Business Roundtable

CEOs Embrace Tax Hike Plans Rejected By Paul Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- A powerful coalition of corporate executives on Wednesday praised a deficit reduction plan that has long been maligned by GOP leaders fo...

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President Obama: Tax Reform Is Going To Be Like 'Pulling Teeth'

AP | By KEN THOMAS | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told business leaders Tuesday that the nation needs to reform its tax system to help boost the economy, saying th...

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Many Big Company CEOs Say They May Cut Staff

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Two-thirds of chief executives of the largest U.S. companies say they don't plan to increase hiring or will cut staff in the next six mo...

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Republican Rift: Big Business vs. Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Koch Brothers, Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Ron Paul, Big Business, Christian Right, Eric Cantor, Sarah Palin, Debt Ceiling, Freedomworks, National Rifle Association, Michele Bachmann, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Rick Perry, Grover Norquist, Alan Simpson, Republican Party, Americans for Tax Reform, Tom Coburn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, National Association of Manufacturers, Politics News

The tension between the two wings of the GOP rose to the surface during the recent battle over the debt ceiling, which then exploded into a war of words between former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist, head of the right-wing outfit, Americans for Tax Reform.

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Despite Profits, Surveyed Corporations Paid Far Less Than Legally-Imposed Tax Rate

Posted 08.01.2011

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WASHINGTON (Kevin Drawbaugh) - Twelve big U.S. companies paid far less than the statutory corporate tax rate from 2008 to 2010, despite making sub...

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Extortion Politics: Why Won't American Business Stop the GOP From Threatening to Blow Up The Economy?

Robert Reich | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Business Roundtable, Robert Reich, Wall Street, Debt Ceiling, Corporations, Economy, Debt Limit, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News

No group of legislators is entitled to threaten to crash the United States economy if its demands aren't met. But the biggest surprise in the current debt ceiling standoff is the silence of American business and Wall Street, who have the most to lose.

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The Tax Man Cometh -- Just Not for Everybody

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 06.12.2011

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Tax avoidance becomes inappropriate when it is the nation's major corporations that, through the efforts of their lobbyists, become the architects of the very tax avoidance schemes that they then take advantage of.

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Obama Rejects Tax Increase On Big Business

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.06.2011

WASHINGTON -- As Congress grinds closer to shutting down the federal government and the White House floats proposals to cut social services for workin...

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Number Of People Seeking Jobless Aid Drops

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring. The...

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Over Half Of CEOs Plan To Hire This Summer, Survey Finds

Reuters | Scott Malone | Posted 05.30.2011

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By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. chief executives' view of the economy brightened in the first quarter, with more than half now ready to...

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3M Chief Executive: 'Obama Is Robin Hood-Esque'

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CEO of industrial giant 3M has blasted Obama as "anti-business," joining the ranks of executives who accused the White House of not understanding ...

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Business Roundtable CEO Basically Calls Obama "Boy" -- White House Rejoices

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Roundtable, Ivan Seidenberg, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

By championing upper-income tax cuts that he said he would fight tooth and nail to oppose and by pushing the kind of NAFTA-style trade deal he said he would work to reform, we now know whose side Obama is on. Not ours.

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Business Peer Groups, Coaching and Mentoring Can Help Small Businesses Prosper and Create Jobs

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peer groups, coaching and mentoring are playing important roles in growing small business and creating jobs.

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White House To Business: Can't We Be Friends

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - It seemed like the beginning of a beautiful friendship -- or at the very least a functional relationship. In March 2009, with the Unite...

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Not Your Average Talking Heads

Emily Bennington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Business Roundtable, The Wall Street Journal, Alexandra Levit, Emily Bennington, JobSTART 101, College, College News

I became mildly obsessed with the results of a Wall Street Journal survey where college recruiters were asked which skills new grads needed to improve the most. At least half said problem solving and / or the ability to think independently.

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Vermont State Board of Education Forsakes Independent Heritage and Says, "Let Bill Do It"

Susan Ohanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Roundtable, Bill Gates, The Common Core Curriculum Standards, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Core Standards, Vermont Board of Education, Politics News

Vermonters just let Bill Gates take charge of education policy and practice in our state with barely a whimper.

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A Short History Of Anti-Obama Comments From CEOs

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the Aspen Forum this week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini blasted the Obama administration for not understanding "what it takes to create jobs." "I th...

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Demanding Demand

Steve Odland | Posted 05.25.2011

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It will be the private sector that leads our nation back to a path of long-term prosperity. Businesses across America will continue to hire and invest each and every day -- it's our bread and butter.

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Mort Zuckerman Is Not Incompetent

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zuckerman's saying that corporate executives are refusing to make money because the President scares them. Any executive who misses an opportunity to make money should be fired on the spot.

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Obama vs. 'Big Business': There's an Alternative

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Jobs Program, Business Roundtable, Big Business, Unemployment, Business Council, Obama Big Business, Chamber of Commerce, Great Recession, Politics News

The Great Recession of 2007 is so "Great" that this time it's going to take certainty of the sort that only large-scale Keynesian-type government intervention in sustained job creation can generate.

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White House Mulling Business Group's Regulatory Hit List

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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A leading big-business group, responding to a request from top White House aides, last month submitted to President Obama's Office of Management and B...

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Will the White House Sell Out to Big Telecom? Or Will 'Dear Valerie' Jarrett Save the Day?

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can't please some people. They will push until they get what they want. That's their job. Your job is to look out for the public good and for businesses that don't have $6 million to spend on lobbying fees.

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Geithner Works To Mend Administration's Business Ties

foxbusiness.com | Charlie Gasparino | Posted 05.25.2011

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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has launched an economic charm offensive, attempting to assure banking and corporate executives that the Obama adminis...

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It's Not Enough to Be at the Table

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Extenders, Business Roundtable, Economic Recovery, Competitiveness, Financial Reform, Politics News

Some in Washington have taken to vilifying the very private sector that is offering a hand of cooperation, impugning our motives, and by extension, our employees, suppliers and customers.

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Tyranny of the Quarterly Profit Report: Musings on Obama's Business Roundtable Speech

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the Business Roundtable today, President Obama challenged business leaders to lead beyond the daily stock ticker and the quarterly profits report.

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