Friday, March 30, 2007

Australian Stocks Rise, Led by Banks (Receipts for smoothies)

Forbes - Telstra's installment receipts were the most traded stock, with 137.98 million shares changing hands for A$425 million ($425 million). In media, News Corp. was 30 cents richer at A$29.90, with its nonvoting scrip up 24 cents at A$28.12. Copyright 2007
New York Daily News - This is outrageous," said Poll's lawyer, Barry LaPatner. Under its contract with the Parks Department, the Boathouse pays either a minimum annual fee - usually about $1 million to $1.4 million - or a percentage of its gross receipts, whichever is
Newsday - The report found that the restaurant, which operates under a city parks department license, failed to report $2.39 million in gross receipts and owed license fees and late charges. That amount includes $255,302 for the value of employee meals and
Baltimore Sun - Much of the evidence against him came from bank records and Western Union receipts that allegedly show him engaging in financial transactions with some of the hijackers. But the unclassified summary of evidence read at the hearing did not mention any
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Company officials also reported to the SEC that 455,000 more customers who returned merchandise without receipts had their personal data stolen, including driver's license numbers. Police charged six people in Florida last week with using credit card
Baltimore Sun - The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, number of weeks in release and total gross, as compiled Monday by Media By
Cumberland County Sentinel - Wickersham, the audit is expected to help settle a lawsuit between South Middleton Township and Captax over disputed tax receipts. Vindicates Captax Executive Director Bill Harbeson says the audit vindicates Captax. The $8.7 million represents tax
Forbes - News Corp fell 1.12 pct while National Australia Bank's American Depositary Receipts fell 1.65 pct. In London, share prices also fell on Bernanke's comments and escalating tensions with Iran. The FTSE 100 index dropped 25.4 points to end at 6,267.2.
Crain's Chicago Business - The governor s plan for a gross-receipts tax also will be discussed, with the invitation to the event referring to implementing a fair tax system in Illinois. We are really targeting the first generation, the community that only reads