| Earned income credit aids low-wage workers - if they take it
Lucy Crane, project director for the EITC regional initiative at the United Way of Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, said roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of eligible local households don't file and claim the tax credit - leaving an estimated $20 million on the table. "We find a lot of people that don't claim the credit aren't filing taxes period - people think they didn't make much last year, so they won't owe taxes," she said, adding that the irony is they don't realize they are eligible to get money. Of the 4,500 free tax returns processed by the coalition of community groups in the region, the earned income credit provided the biggest boost. The tax credit delivered almost $2.1 million to those 4,500 households - roughly 39 percent of the $5.4 million in total refunds garnered by those households.
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Deal signed for Perkins plant
After four months of deliberation, Delphi Corp. has chosen a potential buyer. Delphi Corp. entered into a $44.2 million asset sale and purchase agreement Wednesday with Cleveland-based Resilience Capital Partners for the sale of its wheel bearings business. There are a few more hurdles to clear before closing the sale with Resilience Capital Partners. Delphi Corp. filed a motion at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to request a bidding procedures hearing on Jan. 25. The bidding procedures hearing will allow other businesses interested in acquiring the plant a chance to outbid Resilience Capital Partners. If no other company bids on the property, a final sale hearing will be set sometime in the first quarter.
New Delhi, December 13
Chill pierced deeper even during the day in the Capital on Thursday. Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui
Disabled employees entitled to reservation in promotion: HC
New Delhi, December 13
In a judgement that holds promise for government employees suffering from disability, the Delhi High Court has held that they are entitled to the benefits of reservation in promotion. .
Visio users: free software for you, courtesy of Microsoft
Have you stumbled upon Microsoft's Visio Toolbox yet? Given the popularity of Visio among IT shops, this site almost certainly has some free stuff you are going to want to download. Here's a sampling of tools thanks to a comprehensive list compiled by the blog The Road to Know Where: IconSet Builder provides a quick and easy way to create custom icon sets that you can use in the data graphics in your diagram. Near Real Time Monitoring (NRTM) Connector of disk space uses the new data graphics feature of Visio 2007 to display the results of server monitoring. Fault Tree Analysis - This diagram shows the fault tree analysis of a systems failure. Network Equipment Rack - A server room floor plan showing the location of the equipment racks and location of the computer equipment in the room.
Former Scottsdale apartment complex in limbo
A downtown Scottsdale apartment complex that was slated to be razed for a high-rise condo project continues to sit dark and vacant, leading to speculation that the owner is looking to unload the property. International Capital Partners of Scottsdale purchased the former Orchidtree Apartments in late 2006 and evicted the tenants last year because of costly air-conditioning repair issues. The company did not say the 10-acre site at the southeast corner of 68th Street and Camelback Road is on the market, but would not rule out that a sale could take place. Should the opportunity arise to sell rather than redevelop, well consider it, said James Petersen, ICPs marketing director. But at the present time, we continue to view Orchidtree as an incredibly important redevelopment piece to the future of downtown Scottsdale.
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