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- 1. Sustainable Packaging: Shifting from Cradle-to-Grave to Cradle-to-Cradle
President and Co-founder of Salazar Packaging, Dennis Salazar discusses the current state of packaging and how the green trend is evolving.
Read More- By Environmental Leader: Dennis Salazar
- 2. OLG Honors our Dedicated Veterans
On this holiday OLG would like to give tribute to the brave men and women who have served in our armed forces. The courage and bravery is unmatched and we are thankful for their dedicated service to this great country.
Read More- By Heather Rodman
- 3. China trade surplus heightens G-20 tensions
As global leaders prepare to debate international trade imbalances this week, both the U.S. and China announced data that points to a continued trade disparity between the world's two largest economies.
Read More- By CNN: Karen Pantelides
- 4. Obama Looks To India To Heat Up U.S. Job Market
President Barack Obama attends the U.S.-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit in Mumbai on Saturday. Obama is looking for trade openings for U.S. businesses that could eventually translate into more jobs in the U.S.
Read More- By NPR: Corey Flintoff
- 5. Battles Loom Over Tax Breaks, Spending Cuts
Newly empowered Republicans pushed Sunday to extend Bush-era tax levels for as long as possible and pledged significant cuts in spending, as President Barack Obama sought to maintain his footing in an escalating budget battle.
Read More- By WSJ: John McKinnon and Damian Paletta
- 6. Fed to Buy $600 Billion in Treasury Bonds
Federal Reserve policymakers announced a plan Wednesday to pump more money into the economy with a policy known as "quantitative easing." The Fed will buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds over through next June.
Read More- By NPR: Tamara Keith
- 7. OLG Remembers September 11th
A moment to remember the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Read More- By Heather Rodman
- 8. Push for 'Great Green Wall of Africa' to halt Sahara
African leaders are meeting in Chad to push the idea of planting a tree belt across Africa from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east.
Read More- By BBC
- 9. There May be a Tax Upside to Dying in 2010
The saying that nothing is more certain than death or taxes doesn't apply to all of Sanford Schlesinger's clients. The trust and estates attorney has one client, for example, who died and left $70 million -- but it's not clear whether or how much the heirs will actually inherit.
Read More- By NPR:Yuki Noguchi
- 10. Tribes Clash with Countries Over Property Taxes
Native American tribes across the country are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trusts. It often makes that land exempt from local and state taxes. That's leading to tensions in the counties that suddenly experience budget shortfalls as revenue streams disappear.
Read More- By NPR: Clay Masters
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