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stanley water bottle effort in Virginia to raise its lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax, pitting those pushing the increase against tobacco interests and anti-tax lawmakers in next month s legislative session, The Washington Post reports in its Saturday editions.Local governments, educators, health groups and other s
stanley termos pecial interests are pressing Gov. Mark Warner D to seek an increase in the 2.5-cent-per-pack tax, which they portray as one of the few hopes for avoiding severe reductions in state programs for children, the poor and the elderly, the Post says.Raising the tax to the national average -- 60 cents per pack -- would generate more than $350 million per year for the state treasury. Virginia s faltering economy will force Warner and state lawmakers to slash more than $1 billion to balance the budget unless new sources of money are found. We think it s the right thing to do, Donna Reynolds, a lobbyist for the Virginia chapter of the American Lung Association, which is part of a 40-group coalition pushing for a tobacco tax increase, told the newspaper.Even some in the tobacco industry, which officially opposes any increase in the tax on its product, have quietly approached members of Warner s administration and key lawmakers to discuss possibly crafting a tax increase they could live with, according to Post legislative and
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Tim Cook has been the CEO of Apple for almost three years, but there very little we actually know about him. He humbler than his predecessor, he can cut down investors to size, and he might be the most powerful gay man in America. The New York Times finally has the long Cook profile we ;ve been waiting for. Cook is famously secretive, so he declined to be interviewed for it. Nevertheless, the NYT dug up some interesting details about Cook and Apple, and among other things, they tell of an iWatch coming later this year: Lower-level employees praise Mr. Cook approachability and intellect. But some say he is less hands-on in developing products than his predecessor. They point to the development of the so-called iWatch 鈥?the 8220 martwatch that Apple observers are eagerly awaiting as the next world-beati
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