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Bishkek population consumes 200 tons of bread daily.

Bishkek population consumes over 200 tons of bread daily, said Seit Asanbaev, competitive environment analysis and price monitoring department chief of the State Agency for Anti-Monopoly Regulation.160 kg of bread is consumed per capita for a year. Such figures were announced in connection with the problem of soaring bread and …

Parties wrangle over budget plan; Rensselaer County GOP puts forth a proposal with a 5 percent tax hike; Democrats suggest cuts.(Capital Region)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II - Staff Writer

TROY - Rensselaer County Legislature Republicans and Democrats are sparring over the proposed 2008 county budget that will be the subject of a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. today.

County Executive Kathleen Jimino, a Republican, proposed a $280.4 million budget that carries a 5 percent tax increase for property owners.

The Republican majority is backing Jimino's proposed budget and tax increase. The Democratic minority maintains budget cuts could eliminate the need for a tax increase.

The majority issued a report from Legislature Chairman Neil Kelleher and Vice Chairman for Finance Richard Salisbury …

DELINQUENT TAX AUCTION IS SCHEDULED.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JIM ROGALSKI Saratoga County bureau chief

As of Tuesday, there were still 57 tax delinquent properties slated to go to auction Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the county facilities building.

Property owners have until the day of the auction to pay their back taxes and remove their properties from the auction block. All sales will be considered for approval by the Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting on April 20.

County officials urge potential bidders to research the properties they are interested in bidding on. Things to research include:

The status of the title and description of the property.

The existence of any liens, …

BankThai aims for partner by year-end.

Byline: Darana Chudasri

Apr. 21--BankThai expects to secure a new foreign strategic partner by the end of the year, bank president Phirasilp Subhapolsiri said.

He said new equity would be issued to give the new partner a minority shareholding in the bank.

But any deal would come only after the bank finalises profits or losses for the covered asset pool with bank regulators, a process which is expected to be resolved over the next several months.

The covered asset pool, which expired in 2005, included assets of 115 billion baht managed by BankThai for the Financial Institutions Development Fund.

BankThai said earlier this month that …

Obama to boldly go where no geek has gone before

Get ready for the geek-in-chief.

President-elect Barack Obama used to collect comic books, can't part with his BlackBerry, and once flashed Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy the Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" sign.

That and other evidence has convinced some of Obama's nerdier fans that he'll be the first American president to show distinct signs of geekiness. And that's got them as excited as a Tribble around a Klingon.

If that last reference from Star Trek didn't make sense, it's because it's the kind of thing best understood by a geek, which in American slang usually refers to someone overly obsessed with intellectuality, science …

NEW NAME FOR ENERGY COMPANY

Inland Detroit Diesel-Allison announced that it has changed its company name to Inland Power Group to better reflect its broader product and service offerings. "Because we provide new products, parts and service for Detroit Diesel Corporation, Allison Transmission, Electromotive Diesels …