Corporate Spending

Companies Have Cash, Won't Share

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Job Market, Mergers and Acquisitions, Companies, Employment, Dealmakers, Hiring, Corporate Spending, S&P 500, Mergers, Deals, Video, Business News

Companies around the world have tons of cash and talk all big about how confident they are about the economy, and yet they're sitting on their hands w...

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Matt Sledge

Michigan Gets 'F' In Corruption

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Michigan Campaign Finance, Issue Ads, Corporate Spending, Ambassador Bridge, Michigan F Ranking, Citizens United, Michigan Corruptibility, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

From the cases of Kwame Kilpatrick to those of Monica Conyers and Robert Ficano, metro Detroit has not wanted for blockbuster political scandals over...

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Mike Sacks

Montana Supreme Court Brushes Aside 'Citizens United'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Montana Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Video, American Tradition Partnership, Western Tradition Partnership, Corporations, United States Supreme Court, Corporate Spending, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, U.S. Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Montana Supreme Court has put itself on a collision course with the U.S. Supreme Court by upholding a century-old state law that ban...

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U.S. Economy Finally Surpasses Pre-Recession Level

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, European Debt Crisis, U.S. Economy, Video, Consumer Confidence, Nouriel Roubini, Unemployment, Dow Jones, Great Recession, Corporate Spending, Personal Savings Rate, Gdp Growth, Consumer Spending, S&P 500, Business News

The U.S. economy is finally rising above its pre-recession level, but the growth may still not be fast enough to spur a robust recovery. After 18...

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Jimmy Carter Blasts Supreme Court For 'One Of The Stupidest Rulings Ever'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, 2012 Elections, Campaigns, Gop 2012, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Video, Campaign Finance Reform, Mitt Romney 2012, Campaign Spending, Sarah Palin, Supreme Court Citizens United, Jimmy Carter, Corporate Spending, Gop 2012 Presidential Candidates, Politics News

At the 30th annual Carter Town Hall on Wednesday, former President Jimmy Carter told his audience he thought the Supreme Court decision to roll back r...

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Citi Executive: 'Corporate Sector Cannot Continue To Simply Cut Costs'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, Workforce, Citi, Corporate Profits, Squawk Box, Work Load, Cnbc, Labor Department, Corporate Spending, Jobs, Richard Cookson, S&P 500, Productivity, Video, Business News

High corporate profits have been one of the few bright spots for the global recovery. One high-level financial executive isn't so sure that success ca...

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Joe Miller, the "Irrational Blogger," and the Right's Even More Irrational View of Free Speech

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Joe Miller, Sarah Palin, Corporate Spending, Irrational Blogger, Club for Growth, Christine O'donnell, Alaska, Constitution, Citizens United, Tea Party, Politics News
Michael B. Keegan

Right-wing candidates have been promoting a curious inversion of the right of free speech in a democracy. We're living in a world where candidates don't speak, but corporations do.

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CEOs Explain Why They're Not Hiring Despite Cash, Rising Profit

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiring, Corporate Spending, Unemployment, Corporate Hiring, Jobs, Economic Crisis, Corporate Profits, Jobs Crisis, Economy, Jobs Recovery, Economic Recovery, Business News

Corporate profits are soaring. Companies are sitting on billions of dollars of cash. And still, they've yet to amp up hiring or make major investments...

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Doe v. Reed: Citizens United, Part Two

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Elections, State Disclosure Laws, Campaign Finance, Corporate Spending, Election Finance, Corporate Spending Elections, Doe v. Reed, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

This week, congressional Democrats are crafting legislation to undo the Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United, which allowed unlimited co...

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Common Sense

Frédéric Véron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Company Spending, Corporate Spending, Corporate Spending Behavior, Company Spending Behavior, Business News
Frédéric Véron

Ultimately, like the consumer who is seduced by a 'free' offer to buy something he doesn't need, the corporation is equally susceptible to irrational decision making.

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Seeking Civic Virtue in "Citizens United"

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Corporate Advertising, Civic Engagement, TV Spots, Civic Apathy, Citizens Uhnited, Disengagement, Dysfunctional Democracy, Corporate Spending, Democracy, Special Interests, Self-Governance, Civic Literacy, Political Literacy, Politics News
Jeffrey Abelson

If this is the end of democracy as we know it, I say good riddance, because that is precisely what's brought us to this present moment of gridlock and polarization and corruption.

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Vegas Mogul Slams Corporate Spending Backlash

Reuters | Tim Hepher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Spending, Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas, Obama Administration, Business News

Las Vegas casino legend Sheldon Adelson launched a quest for America's most boring city on Tuesday in a comeback to President Barack Obama's criticism...

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