Onni lobbies too hard for too much - nsnews.com
27 May 2012, 3:59 am
In the May 23 edition of the North Shore News a letter penned by Danielle Mervin, Lonsdale Development Has Exciting Potential, refers to a development proposal by Onni Group of the Safeway site at Lonsdale and 13th, and offers support for these ...
Phoenix Coyotes' Mike Smith lobbies for return of goalie coach Sean Burke - AZCentral.com
26 May 2012, 2:05 am
Whether netminder Mike Smith remains in a Coyotes sweater long-term could depend on goalie coach Sean Burke's status with the team. Burke, who helped Smith achieve a renaissance season, does not have a contract for next season, and that could ...
Phillips gets thumbs up - Sectors approve Budget presentation - Jamaica Gleaner
26 May 2012, 1:44 am
THREE OF the country's main private-sector lobbies have embraced Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips' Budget presentation as an encouraging step in the right direction. The decision to lower the rate of the general consumption tax (GCT ...
West Bengal Congress lobbies for Pranab Mukherjee's presidential bid - Economic Times
25 May 2012, 4:40 pm
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Congress has come forward to lobby for finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's presidential bid, aimed at countering Trinamool's recent disapproval of his name for the post. Confirming that MPs from Bengal have sought an ...
Banned Iranian terror group lobbies for legitimacy on Capitol Hill - The Guardian
22 May 2012, 5:12 pm
A banned terrorist group is conducting what members of Congress describe as one of the most effective lobbying campaigns seen on Capitol Hill, winning support from politicians even in the face of a government investigation of its legality.
'Israeli lobbies put pressure on US congress for more anti-Iran sanctions' - Presstv
22 May 2012, 1:23 pm
That's why they need to address indirectly AIPAC, which is highly influential in US politics, in order not to jeopardize their relations with AIPAC and at the same time come up with fruitful results with Iran - especially since Obama was resisting ...
Germany lobbies against nuclear power in Poland - Warsaw Business Journal
22 May 2012, 2:53 am
The Polish nuclear power program is generating emotion all over the continent for very different reasons. France is looking at the project from a business perspective, hoping that Areva (controlled by the French state) will become a technology supplier for ...
SCTNow Ambassador lobbies for New Ordinance to Prevent Slavery - YAHOO!
20 May 2012, 10:34 am
Kristin Weis, ambassador for Stop Child Trafficking Now http://SCTNow.org in Tulsa, Oklahoma successfully lobbied before city council in favor of passing a law that would mandate massage parlors to enforce stricter licensing requirements. Her efforts ...
Hollywood lobbies to extend state film tax credit through 2018 - Los Angeles Times
15 May 2012, 5:49 pm
Amid mounting evidence that rival states are chipping away at California’s movie and TV production business, a coalition of entertainment unions and film industry officials is renewing a push to provide long-term funding for California’s ...
Family lobbies for soldier to be included in Taliban prisoner swap - Washington Post
10 May 2012, 12:16 am
The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American captured by the Taliban nearly three years ago, have made an emotional appeal for the Obama administration to make a deal with the insurgents to release him in exchange for Afghan prisoners being held in Guant ...
