big investors and sovereign wealth funds is behind the rise in commodities and energy prices If you're wondering why driving to work has gotten so expensive, you might want to peruse your pension fund.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- A populist push to hike taxes on private equity firm partners is apparently petering out in the Senate, following a fierce lobbying effort by those who faced whopping tax increases under the legislation. Influential House members remain interested in t.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:25pm neoform

USA Today -- —A Senate bill to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would raise energy prices and also reduce American economic output by more than half a trillion dollars over two decades, according to a government report released Monday. Congress is expected to con.. Read More