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Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced today that he will be introducing a bill that would charge companies a 25 cents per call excise tax for calls routed to overseas call centers.

The healthcare sector of the U.S. economy is one of the industries that will recover from the current recession. Another sector that is in a good position to come out strong is the consumer staples industry.

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Retail sales totaled $306 billion for the month of September, according to the Commerce Department
Some states such as New Jersey, New York and Iowa rank in the bottom third for many of the factors considered, so where do they rank?
12 states do not impose either the business tax, personal tax or sales tax. Where do they rank?

With the goal of strengthening trade ties with China and expanding Chinese investment in their region, representatives of economic development agencies in the Southern United States met with representatives of Chinese provinces in Beijing, China.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) will be an independent government entity
The new consumer-friendly legislation's provisions go into effect in February and August 2010. This new bill would result in most of the provisions go