Dingwall case prompts call to tighten lobbying rules Oct 5, 2005
Lobbyists who fail to register should not be able to slip off the hook simply because their lapse is not discovered until after the two-year limitation expires, Mr. Emerson said yesterday ... And Mr. Dingwall has told a Parliamentary watchdog committee he wants a delay before he is forced to testify about his expenses, lobbying and severance arrangements, according to Conservative MP Leon Benoit, who is the committee chairman ... On Monday, the House committee on government operations voted... (Globe and Mail -- NationalTP)
Britain no longer having a Nice time Oct 5, 2005
The two members of the MPC who have gone public in the past month with their views both sounded notes of concern ... Every one of the analysts polled by Reuters last week expects the MPC to leave rates on hold at 4 ... Two factors are thought likely to stay the MPC's hand. (Guardian Unlimited)
Anger after Barclaycard increases rates by 2% Oct 5, 2005
Britain s biggest and oldest credit card company said it was introducing the rise because more customers were defaulting on their loan repayments ... Barclaycard admitted yesterday that it plans to impose sweeping interest-rate rises on its nine million UK customers ... 9 per cent. The rate a customer pays is determined by the level of risk that a credit card company believes they pose. (TimesOnline)
Davis: I'm still the frontrunner Oct 5, 2005
Matthew Tempest in BlackpoolWednesday October 5, 2005. The Tory leadership frontrunner, David Davis, today said the "real battle" at the Blackpool conference was for second place to him in the secret ballot of MPs later this month ... Interviewed on the BBC ahead of his make-or-break address, the shadow home secretary said he was still ahead among MPs by "quite a margin", but said he was not complacent. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
SmallCap Sentinel: Innovations in Biotechnology Oct 5, 2005
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Army names NCO, Soldier of Year Oct 5, 2005
Sgt. Chad Steuck attempts to communicate over a secure network using a tactical radio and the appropriate fills during the Department of the Army Soldier of the Year Competition at Fort Lee, Va ... WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 4, 2005) Fall back on your training: it will carry you through, said Sgt. Jeremy S. Kamphuis, the Armys NCO of the Year who returned from Iraq just six months ago ... Sgt. Chad H. Steuck, who received his stripe a month ago, was named the Armys Soldier of the... (Army Public Affairs)
The Aspens Sleep With the Fishes!: Oct 5, 2005
Still inexplicable--even if Libby's camp didn't leak the letter--would be his lawyer, Joseph Tate's the dayof her testimony ... Or was it was more important for Libby to please prosecutor Fitzgerald--by a) making Miller look bad and b) arguing that Libby had expeditiously provided waivers to Miller ... Tate might also have blurted out his "surprise" to WaPo simply because it was, you know, the truth. (Slate)
Miers: Forget Souterism: Oct 5, 2005
P.S.: I that Libby must not have been worried about Miller, because his attorney picked a fight with her campin the press ... AndLibby's lawyer might have argued with the Miller campjust because he got his back up ... Follow-up on the spin: , when the Senate's "Gang of 14" announced their compromise on filibustering judicial nominations, some Republicans declared victory. (Slate)
Adopted children to get citizenship sooner Oct 5, 2005
"Folks will still apply for Canadian citizenship but they will apply for Canadian citizenship at the same time as they are applying to complete their adoption," said Steven Heckbert, Mr. Volpe's spokesman ... "After they complete their adoption, they have to then go through the process of applying for Canadian citizenship. It can take anywhere between 18 months and three years," he said ... "I get pretty cheesed off about that," she said, suggesting the Liberals are scouring Conservative policy... (Globe and Mail -- National)
