| Wall Street to Alberta: Don't be ‘so stupid'
Implement higher royalty rates, but only do it on NEW projects. For example, say for all projects beginning in 2008, you pay x new rate, otherwise, you are on the old rate system. I know that gives early movers a little bit of an advantage, but they can consider that their reward for investing in the province when no one else would.
2. Regarding cries that the new rate is unfair, boo hoo hoo, etc, I wouldn't worry too much about it. There isn't that many sources of oil left in this world in capitalist countries, so if they want to play ball, they have to pay for it. Besides, it's not like Alberta is asking for an obscene amount of money, they are asking for a recovery rate that is even less than California currently gets.
So in conclusion, the Alberta government can/should/will change the rules, but I agree with Wall Street and everyone else in that changing the rules after one has already invested is just plain wrong, and it fosters a very negative image to investors about the business climate of the province.
Ankle - Questionable for Divisional Playoff game vs. N.Y. Giants
I like where he is," owner Jerry Jones said on his Friday radio show. "Our trainers are really satisfied with the progress that he's making. He's got his boot off. The swelling, (there is) none detectable or relatively little. And when you compare that and the nature of his injury with the rehab of other players in similar situations, then we (should) be optimistic." 01/06/2008 .
DOR chief exiting Patrick administration for private sector
The Commissioner of Revenue for the state of Massachusetts, Henry Dormitzer, is set to leave his post next month to join clean energy company Free Flow Power Corp., the company said on Friday. On Feb. 4 Dormitzer will join Gloucester, Mass.-based Free Flow as its CFO. At the Department of Revenue Dormitzer manages 2,300 public employees and is responsible for administering the state's tax laws, enforcing child support obligations, overseeing local budgets, and implementing parts of the state's new health care reform law. Dormitzer joined the Patrick Administration as under secretary for Administration and Finance. "Henry has vast capital markets experience financing complex projects, strategic vision, serious management experience and genuine integrity," said Daniel Irvin, CEO of Free Flow Power Corp., in a statement.
Globes try to save show with new format
Last updated January 7, 2008 3:38 p.m. PT Globes try to save show with new format By LYNN ELBER
AP TELEVISION WRITER LOS ANGELES -- The Golden Globes and NBC were on the verge Monday of scrapping the traditional show format, which would be picketed by striking writers, in favor of a news-conference approach, a person close to the awards broadcast said Monday. Faced with a threat by actors to boycott the ceremony rather than cross picket lines, organizers were forced to look at other approaches that would preserve the star power of the unofficial kickoff to the Hollywood awards season. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which owns the Globes, was trying to reach an agreement on a revamped format with NBC, which was to air the Jan.
The CNN Wire: Wednesday, Dec. 5
Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, told Bush that the new information might cause intelligence officials to change their assessment of the Iranian program, but more time was needed to evaluate the data, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino revealed late Wednesday. The new account from Perino seems to contradict the president's version of his August conversation with McConnell and raised new questions about why Bush continued to warn the American public about a threat from Iran two months after being told a new assessment was in the works. But Perino told CNN there was no conflict between her statement and the Bush's Tuesday account of the meeting, when he said McConnell "didn't tell me what the information was." Nor did Bush mislead Americans in October, when he warned of a third world war triggered by Iran's development of nuclear technology, she said.
Should You Consolidate Your Loans?
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On radio: It's always good news
It takes two weeks of watching Christmas television to make a person wonder why, old movies apart, anyone bothers with it. Yes, there was Cranford and that was marvellous and everyone watched it and everyone loved it, but that was before Christmas and, anyway, wasn't it a fluke? It must have been because what we got for Christmas was a cardboard Oliver Twist and a polystyrene Sense and Sensibility, and that was the good stuff. .
Thinking Right
Not Wrong. Not Left. Right. Common sense conservativism. Read Jim's biography. What's on this page → The entry titled "State should stop overseeing health care market," and any of the comments about it. Categories Column Education My favorite sites realclearpolitics.com instapundit.com powerlineblog.com americanthinker.com .
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