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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: Republican Party, Government, Personal Income, National Government, U.S. Congress
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Online Advertising, Elections, Parties and Movements
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Indiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $30 billion budget early Saturday that gives Gov. Mike Pence a partial victory in his quest for an income tax reduction and restores some money cut from education and...Tags: Government, Indiana Legislature, Personal Income, Executive Branch, Luke Kenley
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GOP senators block Ind. online sales tax proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans headed off a scheduled state Senate vote Thursday on a bill aimed at forcing Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax this summer. The bill that cleared the...Tags: Republican Party, Walmart, Government, Brandt Hershman, Politics
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Senators stalling Ind. online sales tax proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some key state senators are stalling a bill that would make Amazon.com and other online-only retailers start collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax this summer. The Indiana House voted overwhelmingly last month in favor of...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Luke Kenley, E-Commerce Industry
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Hot issues at Indiana Statehouse
A look at the status of major legislation before the Indiana General Assembly this year: BIG-TICKET ITEMS — STATE SPENDING: The House approved a two-year, $30 billion budget that increases school spending by 2 percent the first year and 1...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Gays and Lesbians, Homes, Property
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Retailers recall more than 150,000 baby recliners
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four national retailers agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission...
Tags: Product Recalls, Services and Shopping, Consumers, Toys, Washington, DC
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Small business owners support online sales tax plan
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND - Nothing irks Jack St. Pierre more than when someone comes into his shop, looks at one of his cameras, asks a bunch of questions, then goes home and buys the thing online. "Don't get me started," said St. Pierre, owner of Gene’s Camera...Tags: Photography and Video, Services and Shopping, Small Businesses, Hobbies, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Proposal would move up online Ind. sales tax collection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation in the new year that would require Amazon.com and other online-only retailers with a presence in Indiana to begin collecting sales tax on July 1, 2013, six months earlier...
Tags: Sales, Politics, Small Businesses, Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Google Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Science and Technology, Apple iPhone
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Wal-Mart withdraws from conservative group
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has withdrawn its membership in a conservative political group, saying it has strayed from its core mission to advance free market principles. The group, the American Legislative Exchange Council,...Tags: McDonald's, Coca-Cola Co., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Kraft Foods Group, Inc., PepsiCo Inc.
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Zappos says customer database hacked
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers. The company says customers' credit card and payment information was not stolen. But names, phone numbers,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Zappos.com, Companies and Corporations
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