New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Congress hit out at the BJP chief Nitin Gadkari Friday and demanded a probe into a letter he wrote seeking payment to contractors in a water project in Vidarbha, which is linked to the multi-crore irrigation scam in Maharashtra.
The U.S. Postal Service is between a rock and a hard place, defaulting on a congressionally mandated payment to fund future employee retirement benefits and unable to make cost-saving adjustments without approval from a House of Representatives that has failed to act.
On Aug. 1, 2012, the U.S. Postal Service will face its first-ever default on a congressionally-mandated $5.5 billion payment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The payment is
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jul 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On Aug. 1, 2012, the U.S. Postal Service will face its first-ever default on a congressionally-mandated $5.5 billion payment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The payment is part of a 10-year plan to ...
After a federal judge ruled earlier this month that pharmaceutical companies can't pay competitors to postpone selling generic drugs, the Supreme Court may consider the issue, The New York Times reported ...
The Supreme Court ruled last week that a small scale industry can demand higher rate of interest from a buyer if there is delay in payment after acceptance of goods. This right derives from the Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act. This law was brought into force in 1993 to ensure prompt payment by buyers to small units with inadequate working ...
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Roger Wilson, a Missouri Democrat who was elevated to the governor's job after the plane crash that killed Gov. Mel Carnahan, was sentenced Monday to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations.