By Len Butcher
This past year has been a bad one for broadcast news, with Brokaw stepping down, Rather getting replaced, and the death of Jennings. It got even worse today with the announcement that Mike Wallace, who has been with 60 Minutes since it started in 1968, is going to call it quits — well, almost. The [...]
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Quick Hits for Wednesday
By Steve Sebelius
Here are some observations, wrapped in the delicious, flaky crust of truth and baked at 400 degrees for 30 minutes in our extra-special, super-secret spices, the very recipe for Quick Hits!
• Oh, just quit already! Clark County Recorder Frances Deane is not going quietly into that good night, and Metro Police aren’t quite ready [...]
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Century City project to mix mall uses
By Ian Mylchreest
The buzz in the developers’ world for the last couple of years has been the “mixed-use development.” Now, reports the Los Angeles Times, a Century City mall is adding living space.
The plan is to demolish a 40-year-old office building and turn it into a condo tower. And the rationale is much the same as those [...]
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Corporate tax returns could go public
By Ian Mylchreest
In an effort to “encourage” compliance, the IRS is thinking of making corporate tax returns public records, reports the Associated Press. IRS Commissioner Mark Everson wants lawmakers to balance privacy with the need to improve corporate tax compliance and consider opening corporate returns to scrutiny.
The issue is not just shame and bad publicity for the [...]
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