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Brooklyn D.A. Rages Against Special Prosecutor Proposal for Eric Garner-Like Cases
2014-12-12 22:30:34| Footwear - Topix.net
Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, blasted a request to appoint a special prosecutor in Eric Garner-like cases as "unworkable," continuing his unusually outspoken defense of district attorneys and how they handle police brutality cases. "If you can't trust me and my 61 other colleagues in the state to handle police brutality cases, then take them all from us," Mr. Thompson told radio host Brian Lehrer on WNYC this morning.
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SEC Grants No-Action Relief to Whole Foods to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal
2014-12-11 19:01:25| Grocery - Topix.net
On December 1, 2014, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission granted no-action relief to Whole Foods Market regarding its request to omit a shareholder proposal from its proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 14a-8 states that a company may exclude a shareholder proposal if such proposal directly conflicts with one of the company's own proposals to be submitted to shareholders at the same meeting.
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Slovenia withdraws soda tax proposal - report
2014-12-11 14:31:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Slovenia has scrapped a proposed tax on soft drinks that business leaders claimed would have been an "additional burden" on the economy, according to a report.
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NW&RA, SWANA Send Mixed Comment on EPA Greenhouse Gas Proposal
2014-12-09 02:04:17| Waste Age
Two of the waste and recycling industrys primary associations expressed both praise and concern in comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) from power plants. read more
Kentucky, fearing impact of carbon power rule, urges EPA to rethink proposal
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: WASHINGTON Officials with the state of Kentucky say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to rethink a carbon-pollution rule announced earlier this year that could have the "most significant and far-reaching impact to environmental and energy policy that we have seen in 40 years." In the state Energy and Environment Cabinet's official comments to the EPA, Secretary Leonard Peters -- writing also for Gov. Steve Beshear -- took the EPA to task for underestimating the impact of the proposed...
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