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Film program might end
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 10/3/2009; 618 words; ...state of Iowa, I think it's 50-50 as to whether this program...spending. The head of the state's Department of Economic Development, Michael Tramontina, resigned after the disclosures...incentives. "I think that's very much an open question...

Patent No. 7,591,396 Issued on Sept. 22, Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide for Restrictor (Georgia Inventors)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/28/2009; 401 words; ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Paul Francis Tramontina and Guy William Provenzano, both of Alpharetta...restrictor. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,591,396 on Sept. 22...According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A...

Republicans blame Culver for scandal
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/27/2009; 1102 words; ...rallied around their party's top officeholder in the heat...contenders for Gov. Chet Culver's seat perhaps predictably said...Economic Development Director Mike Tramontina, whose agency oversees the program...candidates for governor said Culver's actions were too little, too...

Lights, Camera ... Wait a Minute: Iowa Suspends Film Tax Credits.(The Regions)
The Bond Buyer; 9/23/2009; 1049 words; ...Culver has suspended the state's film tax-credit program and...Economic Development director Mike Tramontina and on Monday dismissed Iowa...spending and increasing the state's profile. Under the program...Economic Development Department's tax-credit programs at $195...

Moviemaking tax issue could be headache for Culver
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/23/2009; 441 words; ...spending and accounting in Iowa's moviemaking tax credit program...election bid next year. Culver's office first released information...Development Department head Michael Tramontina, whose agency oversees the program...named Des Moines businessman Fred S. Hubbell as the interim head...