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Zach Carter

Obama's Close Ties To CEOs Whose Firms Dodge Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Boeing, Taxes, Verizon, Immelt, Motorola, David Cote, Economy, Jobs, Obama, Honeywell, Ford, Corporate Taxes, Deficit, Mullaly, Ceos, Dow Checmical, Slidepollajax, Ge, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As the nation struggles with a stagnant economy, President Barack Obama has preached overhauling the U.S. tax code to spur economic grow...

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The Drone-ification of America

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: George Bush, Boeing, Law Enforcement, L-3 Communications, Department of Defense, Raytheon Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Military Industrial Complex, Faa, Uavs, Obama Administration, Nobel Peace Prize, Congress, Honeywell, Drones, Charles Schumer, Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles, John Mica, Predator Drones, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

The U.S. has a history of commandeering military technology for use against Americans. Now the drones, remote-controlled aircrafts that have been used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan, are coming home to domestic airspace.

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Yepoka Yeebo

Manufacturing Sector Booming, But Don't Expect It To Solve Jobs Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: General Electric, Eaton, Unemployment, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Carrier, Manufacturing, Federal Reserve of Philadelphia, Honeywell, Otis, Daniel Meckstroth, Business News

With overall economic growth sluggish, the U.S. manufacturing sector took charge in the first quarter, growing over three times faster than the broade...

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Lila Shapiro

Toxic Chemicals, Cancer And Steelworkers: Labor Dispute Reaches Head In Superman's Hometown

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Steelworkers, Labor, Honeywell, Unions, Usw, Labor Disputes, Business News

This post has been updated. A tense labor dispute involving hundreds of union workers and a highly toxic chemical compound is coming to head this wee...

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In Superman's Hometown, A Bitter Labor Dispute

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolis Labor Dispute, Metropolis IL, Metropolis, Metropolis Strike, Chicago, Superman, Honeywell, Honeywell Strike, Chicago News

METROPOLIS, Ill. — With a Mayberry-meets-Disney charm, this southern Illinois town has enthusiastically claimed Superman as its favorite son. A...

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Obama, CEO Lovefest Produces No Pledges to Create Jobs, Stop Union Busting

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boeing, Federal Wage Freeze, Obama, Immelt, General Electric, Honeywell, Ceo-Summitt, David Cote, Business News
Mike Elk

Obama reportedly asked business leaders what he could do to help create more jobs in America. Perhaps he should have asked these CEOs why, despite numerous pledges to keep good jobs in America, they continue to ship them overseas.

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Locked Out Honeywell Workers Kicked Out of Fiscal Commission Meeting

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erskine Bowles, David Cote, United Steelworkers, Honeywell, Alan Simpson, Lock-Out, Unions, Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, Politics News
Mike Elk

Locked out workers at Honeywell's Metropolis, Illinois uranium facility have been traveling all over the country to meet with Honeywell CEO David Cote to discuss ending the current lockout.

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ABC's Amanpour Refuses to Ask Honeywell CEO About Locked Out Workers

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolis, Abc, Honeywell, Obama, Illiinois, David Cote, This Week, Christine Amanpour, Christiane Amanpour, Media News
Mike Elk

The case of the Metropolis plant lockout confirms what many of us already know: when journalists stop caring about worker's struggles, the natural result is that politicians like President Obama don't need to care either.

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Jon Stewart Rally Represents Elitism, Consumerism, and Disrespect for the Progressive Movement

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Stewart's rally is not a political event aimed at informing grassroots progressive activists such as union members. It is an "entertainment event," in the tradition of Glenn Beck, aimed at increasing ratings so Comedy Central can make bigger profits.

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Honeywell Spending More to Keep Workers Locked out Than the Cost of Their Demands

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell Workers, Honeywell, Usw Workers, Usw, Business News
Mike Elk

Union officials claim it's outrageous for Honeywell to claim they do not have $20 million to maintain their current health and retiree benefits over three years when they are willing to lose $22 million alone through lost production.

