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    May 24, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Health care overhaul faces backlash from once supportive labor unions

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members. Union leaders warn that unless...

    Tags: Employment, Washington, DC, Unions, U.S. Congress, Healthcare Policies

  2. May 24, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun
  3. Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home

    On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...

    Tags: CKE Restaurants Incorporated, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance Cost

  4. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  5. Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert tickets. The Securities and...

    Tags: Board of Directors, Voting, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Employees, Career and Workplace

  6. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated two U.S. Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency tasked with policing Wall Street. Obama said Kara Stein, an aide to Rhode Island...

    Tags: Elisse Walter, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, White House, Mary Jo White

  8. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. Apple,former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

    Reuters
    By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...

    Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, White House, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements

  10. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

    Reuters
    By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...

    Tags: Joe Barton, Exxon Mobil Corporation, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, White House

  12. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. Supreme Court rules for PPL in overseas tax case

    WASHINGTON- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp. in its dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Allentown-based PPL can...

    Tags: Taxation, Allentown, Entergy Corporation, Clarence Thomas, American Electric Power Company Incorporated

  14. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge

    For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife -- and also an abundant pool of oil and gas.
    For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...

    Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Government, Sean Parnell

  16. May 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. Making it new in Maryland

    Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our state's dynamic mix of world-class universities and professional schools, institutes for advanced research, teaching hospitals, think tanks, hubs for start-up businesses and more, there exists this mysterious, economically essential activity known as innovation.
    Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our...

    Tags: Invention and Innovation, New Products, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers, Colleges and Universities

  18. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  19. U.S. justices rule for PPL Corp in overseas tax case

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp in its dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Pennsylvania-...

    Tags: Taxation, Entergy Corporation, Clarence Thomas, American Electric Power Company Incorporated, Credit and Debt

  20. May 17, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant
  21. Aetna Shareholders Vote Down Measures To Change Board Leadership, Further Disclose Political Spending

    The Hartford Courant
    A few Aetna Inc. shareholders took the health insurer to task Friday morning during an annual meeting in Tampa, Fla., over the way it structures its board leadership, how it discloses political spending and the manner in which it ran the annual meeting....

    Tags: New York City, Tampa, The Wall Street Journal, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations

  22. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  23. RPT-ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning

    Reuters
    (Repeats with no changes) By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Environmental Pollution, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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