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Prop. 39 would end tax giveaway, raise $1 billion for California
SACRAMENTO — During the middle of a winter night in 2009, sleep-deprived legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger devised the deal from hell. It included a tax incentive for out-of-state corporations not to build facilities or hire employees in...
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Procter & Gamble stands aside as corporate tax battle heats up
PolitiCalIt looks like the campaign to change corporate taxes in California will have one less high-profile opponent. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company Procter & Gamble said in a letter dated Wednesday that it won't oppose the proposal, which will be listed as... -
Retail Roundup: L.L. Bean's duck boots, McDonald's mobile, Lowe's
Money & CompanyMaine retailer L. L. Bean says the duck boot is back in style, at least among fashion-conscious, trend-hungry college students around the country. This year, the nearly century-old outdoor apparel company sold about 400,000 pairs of the hunting boot --... -
Kimberly-Clark to launch 'designer' toilet paper roll covers
Money & CompanyThat's the rather whimsical tack taken by consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp., which is launching a "spring line" of colorful covers to hold extra rolls and add pizzaz to the bathroom.... -
Consumer Confidential: Shorter commercials, sweeter toy rewards, tube-free toilet paper
Money & CompanyHere's your whip-it-good Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --A word from our sponsors is getting shorter every day. Because of digital recorders and dwindling attention spans, advertisers are increasingly favoring 15-second TV... -
Consumer Confidential: Verizon iPhone, higher airfares, paper-towel slugfest
Money & CompanyHere's your tally-ho Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --The worst-kept secret in tech is now a reality. Verizon says it will begin offering the Apple iPhone on Feb. 10, ending AT&T's lock on the super-popular gadget....... -
Parentology: Designer diapers are having a moment
L.A. at HomeKimberly-Clark, the company that makes Huggies diapers, has created an online frenzy with the announcement that Huggies Little Movers diapers now come in a "fashionable" denim design complete with faux butt pockets and belt loops. The diapers, which are... -
NASA diapers become topic No. 1
Times Staff WriterIt's the diaper that boldly goes where no incontinence product has gone before. The sordid saga of a love-struck, diaper-clad astronaut has transformed a somewhat obscure NASA undergarment into a cultural phenomenon. Comedians and bloggers can't get...Tags: Jay Leno, Companies and Corporations, David Letterman, Seattle, Eyewear
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Walter M. 'Wally' Schirra Jr., 84; flew in three NASA programs
Special to The TimesWalter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., who followed his barnstorming parents into the sky as a Navy combat pilot and was the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs, has died. He was 84. Schirra, who had been battling cancer,...Tags: Heads of State, Health, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Hospitals and Clinics, Annapolis
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L.A. road trips: On one tank of gas
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Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park
One-tank road trip? In these $4-for-a-gallon-of-gas times, you can do better. How about a quarter-tank road trip? About 50 miles north of downtown Los Angeles in Agua Dulce, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park lets you...Tags: Travel, Environmental Pollution, Transportation, Seafood, Death
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THE MOUNTAINS
THE MOUNTAINS The tracks, smoother now, begin to climb. It grows cooler. The train passes 60-foot stalks of bamboo. It rolls through putrid white smoke from a Kimberly-Clark factory that turns sugar cane pulp into Kleenex and toilet paper. In Orizaba,...Tags: Mexico, Vehicles, Photography, Mexico City, Arts and Culture
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LAS MONTAÑAS
LAS MONTAÑAS Las vías, que en este tramo están mejor cuidadas, comienzan a subir una pendiente. El aire se vuelve más fresco. El tren pasa entre cañas de bambú de 60 pies de altura. Atraviesa un humo blanco y hediondo que proviene de una fábrica de la...
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