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It seems that the House and the Senate are gridlocked when it comes to whether or not the government should extend the payroll tax cut holiday . Democrats had originally proposed extending the payroll tax cut to employers, which might have helped some business owners. For now, it seems that they've scratched that plan . But, Republicans are...

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Google Plus for businesses has finally opened its doors. The world's most visited website has

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December 5, 2011 – The Sacramento Bee Everybody knows that voters don’t like tax increases, which spells trouble for the ballot initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown submitted Monday to raise nearly $7 billion in taxes. Hoping ... Read the rest here: California Government: Gov. Brown pitches for more taxes

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Suppressors—Good for Our Hearing...and The Shooting Sports See more here: Suppressors—Good for Our Hearing...and The Shooting Sports

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Applications are currently being accepted for Associate Deputy Public Defender, the entry-level attorney position in the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office. Salary range is $73,611 – $111,113. Register and complete an Application on-line at http://www.acgov.org/hrs/

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We will start our seminars this week beginning in Emeryville for HR 101: Intro to HR Administration on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. This is... Here is the original post: CalChamber's Live Seminars Start This Week

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Attention IT employees, your days of getting overtime pay may be over if Congress passes a new recently-introduced bill. The bill expands the definition of the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) exemptions for workers who are entitled to overtime pay. The law currently only exempts certain IT workers, including computer programmers or software engineers. The new bill would...

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The U.S. Department of Justice says Napa State Hospital and Norwalk’s Metropolitan State Hospital have failed to comply with critical provisions of a sweeping consent judgment imposed in 2006. By Lee Romney and John Hoeffel, Los ... See the rest here: Extended U.S. oversight sought for 2 California mental hospitals

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DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 5, 2011 (IPS) - Negotiators at the 17th Conference of Parties owe it to the world's more than seven billion people to deliver a deal with a work plan for agriculture, a sector that is expected to be the worst affected by climate change. Original post: Time for a New Agricultural Revolution

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Several threatened species in the developing world are completely dependent on human agriculture for their survival, say scientists. View original post here: Threatened species need farmland