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Spain village votes on plan to rent land to grow cannabis

The Spanish village of Rasquera voted Tuesday on a plan to rent out a field for growing cannabis in an urgent bid to create jobs and raise money to pay off its debts.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Calif. governor signs compromise on Internet taxes

(AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that postpones new sales taxes rules that would have affected online purchases in California, granting more time for traditional and online retailers to lobby Congress for ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Amazon says tax delay will save jobs

Amazon on Monday said legislation allowing online retailers to delay for one year the collection of sales tax in California would save jobs and provide time for a national law to be drawn up.

Technology / Business

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Group seeks Amazon boycott over sales tax fight

(AP) -- A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Amazon says gets OK for Calif sales tax referendum

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. says the California Attorney General's Office has approved its petition for a referendum that would let voters decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes there, setting the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tech-savvy Iceland online for new constitution

(AP) -- How do you write a new constitution in the 21st century? You go where the people are - online.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Geneva's smoking ban returns after one-year break

A ban on smoking in public places will return to Switzerland's Geneva canton after being approved in a referendum Sunday, a year after a court ended a first bid to prohibit lighting up.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0