Tax Incentives

Arthur Delaney

Everyone Has The Same Lame Idea For Long-Term Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Obama Unemployment, Mitt Romney, Romney Unemployment, Hiring Incentives, Hire Act, Obama 2012, Tax Incentives, Video, Unemployment, Mitt Romney 2012, Jobs Report, Obama Romney Unemployment, Job Report, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wants to create an incentive for businesses to hire the long-term unemployed, based on a program he launch...

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Most States Don't Know If Their Tax Breaks Are A Waste Of Money

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: State Tax Breaks, Tax Incentives, Video, State Budget Crisis, Business News, Tax Breaks for Businesses, Corporate Tax Breaks, Tax Breaks, Job Creation, Business News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Most states are doing a poor job tracking whether their tax breaks for businesses are actually spurring job growth, including some ...

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Will President Obama's Blueprint Save American Manufacturing?

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Outsourcing, Job Loss, Tax Deductions, Tax Incentives, Google Tax Avoidance, Tax Loopholes, Clean Energy Manufacturing, American Manufacturing, Business News
Michele Nash-Hoff

In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last -- an economy built on American manufactur...

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Industrial Policies for Economic Development

Stan Sorscher | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Apprenticeships, Export-Import Bank, Globalization, Internships, Public Good, Industrial Policy, Economic Development, Market Failure, Tax Incentives, Social Investment, Third Industrial Revolution, Business News
Stan Sorscher

When a company comes to government, we should have conditions that encourage production to stick in our local economy. We should see a clear public good that raises the standard of living for workers and communities.

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What Passes for a Big Idea in Washington? Stupid Tax Tricks.

Joseph J. Thorndike | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Incentives, Unemployment, Tax Credits, Tax, Investment Tax Credit, Jobs, Taxation, Work Opportunity Tax Credit, Politics News
Joseph J. Thorndike

Two factions within the White House have offered competing foolish tax plans.

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To Owe or Be Owned -- Depends on How You Tax It

Ruud de Mooij | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Tax Incentives, Debt Bias, Corporate Profits, Financial Crises, Equity, Investment, Tax Avoidance, Interest Deductiblity, Corporate Income Tax, Tax Deduction, Capital Gains, Dividends, Debt Finance, Leverage, Business News
Ruud de Mooij

The corporate tax code in the US creates a significant bias toward debt finance over equity. However we have come to realize that excessive debt is much more costly than we have always thought.

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BRICs and Mortar -- Building Growth in Low-Income Countries

Dominique Desruelle | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Trade Preferences, Macroeconomic Stability, Commodity Trap, Commercial Financing, Brics, Manufacturing, Infrastructure Development, Investment Financing, China, Development Financing, Brazil, Transparency, Concessional Lending, Structural Changes, Tax Incentives, Government Debt, Trade, Investment, Russia, India, Balanced and Sustainable Growth, Growth Drivers, Business News
Dominique Desruelle

The so-called BRIC nations -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- could be a game changer for how low-income countries build their economic futures.

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Elise Foley

Coburn, Conservative Group Feud Over Ethanol Subsidy

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Food Production, Energy, Debt, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Corn, Agriculture, Energy Production, Ethanol Subsidies, Deficit, Tax Incentives, Tom Coburn, Hunger, Grover Norquist, Ethanol, Americans for Tax Reform, Ethanol Subsidy, Tax Increases, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn, one of three Republican members of a bipartisan group aiming to shrink the deficit, took aim on Tuesday at the conserva...

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Upward Spiral Instead of a Downward One

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lesser America, Sweatshop Labor, Tax Incentives, Sweatfree Procurement, Lowest Possible Prices, Industrial Policy, Maximum Possible Trade, R&D, Foreign Direct Investment, Fair Trade, Free Trade, Globalization, Economic Recovery, Business News
Stan Sorscher

When I was young, the purpose of public policy was to raise our standard of living. Not so much, anymore. Now, public policy is designed to make busin...

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No Fluke: Republicans Support Off-Shoring Jobs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supply Chain Digest, Tax Incentives, Wall Street Reform, Make It in America, Creating American Jobs and Ending Off-Shoring Act, On-Shoring, Health Care Reform, Off-Shoring, Jeremy Leonard, George Stalk, Boston Consulting Group, Manufacturers Alliance, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Every Republican in the Senate voted against the Act. They voted to continue forcing Americans to give tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas during the worst recession since the Great Depression.

