Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough? Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the American-as-apple pie NASCAR series and, perhaps most i...
MN Jobs Summit: Frustration To Purpose Star Tribune | The room was abuzz with anticipation as the first MN Jobs Summit, hosted in partnership with attendees from DEED Minnesota and local candidates, was held late last week. The Jan. 6 event, allowed more than 25 attendees to come together to discuss t...
New JT Packard owner cuts jobs The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | About 40 workers from , including 20 in Veron...
SBA chief says administration is asking Congress to extend loan guarantees The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | Small Business Administration (SBA) Administr...
Christus Santa Rosa names new CEO The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | has named Patrick B. Carrier as its new presi...
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Obama pushes Congress on small business loans Philadelphia Daily News | PHILIP ELLIOTT | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Republicans sparred with President Barack Obama over proposals to create jobs in dueling radio addresses Saturday, highlighti...
Bible Lesson The Oklahoman | "Then Jesus answered her, 'Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.' And her daughter was healed instantly." | - Matthew 15:28 | Jesus reproached the citie...
Aid to Haiti The Examiner | I write this at the risk of being perceived as uncaring or unsympathetic. That is not the case at all. I have tremendous sympathy for the plight of the Haitians, and I ...
Grocery stores a critical anchor for retail projects The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ James Yates | Nashville Business Journal H.G. H...
Groups create a direct route to nonprofit boards The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | and the have teamed up to create a new progra...
UPS: Pilots must agree to more cost savings The News & Observer | ATLANTA -- Shipping giant UPS is again telling its pilots they need to agree to more cost savings or the company will have to furlough at least 300 of them. | UPS made the same ultimatum to its roughly 2,800 pilots last year, but agreed to delay fu...
Chef Walter's new venture The Providence Journal | PROVIDENCE - Chef Walter Potenza's goal is to teach his students to forget everything they know about food and cooking. | "The first year," he says, "I make them walk away from ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard." | Potenza, who owns a restaurant on Federal Hill, a cooking school for adults and a cooking show on Channel 6, has reinvented himself aga...
Abbas mulls indirect talks with Israel Middle East Online | Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has agreed in principle to indirect talks with Israel under US mediation but has requested a number of guarantees, a Palestinian official said Monday. | The latest US proposal for renewing peace talks suspended more than a year ago would have the two sides hold three months of indirect negotiations and have Isra...
