MARIETTA HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERING H1N1 VACCINE TO ALL:
The Marietta City Health Department, 304 Putnam St., will be holding an H1N1 Clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday by appointment only. This vaccine will be offered to anyone wishing to receive it. The previous restrictions set by the Ohio Department of Health have been lifted, and the vaccine is now available to everyone.
There will be a limited amount of vaccine available at this time. Please call 373-0611 and press "0" to make an appointment.
The Washington County Health Department, 342 Muskingum Drive, Marietta, will also be offering H1N1 vaccinations to anyone who wants one from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
GOVERNORS BACK OHIO'S EFFORT TO MAINTAIN SATELLITE TAX:
COLUMBUS (AP) - The National Governors Association is getting behind Ohio's effort to maintain a tax on the satellite television industry.
The industry is challenging the tax, which brings the state $44 million a year, in a lawsuit before the Ohio Supreme Court.
The governors association filed a friend of the court brief Monday in support of the state's position.
In the brief, the association said it is interested in the case because it ''calls into question the ability of all 50 states to raise revenue.''
The satellite TV industry is arguing that subjecting it and not cable competitors to the 5.5 percent sales tax violates interstate commerce rights. The state says the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that the Commerce Clause doesn't protect one interstate business from another.
WELLS FARGO TO REPAY ALL OF ITS BAILOUT MONEY:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wells Fargo plans to sell $10.4 billion in new stock to help repay all $25 billion in bailout aid it received from the government at the height of the market meltdown last fall.
The announcement from the San Francisco-based bank comes hours after Citigroup said it would repay $20 billion worth of taxpayer funds.
The move will extricate Wells Fargo from the pay restrictions and close oversight that came with the bailout program. The company said it paid $1.4 billion in dividends to the government under the terms of its agreement.
Wells Fargo said it plans to come up with $1.35 billion by diverting some of the money it had set aside for 2009 bonuses and by selling its stock to company benefit plans.
The company also plans to sell $1.5 billion in assets by the end of next year or raise more capital to reach that amount.