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Small Business Jobs Act: Real Value to Small Manufacturers

Brandon Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Tax Credit Company, Tax Incentive, Small Business Jobs Act, Tax Credit, Amt, R&D, Carryback, Tax Incentives, Small Business Advice, Alternative Minimum Tax, Domestic Manufacturing, Small Business Tax Advice, Business News
Brandon Edwards

Manufacturers with revenues under $50 million should pay close attention to the Small Business Jobs Act, particularly the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax barrier regarding business tax credits.

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George Voinovich and the Republican Stampede

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Incentives, George Voinovich, Small Business, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Small Business Bill, Republican Party, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

Republicans may give lip service to being the Party of Business, but when it comes time to actually show it, those lips are blowing raspberries.

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Job Creation that Will Slash Unemployment!

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Small Business Aministration, Tax Incentives, Unemployment, Job Creation, Business News
Grant Cardone

Job creation during tough economic times is further complicated by the current administration's need to keep its own party happy. To create jobs it wi...

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JOBS, PROSPERITY AND THE GREAT AMERICAN ADVANTAGE...

Jack Nadel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Tax Incentives, Find a Need, Finance, Exports, Jobs, Branding, Free Trade, Business, Entrepreneur, Business News
Jack Nadel

In our current preoccupation with derivatives and other non-productive financial instruments, we are ignoring the Great American Advantage that exists...

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New 'Excelsior' program will benefit all of New York

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathy Wylde, Empire Zones, Tax Incentives, Excelsior-Jobs-Program, Competitiveness, New York Economy, David Paterson, New York State, Buffalo, Economic Development, Research and Development, Cleantech, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

The Buffalo News published this op-ed on June 28, 2010 Every region of New York State has a lot to gain from Albany's recent decision to adopt Gov. D...

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Obama Urges Congress To Help Small Business, Again

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Tax Credits, Unemployment, Small Business, Obama, Congress, Tax Incentives, Barack Obama, Small Business Owners, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is again urging Congress to send him a package of tax breaks and other incentives to help small businesses g...

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Schumer, State Senate Propose Job-Creating Programs To Hire Unemployed

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Tax Incentives, Income Tax, Unemployment, David Paterson, Social Security, Economic Crisis, Orrin Hatch, New York State Senate, Tax Breaks, Job Creation, Albany, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican state senators and Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer are proposing separate but similar job-creating programs that ...

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Three Things Still Wrong With the Housing Market

Charlie Farrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Rates, Housing, Tax Incentives, Home Values, Tax Credits, Business News
Charlie Farrell

We've gotten a bit of good news lately on the housing front with more new home sales and a slight bump in home prices, but the market is still completely dysfunctional.

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Max Mayer's Adam Falls For NYC

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hollywood Studios, Tax Incentives, Max Mayer, New York City, Fox Searchlight, Hollywood, Sundance Film Festival, Entertainment News
James Sims

After watching Adam it should become perfectly clear that a film about New York should actually be shot in, of all places, New York.

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Obama's Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citi, Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, p3s, Public-Private Partnerships, Bailouts, George W. Bush, President Obama, Shock and Awe, Public Works, Infrastructure, Morgan Stanley, Tax Incentives, General Motors, Janesville-Wisconsin, Rustbelt, Michigan, Iraq War, Privatization, Goldman, Economic Stimulus, Tarp, Tax Havens, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.

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Reality TV Kills California's Budget

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, NBC Universal, Tax Incentives, Ryan Seacrest, Film Industry, Survivor, Budget, Abc, Fox, American Idol, California Budget Crisis, Hollywood, Entertainment News
James Sims

FilmL.A., the office behind film permits for the city, reported last month that the number of prime-time TV pilots shot in Los Angeles is down nearly 42 percent.

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Is Congress Powerless In The Energy Crisis?

ClimateProgress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Incentives, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, U.S. Congress, Renewable Energy, Energy Crisis, Congress, Energy Policy, Green News

Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises? Apparently not. Cong...

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Economic Stimulus Package: No Stimulus for Green Energy

Miranda Marquit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Incentives, Economic Stimulus Package, Tax Rebates, Etfs, Solar Companies, First Solar, Green Energy, Tax Breaks, Business News
Miranda Marquit

The economic stimulus in question focuses a great deal on a short-term fix, rather than a long-term fundamental change. It's reactionary when it should be visionary.

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