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Honeywell, America's Top Political Donor, Has Received $13 Billion in Federal Money

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, David Cote, Dick Durbin, Efca, Deficit Commission, Honeywell, Barack Obama, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Mike Elk

Honeywell has used their increased fundraising clout to build a close relationship with the White House. Obama cites Honeywell CEO David Cote as one of his closest advisors in the business community.

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New Leader In Political Giving

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell, Political Giving, Political Donations, Honeywell Donations, Corporate Donations, Corporate Giving, Center for Responsive Politics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, David Cote, Politics News

Amid this year's heated debate over corporate campaign cash, the top donor to House and Senate campaigns is a company that was an also-ran in politica...

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Explosion Rocks Honeywell Uranium Facility Run by Scab Workers

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Workers and local community members see this explosion as evidence that the quickly trained replacement workers are not qualified to operate the plant.

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Nuclear Regulators Prohibit Honeywell to Resume Production at Facility With Locked-Out Workers

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Currently, the "scab" workers running the plant are unfamiliar with the system they are using. This is a uranium enrichment facility from which even the slightest leak of UF6 could wipe out the entire town.

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David Cote, Obama Deficit Commissioner, Threatens Small Town with Nuclear Annihilation

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Alan Simpson, Social Security, Alan-Simpson-310-Million-Tits, United Steelworkers, Honeywell, Deficit Commission, Barack Obama, David Cotes, Politics News
Mike Elk

Cote is willing to risk nuclear fallout in order to demand that uranium workers agree to cutting their retiree health care and pension plans, all in the name of corporate profits.

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Outsourcing India: For Obama And Singh, Democracy Means Business

Mira Kamdar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, India, Honeywell, Robert Blake, Manmohan Singh, Privitization, Ratan Tata, State Dinner, Business News
Mira Kamdar

For those who've slammed Obama for socialism, pay attention to India where Obama is going boldly where no Republican government has ever gone before.

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Business America Lights a Candle for Copenhagen

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Symantec, Pepsi Co, Copenhagen 2009, Johnson & Johnson, President Obama, Honeywell, BP America, Shell Oil, United States Climate Action Partnership, We-Can-Lead, General Motors, Applied Materials, Starbucks, Duke Energy, Caterpillar, Nrg-Energy, Dupont, Alcoa, Levi Strauss, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

There are many in the corporate realm who "get it" -- that's why they're finding new and innovative ways to combat climate change.

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I'm Shocked, Just Shocked That There's Turbocharging Going On!

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turbochargers, Automakers, Honeywell, Fuel Efficiency, Carbon Footprint, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

80% of American consumers were more likely to consider purchasing a turbocharged vehicle after learning that the readily-available turbocharger helps to increase the fuel efficiency of a gas engine by up to 20%.

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Business Leaders Surprised By Wide Access To Obama

BusinessWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bailouts, President Obama, Obama Administration, Larry Summers, Obama, Honeywell, Business, Obama Health Care, White House, General Electric, Barack Obama, Business Leaders, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Timothy Geithner, Transparency, Politics News

Business leaders also agree they have had surprisingly wide access to the President and his top advisers. Some even say the doors are more open than t...

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Apres Le Deluge: A New School Opens In China A Year After The Quake

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell, Sichuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Operationusa, Ngos, Corporate Social Responsibility, China Earthquake, Honeywellthreevillagesunitedprimaryschool, China, World News
Richard Walden

The Chinese Government moved in the direction of development by making a huge effort to be open to international aid, ideas and US corporate responsibility in China post-quake.

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His Keyboard Versus the Climate

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell, Dupont, General Motors, Greenhouse Gases, Ford, Epa, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Green News
Peter Schwartz

Emptying one canister of a little air blaster from Office Depot can release greenhouse gas equivalent to driving a smallish car across the country and halfway back again.

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Chevron, BofA Join Dow Industrials

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Honeywell, Dow Jones Adds, Chevron, Dow Jones, Altria, Boa, Blue Chip Index, Business News

NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. and Chevron Corp. will replace tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. ...

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