May 26
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island drivers got the fourth-worst scores in the nation this year in GMAC Insurance’s annual National Drivers Test, the company said this week.
Ocean State drivers’ scores ranked 47th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., one spot below 2009. Rhode Island drivers got an average score of 73.8 percent, compared with a national average of 76.2 percent, and 28 percent of the state’s drivers failed outright.
The survey polled 5,202 licensed Americans across the country asking 20 questions taken from Department of Motor Vehicle exams. Questio
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May 24
The rate of corporation tax for small businesses with annual profits of up to £300,000 is 21%
For large companies it is 28%. But it is thought that the Chancellor will announce a cut of up to three per cent in the emergency Budget next month, funded by simplifying allowances.
When asked what single action the Government could take to help owner-managed firms, 40% of the businesses surveyed by Clifton Asset Management called for a cut in corporation tax.
Chancellor George Osborne announced last week that corporate tax reform was a ‘top priority’ and that the Government’s aim was ‘to create the most competitive tax regime in the G20′.
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May 23
Strike talks between British Airways and workers’ union Unite collapsed after it emerged that live updates on negotiations were being broadcast on social networking platform Twitter.
Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite, is reported to have revealed the location of the talks via the microblogging service. This led to members of the Socialist Workers Party protesting outside the venue where they were taking place.
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BA chief executive Willie Walsh now blames Simpson’s use of Twitter for the breakdown in discussions.
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May 22
PROVIDENCE – Cox Communications Inc. has started constructing wireless towers in Rhode Island as it lays the groundwork to begin offering cell phone service in the state, Providence Business News has confirmed.
Cox has received approval from a number of municipalities in the state to put up wireless antennas in their communities, Amy Quinn, a Cox spokeswoman in Rhode Island, said in an e-mail.
“Unfortunately, we cannot provide additional details on where or how many towers have already been installed, or are yet to be installed,” she said.
In recent months, Cox has sought zoning approvals to put antennas on church steeples, smokestacks, water tanks, existing towers and other structures in communities across the state, including Providence, Cranston, Jamestown and Woonsocket, according to municipal records. Some
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