Latest Holidays News
Vermont lawmakers propose Irene sales tax holiday
Phil Scott and Senate leader John Campbell announced a proposal Thursday for an Irene anniversary sales tax holiday. The plan would waive the 6 % state sales tax on purchases Aug. 28. It would also waive sales tax for that full week on home insulation
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:38P
Starbucks Profit Shot Up By 10 Percent during Holiday Season
(SBUX), which is the biggest coffee-shop chain in the world, reported its 1 st quarter profit that rose by 10%, as customer purchased more specialty drinks in the holidays. Net income in the period, which concluded on January 1, increased to $382.1mn
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:34P
Lake mayor under fire over show holiday
BY NEIL GOFFET LAKE Macquarie mayor Greg Piper said he would not back down on declaring a public holiday for the Newcastle Show despite severe backlash from the Hunter business community. Mr Piper used his casting vote to apply for a public holiday on
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:28P
Popularity of asparagus during Easter opens door for promos
Other holidays can create promotional opportunities for retailers during Californias deal, too, Watte Angulo said. “Id be interested in talking about differences and promotions at other times of the year like Mothers Day, Memorial Day,” she said.
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:24P
Attorney General to investigate whether Collinsville Area Recreation District
There is a state statute that prevents public bodies from holding non-emergency meetings on holidays. As Christmas fell on a Sunday, most state agencies observed Dec. 26 as the holiday. CARD attorney David Gerber had researched the meeting and
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:17P
Winners of the Annandale and Eskdale Sports Academy prize draw
During school holidays last year more than 7000 children enjoyed a variety of sports as part of Dumfries and Galloway Councils Sports Academy in Annandale and Eskdale, breaking previous records. There were visits by sporting stars performing at the
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:09P
Mammals to the manor born
A three-hour Zookidz program on offer during school holidays gives children the chance to see behind the workings of the zoo; on the day I visit, there are children making houses and play equipment for the meerkats, which oblige by exploring every
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:07P
Draft of Proposed Fracking Regulations Finally Exists
By Cari Wade Gervin We missed this over the holidays, but the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservations Division of Water Pollution Control now has a draft of proposed rule changes that for the first time ever address the hydraulic
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:07P
Samurai Shopper | The Year of the Dragon
The Samurai Shopper hails from a tribe whose holidays are based on the moons orbit around the earth. This tribe gravitates toward other lunar-leaning people, especially when solar-centric Gregorians start putting fir trees in their living rooms in
Updated: 01/27/2012 12:01P
Pensioners sickened by luxury hotel break in Weymouth
By Zoe Forsey » A pensioner from Watford is taking legal action against a tour operator after claiming staff on a holiday excursion threatened to leave him on the roadside if he did not stop being sick. Edward Hollman and his wife Margaret planned
Updated: 01/27/2012 11:55A