Brown says he hasn't agreed to consider future spending hikes One day after reaching a compromise with legislative leaders on the state budget, Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he has not agreed to consider increased spending if the economy outperforms his administration's expectations.
June 12, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee
Swiss Tax Deal Clears Hurdle in Upper House Swiss lawmakers agreed to consider a bill that would let the country’s banks sidestep secrecy laws to end a United States tax investigation, rejecting calls for the legislation to be killed.
June 12, 2013 - New York Times
SoftBank - agreed with Sprint to raise offer to $21.6 billion from $20.1 billion TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp said on Tuesday that it has agreed with Sprint Nextel Corp to raise its offer for the U.S. wireless operator to $21.6 billion (14 billion pounds) from a previous ...
June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance
Billy Martin in Boston Globe (registration) Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to these charges and to accept full responsibility for those actions and for the mistakes he has made,Billy Martin, one of Vick's attorneys, said in a statement. "Michael wishes to apologize to...
Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor Underscoring Israel's earlier commitments to the two-state solution, Obama added, "That means that all the parties involved have to take seriously obligations that they have previously agreed to."
Kenny MacAskill in Wall Street Journal The wider negotiations with the Libyans are reaching a critical stage,Mr. Straw wrote, "and in view of the overwhelming interests for the United Kingdom, I have agreed in this instance the [prisoner agreement] should be in the standard...