Topic: Businessweek Magazine
Canadian rock band The Tea Party is in talks to sell its web domain to the American conservative political movement for up to one million dollars, a US magazine reported Monday.BusinessWeek said the band's teaparty.com is among the top results for online ...
Ron Bloom could not have picked a better time to start his work as President Barack Obama's point man on manufacturing policy. I believe the opportunity exists for this nation not only to sustain the manufacturing capacity it has managed to keep, ...
After seven months in office, the Obama Administration is starting to show the first hard evidence of how it will deal with scientific and technological policy. It looks like the new President will indeed follow his campaign rhetoric and regularly seek advice ...
HEALTH-CARE WARS Warning: When lawmakers arrived home for the August recess, they got an earful, and some--from Representative Gene Green (D-Tex.) to Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)--braved belligerent, unruly crowds at town hall meetings. Right-leaning groups such as FreedomWorks and Conservatives for Patients' ...
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday moved closer to approving a $2 billion extension for the popular " cash for clunkers" program that gives consumers up to $4,500 for trading in an old vehicle for a more fuel-efficient one. Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO ACT FAST I understand the Welches' concern that President Obama's fast decisions might involve inadequate consideration (" Not So Fast, Mr. President," The WelchWay, July 6). But there are reasons for the President to act quickly, including ...
When it comes to General Motors, President Barack Obama has stressed that federal officials are " acting as reluctant shareholders," as he put it June 1. But his decision to plow $30 billion more into the company for a majority ownership stake ...
President Barack Obama told federal agencies on May 20 to review a decade's worth of regulations to identify and fix any that improperly supplant state law. The move could reopen a variety of consumer products and business practices to lawsuits or to ...
A MAVERICK JUMPS He has long been known as an iconoclast, but Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter seriously shocked his fellow Republicans this time. On Apr. 28 he announced that he's switching parties, bringing the Democrats within reach of a filibuster-proof 60 votes ...
With more than $200 billion invested in U.S. banks, another $70 billion earmarked for American International Group (AIG), and $30 billion in credit for automakers and lenders, President Barack Obama may well qualify as the nation's Investor-in-Chief. And he's proving himself about ...