Topic: Business Roundtable

White House seeks to ease tensions with business

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House moved on Tuesday to ease simmering tensions with the business community, telling corporate executives it has an "open door" and pledging to listen to their ideas.President Barack Obama has come under criticism by some business groups, ...

Obama at the Roundtable

PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE ECONOMY'S CONTROLLER-IN-CHIEF, must have jolted awake the CEOs gathered for the Business Roundtable when he asserted: ". It was well into a 10-page speech to the group, which was in Washington Wednesday for its first-quarter meeting.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM RISING COSTS WHAT BUSINESS WANTSHealth-care reform is crucial to most U.S. corporations as they recalibrate for an Obama Administration. But for business, extending coverage to the 45.7 million uninsured is secondary to bringing down the cost of care, which ...