Wall Street is coming on strong for Barack Obama in this year's presidential campaign donation race. Big investment firms such as Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan favor Obama over John McCain by margins of roughly four or five to one. So states a recent report by Chief...
By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders and the White House are trying to reach a deal on two of President George W. Bush's three stalled nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, congressional aides said on Thursday. An initial Democratic proposal...
George Bush's online on-camera interview this week on the web site Politico marks a turning point in the use of the media -- one that the C-suite ought to take note of. The interview itself is unremarkable -- it's the decision to do an interview online that's...
This is the article, with some minor editing, that didn't really belong in BNET's MBA package. ======================== Harvard's Most Famous MBA The perceived value of an MBA got a big boost when George W. Bush, holder of Harvard's most famous MBA,...
Without committing government to paying for it, President George W. Bush has pledged that his administration would work toward the goal of equipping most Americans with electronic medical records EMRs within ten years. The paper depicts that in so doing, Bush reached beyond his predecessors in embracing information technology as...
Many people have called for an improvement in the nation's public schools, decrying the poor achievement of many students, particularly those from low-income communities, students with disabilities, and others who are at risk. Beginning with the trendsetting report, A Nation at Risk that set the stage for the Governor's Education...
12/27/2000 Daily Press Briefing The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date. This site is not updated so external links...
12/20/2000 Daily Press Briefing The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date. This site is not updated so external links...
Bill Includes Three Provisions That Protect Patient Access to Community Pharmacies ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have voted to override President's George W. Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. In response Bruce T. Roberts,...
PHILADELPHIA -- Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, P.C. is pleased to announce that Patrick L. Meehan, one of the most respected U.S. Attorneys in the country, has joined the firm as a shareholder effective July 21. His practice will focus on representing multi-national corporations and individuals in white collar criminal...
LONDON AFP — World stock markets reeled again on Wednesday on uncertainty over the unfolding US financial crisis and the prospect of more gloomy comment from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke. Bernanke has warned of economic gloom and his next comments are anxiously awaited by investors, after...
MOSUL, Iraq AFP — A car bomb exploded in a market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar on Wednesday, killing 12 people and wounding 30, a police officer and a medic told AFP. The explosives-filled car was parked on the side of a road in the...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush and visiting Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore on Wednesday discussed efforts to bring a peaceful end to Zimbabwe's deadly turmoil and confront violence in Sudan. Bush told Compaore he was "disappointed" by Russian and Chinese vetoes last week of new...
DUBAI AFP — Executed strongman Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri called on Iraqi insurgents to make a final push against US troops, in an audio message attributed to him on Tuesday. Ibrahim, the most senior member of Saddam's regime still at large, urged Iraqis to...
WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush Tuesday tried to quell crisis fears stalking the US economy, saying it would emerge stronger than ever from current troubles, though admitting Americans faced tough times. With global shares tumbling and anxiety in the banking and mortgage sectors, Bush held a...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he wanted to see how an international prosecutor's arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir "plays out," but that Khartoum could face more sanctions. Bush said since the United States is not a party to the International Criminal...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he was "troubled" by the movement of extremists from Pakistan to Afghanistan and would discuss the threat with Pakistan's prime minister here this month. Speaking at a White House press conference, Bush also said the United States would...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will hold a press conference at 10:20 am (1420 GMT) Tuesday and make an opening statement on steps he has taken to boost the battered US economy, the White House said. "He will talk about the overall state of the...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he was "displeased" with Russia and China for blocking UN sanctions against Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe and warned Washington could still act on its own. Moscow and Beijing on Friday vetoed a US-sponsored draft at the UN...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush, targeting election-year fears of an economic meltdown, urged lawmakers Tuesday to help battle soaring energy costs and shore up the "basically sound" US banking system. "The bottom line is this: We're going through a tough time," Bush said at his...
