Indonesia Board Battles Corruption, Skeptical PublicTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:49PMIndonesias graft-battling body has pledged to press ahead with its efforts to clean up corruption in Southeast Asias largest economy
Purisima Says Moody’s, S&P Should Rate Philippine Debt HigherTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:57PMMoody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s should rate Philippine bonds at least one level higher given the nation’s improving debt ratios and tax revenue, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said.
Arbitrator: Ill. gov. must give workers pay raisesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:14PMIllinois Gov. Pat Quinn violated a union contract with nearly 30,000 state workers by refusing to give them a pay raise July 1, an arbitrator ruled Tuesday.
B.C. launches open government websitesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:05PMThe B.C. government has launched new websites giving the public access to databases and documents produced for freedom-of-information requests.
Beyond raising the debt limit: What a Republican government would be likeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:49PMThe battle over raising the debt limit has raised a lot of concern about how Republicans act as an opposition party. They have shown that they are willing to risk crashing the economy to get their way with a Democratic president. But they won’t be in opposition forever.