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Study: Trump's Immigrant Deportation Plan Could Cost Economy $600 Billion
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 11:04am | 315Read More...A new study by conservative think tank American Action Forum casts some major doubt on the viability of Donald Trump’s undocumented immigrant deportation plan. According to the study, implementing the plan could shrink the U.S. economy by about 2 percent. There are currently about 11...
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NTT Data Announces Acquisition Of Dell Services To Strengthen Its Competitive Positioning
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 8:48am | 315Read More...Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (ADR) (NYSE: NTT), better known as NTT Data, announced on Monday it has reached an agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) to acquire Dell Services, an IT services provider that focuses on infrastructure services, cloud services, application services and...
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Olympics Gambling Coming To Vegas In 2016
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 5:03pm | 499Read More...In a recent vote, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved wagering on Olympic events effective immediately. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the decision was unanimous. Reasons For The Change Fox 5 in Las Vegas reported that the influx of professional athletes into Olympic...
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Sen. John McCain Discusses Senate Moving Past Border Security Debate
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 10:13am | 346Read More...Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called the Senate vote on a motion to end debate around the immigration bill amendment that increases funding for border security an "important hurdle" to get over Tuesday morning on CNBC's Squawk Box. The vote on the amendment passed 67-27, needing 60 votes to proceed,...
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The Mystery Irish Loophole that Landed Apple in Hot Water
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 8:30am | 615Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) found itself in unfamiliar territory on Tuesday. CEO Tim Cook was sitting in front of a congressional subcommittee spilling the beans about its offshore operations. Who had ever heard of these three “subsidiaries”, Apple Operations International (AOI), Apple Sales...
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Manufacturing Is Returning to the US, and FANUC Robotics is Helping to Facilitate the Process
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 4:52pm | 732Read More...It seems as though the perception for years in this country has been that manufacturing in the United States is a thing of the past. During the 2008 election season, John McCain told a group of laid-off workers in Michigan that, quite simply, manufacturing jobs were not coming back, The Washington...
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Obama Considers Intervention In Libya As Attacks Continue (OIL)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 11:36am | 411Read More...The United States is considering military intervention of a no fly zone, as refugee camps have been formed in Tunisia after tens of thousands of people have fled the violence in Libya. Libya braced for "Friday of Freedom" protests both in Tripoli, the capitol of Libya, and elsewhere across the...
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Top-10 Most Followed Congresspeople on Twitter
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:22am | 60Read More...A digital public affairs study published today by Burson-Marsteller ranks the most followed congresspeople on Twitter: 1 John McCain (R) 2 John Boehner (R) 3 Jim DeMint (R) 4 Claire McCaskill (D) 5 Scott Brown (R) 6 Eric Cantor (R) 7 Barbara Boxer (D) 8 Michele Bachmann (R) 9...
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Fiorina To Lead Senate Like She Led HP: Into The Ground
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 4:15pm | 338Read More...With her victory yesterday in the California Republican primary, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina is priming herself for a heated general election contest against incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Californians should be doing more than priming themselves in the event of a Fiorina win - they should...
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Senate Votes Nay on Fannie/Freddie Caps
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 5:10pm | 95Read More...The U.S. Senate rejected a controversial measure introduced by John McCain (Republican-Arizona) on Tuesday that would have capped the amount of assets held on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s books to 95% of the mortgage assets it owned at the end of the prior year. The bill would have also required...
