AltWeeklies Wire
Amazon to Begin Taxing Online Sales in Indiananew
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Monday that the state and Amazon.com have reached an agreement for the leading web retailer to begin collecting taxes on online sales.
NUVO |
Jessica Wray |
01-09-2012 |
Business & Labor
School Closures Make Sensenew
Oakland Unified won't be able to solve its problems until its shutters small schools that it can no longer afford.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-29-2011 |
Education
No Winners in Amazon Fiasconew
The botched deal to bring an Amazon distribution center to Lexington had nothing to do with what everyone thought it did: whether or not the company had to charge a sales tax to Palmetto State customers.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
05-04-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Amazon, Nikki Haley
Borders is Bankrupt. Will Books Survive?
The next time you walk past the empty ghost store where your local Borders used to be, you may ask yourself: Are we becoming a post-literate society?
WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard--and Worst of All, the Medianew
The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange.
The Village Voice |
Michael Lacey |
12-14-2010 |
Media
Fajardo's Fight: Taking on Big Oil in Ecuadornew
Pablo Fajardo is the David in a David and Goliath-esque case pitting Ecuadorian Indians and mestizos against major American oil companies.
Eugene Weekly |
Natalie Miller and Camilla Mortensen |
08-13-2009 |
Environment
Tags: Amazon, Pablo Fajardo, rainforest, Texaco, environment, business, pollution, international, Chevron, Ecuador, Big Oil
