Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital: Bernanke to Congress: You're killing us
Source: MarketWatch
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:41:12 -0700 | business-news
Investors understandably paid more attention to Ben Bernanke's views on monetary policy when he testified in Congress this week than to his thoughts on fiscal policy. On balance, the Federal Reserve chairman had little new to say about the central...
Tea Party Demonstrations And Homeland Security Another Non-event
Source: Forbes
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 03:30:57 -0700 | business-news
A quarter of million seems like quite a bit of attorney fees for a grass roots organization. As we like to say sometimes, those guys know how to bill. From the website of Tea Party Patriots , I learned Tea Party Patriots...
The U.S. House of Representatives should reject GOP student loan bill
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:46:41 -0700 | business-news
Join the informed writers of The Times' editorial board in lively discussions at our blog, Opinion Northwest...House of Representatives should reject GOP student loan bill Posted by Lynne K...Rep. Suzan DelBene's bill would extend current low student loan interest rates. (Photo...
Pepper your wardrobe with 'Gatsby' glitz for less
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:44:02 -0700 | business-news
But you don't need a wallet the size of Jay Gatsby's to get the look.
AlertID and the National Crime Prevention Council Help Keep Kids Safe Over Memorial Day Weekend
Source: PR Newswire
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:45:32 -0700 | business-news
According to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year, more than 2,000 children each day. For every minute a child is missing, they are potentially a mile farther away from...
Top 50 highest-paid CEOs
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:41 -0700 | business-news
This A look at the 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar ...David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $49.9 million, down 5 percent 3...Ken Chenault , American Express, $28 million, up 25 percent 9...Kent Thiry ,...
Other companies challenging contraception mandate
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 10:59:35 -0700 | business-news
The arts-and-crafts chain is the best-known company challenging the contraception mandate, but more than two dozen other companies have made similar claims. Among the companies with live claims challenging the contraception mandate: Autocam Corp. of Michigan Grote Industries of Indiana...
With great power comes great perks
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:23 -0700 | business-news
This Here's a look at what companies spent in 2012 on CEOs' country club and business club memberships, private jet travel and home security...Zsolt Rumy, Zoltek Companies, $36,192 Edward Crawford , Park-Ohio Holdings Corp., $35,830 David Sindelar , Viasystems Group,...
CEO raises, pay cuts; What a change 1 year makes
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:22 -0700 | business-news
This Here's a look at the CEOs that received the biggest raises and the biggest pay cuts in 2012 compared with 2011, as calculated by the executive pay research firm Equilar and The Associated Press ...Ronald Havner Jr., Public Storage,...
Say on pay: Shareholders rarely reject CEO pay
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:21 -0700 | business-news
This Big U.S. companies are required to offer their shareholders a "say on pay" vote essentially, a chance to weigh in on whether they think the CEO and other top executives are getting paid too much. Shareholders have rejected pay...
Charitable People May Be Smarter Than The Rest Of Us
Source: BusinessInsider
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 10:59:42 -0700 | business-news
At the time, notes Harvard professor Robert Bordone , neither company was particularly large or well-known. A lawsuit would cost Southwest half a million dollars, and Southwest's campaign wasn't really hurting Stevens. Whereas Southwest was targeting consumers, Stevens specialized in...
Rumsfeld: ‘Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Improve the Lives of Their Fellow Citizens'
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:02:16 -0700 | business-news
Former Secretary of Defense and CEO, Donald Rumsfeld has a brand new book focused on business, politics and more. In Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life , released on May 14, Rumsfeld expounded on capitalism, and...
US Senate to quiz Apple on profits as Irish tax rules back under spotlight
Source: Independent
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 04:38:04 -0700 | business-news
S tax rules for multinational corporations will be back in focus tomorrow when a powerful US Senate committee questions the head of technology giant Apple on its offshore assets. The deepening economic crisis is leading big countries such as the...
Funding a U.S. education
Source: The Hindu
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 12:52:22 -0700 | business-news
Hundreds of students and their friends logged onto Facebook on May 15, 2013, to learn more about studying in the United States, how to fund their education, as well as clarifying their doubts on the U.S...Consulate General, Chennai), Dr. Srilakshmi...
Business groups cheer on House immigration reform effort
Source: The Hill
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 03:39:10 -0700 | business-news
Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, has come under criticism from some quarters for not providing enough visas and for giving special treatment to the construction industry. Business groups looking to expand the number of visas have focused their...
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