Entries for October 2007
State leaders working to preserve tax breakOctober 31, 2007
From Staff Reports
Comptroller Susan Combs and Texas Congressman Kevin Brady want to preserve a tax deduction that saves Texans more than $1 billion per year on their federal income tax. A law allowing Texans who file itemized federal income tax ret...
Mexican truckers say pilot program nothing newOctober 30, 2007
The Associated Press
The American truckers, environmentalists and politicians who are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of allowing Mexican tractor-trailers onto U.S. interstate highways rarely mention an important fact: hundreds of Mex...
High court agrees to review Exxon caseOctober 30, 2007
The Associated Press
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages to victims of the huge Exxon Valdez oil spill that fouled more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989.
The h...
Dollar falls to record low amid high commodity pricesOctober 30, 2007
The Associated Press
Commodities prices climbed broadly Monday as the dollar sank to a record low on expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week. Oil, gold and agriculture prices all surged.
The dollar’s decline has raised th...
Mexican truckers say pilot program nothing newOctober 30, 2007
The Associated Press
The American truckers, environmentalists and politicians who are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of allowing Mexican tractor-trailers onto U.S. interstate highways rarely mention an important fact: hundreds of Mex...