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Topic: Political Policy

  
CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

Another Pillar of the Economy

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 5:36 PM

Today marks 100 days of the Obama administration, so I’m going to join the media pack and make a few comments on what we can learn, specifically about careers, from what has happened so far. You might think that the most ...READ»

EASYTOINSUREME   |  Comment

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 9/11/09

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 3:42 PM

Lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a heated August recess to continue to negotiate health care reform. Americans remain sharply divided on legislation: In a Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 39% of those polled say they would direct their member of Congress to vote against a health care reform bill this fall, while 37% want their member to vote in favor of a health care reform bill.READ»

ASSET MANAGEMENT   |  Comment

Hennion and Walsh News: Treasuries - Bonds Fall As Bailout Hopes Pare Safety Bids

BY Hennion and Walsh
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 2:31 PM

"A lot will hinge on the passage of a rescue plan, the sooner the better. It remains an uncertainty in the market," said Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Inc. in Parsippany, New Jersey.READ»

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STAR WARS   |  1 comment

The Empire Strikes Barack: Obama Cancels Europe's Star Wars Defense Shield

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM

President Obama's just canceled a Bush-backed missile defense shield destined to protect Europe from Iranian ICBMs. It's a whole new ball game compared to the original "Star Wars" SDI program. Remember that? Let us remind you.READ»

EASYTOINSUREME   |  Comment

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM

This Week in Health Care ReformREAD»

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BLOG   |  Comment

What the Foreign Web Says about Our Economy

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM

Read The New York Times, The Washington Post, or the domestic cable news websites, and you'd think the American economy was combusting before our eyes. Foreign newspapers, however, are much more sanguine on their English-language ...READ»

BANKING   |  Comment

The Big Bank Balancing Act

BY jose Roncal
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 3:12 PM

16 January 2009 Jose D. Roncal www.financialspeculation.com I remember the good old days when banks used to lend money to “we the people.” Now we’re being forced to lend money to them. Not so long ago, banks were eager to get ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

Fast Talk: An Activist's Difficult Game

BY Cora Daniels
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:23 AM

Sharon Hom Executive Director, Human Rights In China New York, New York Sharon Hom, 56, has waged a four-year campaign targeting Olympic sponsors, holding closed-door conversations to persuade them to meet higher ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  1 comment

FCC Embraces Net Neutrality, Enforces It On ISPs

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM

The FCC is embracing rules that enforce Net neutrality on ISPs, and in a surprisingly open way.READ»

POLITICS + GOVERNMENT   |  7 comments

The Farm Bill: Who Wins?


Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Mar 22, 2007 at 5:15 PM

Cotton farmers in Africa work their fields by hand, without the tractors and irrigation systems of their wealthier Western counterparts. If there's a drought, there's no cotton. If monkeys or worms destroy their crops, there's no ...READ»

HEALTH INSURANCE   |  Comment

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 2, 2009 at 3:34 PM

rejection of two amendments, one from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and one from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), that would have incorporated a public option in the bill.READ»

AUTOMOTIVE DIGITAL MARKETING   |  Comment

Public Option for Health Care Bill Rejected by Senate Panel

BY Brian Pasch
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Oct 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM

Republicans and democrats vote against the latest attempts to include a government-run public health insurance option.READ»

LOBBYIST TEXAS   |  Comment

Texas Lobbyist - The honest lobbyists

BY Texas Lobbyist
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Dec 22, 2008 at 12:20 PM

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EASYTOINSUREME   |  Comment

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY EasytoinsureMe Levin
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 2:36 PM

This week, legislators from the Senate Finance Committee waited for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide a cost estimate for the revised health care reform bill before bringing the legislation to a committee vote, now expected to take place next week.READ»

HEALTH INSURANCE   |  1 comment

Small business insurance and the public option

BY Sandra Cohen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM

Small business owners, like the country at large, are also seemingly divided on health care reform.READ»

PARALEGAL   |  Comment

120 cops get human rights paralegal training

BY Sandy Hutchens
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 9, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Sandy Hutchens thrilled that cops get human rights paralegal training.READ»

HEALTH INSURANCE QUOTE HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM   |  1 comment

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 8/28/09

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM

This Week in Health Care Reform This week, Sen. Ted Kennedy, longtime champion of universal health coverage, died at age 77. It remains to be seen how his death will affect the debate over health care reform as Democrats continue efforts without his guidance. Sen. Kennedy READ»

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FCC   |  5 comments

FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM

Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

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CAREERS   |  Comment

Job Fields That Could Benefit from the Stimulus Plan

BY Tom Musbach
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Feb 25, 2009 at 2:16 PM

The U.S. stimulus plan means good news for six broad categories of jobs.READ»

CHANGE AGENTS   |  1 comment

The Revolutions Continue

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jul 25, 2005 at 6:43 PM

The Seven Futures project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, DC, offers its Seven Revolutions report. The study looks at how factors such as population, technology, and governance will ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  3 comments

The Status of the Stimulus Plan

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 10:15 AM

I was supposed to be a guest on the Today Show earlier this week to speak about job-hunting, specifically the effects on jobs of the stimulus package--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. But I had to bow out because ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

Welfare-to-Work and the Stimulus

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Feb 12, 2009 at 1:09 PM

I have been paying more attention to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 than to most legislation, largely because it is the focus of my latest book, Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan. As the title ...READ»

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BILL   |  2 comments

Breaking Down the "Energy" Projects in the Stimulus

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Feb 10, 2009 at 2:45 PM

Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on. But the "Energy" projects that will be eligible for funding ...READ»

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BROADBAND   |  4 comments

Which Senators Are Fighting Broadband Funding?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Feb 6, 2009 at 12:23 PM

As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»

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CONSUMER PRODUCTS   |  1 comment

Everything You Need to Know About the Stimulus Is Online

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Feb 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM

If you listen to the news, you'd think that President Obama's $819 billion stimulus package was drawn up in watercolor. What will get funded? Which states will get money? What are the parameters? A new website launched this week ...READ»

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