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GE, Comcast Agree: NBC Valued At $30 Billion

Reuters | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal ...

Stimulus Fuels Gold Rush For Electronic Health Systems

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Editor's note: This story is published in conjunction with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. The government's $45 billion pl...

Comcast-NBC Deal Close: NYT

New York Times | MICHAEL J. De La MERCED | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media


General Electric and the cable giant Comcast have moved closer to a deal giving control of NBC Universal to Comcast, and a formal announcement could b...

Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initia...

The Spectre Haunting GE

BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...

Jeff Immelt: Jeff Zucker "As Good As Anyone Running A Media Company Today"

BusinessWeek | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media


Would General Electric CEO (GE) Jeff Immelt like to see NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker stick around, even if GE sells off majority control of its broad...

Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green


Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

Ten Thousand Apply For Ninety Job Openings In Louisville

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business


As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

Great Products Launched During A Recession

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

Jeffrey Immelt: Change vs. Social Change

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business


Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider "change" and "social change" separately is a "losing proposition."

What Will Happen To Jeff Zucker If GE Makes NBC Deal?

Reuters | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker could be about to get a new boss -- and asked to explain a three-year run when his company expanded its cable business a...

Comcast Buying NBC Universal? Comcast Calls Report "Inaccurate," May Be In Talks For NBCU Stake

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


Update 2:30 PM ET: CNBC's David Faber reports that GE and Comcast are in talks "about a deal in which GE would spin off its NBC Universal unit into a ...

Warren Buffett Turns From Stocks To Bonds

nytimes.com | GRAHAM BOWLEY | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business


When so many others were running scared last autumn, Mr. Buffett invested billions in Goldman Sachs, and got a far better deal than Washington. He the...

Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Chris Gunn

We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.

Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

According to information in the Federal Procurement Data System, eight of the top ten recipients of federal small business contracts were actually large businesses or divisions of large businesses.

My GE Dishwasher Tragedy, Manufacturer Parts, Car Repairs and Doctor Visits: Let's Be Mad as Hell and Not Take it Anymore!

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


Michael Russnow

Manufacturing CEOs do very little to reduce the need for maintenance work and perhaps there should be legislative enforcement requiring them to do so.

Forging a Green Economic Recovery at Home

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Edwin D. Hill

Manufacturing is moving into a new, energy-efficient stage, but it's in danger of leaving out the American worker altogether without an aggressive approach in Washington to encourage its domestic growth.

Keith Olbermann: Bill O'Reilly Should Be Fired (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media


Keith Olbermann named Bill O'Reilly his Worst Person in the World Wednesday night, continuing to shatter any supposed truce between the rival cable ne...

Air America's Ad Blacklisters Throwing Money At Right Wing Talk

Megan Carpentier | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media


Megan Carpentier

While advertising is supposedly just a way to convince consumers to purchase products, these corporations have a history of political contributions and advocacy.

GE: Bill O'Reilly's Report "Maliciously False"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — The General Electric Co. called a Fox News Channel report about the company supplying terrorists with material used in bombs "irrespo...

Lobbyists Paid Off by China vs. 30,000 U.S. Workers: Which Side Will Obama Choose?

Mike Elk | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

So far over 8,000 people have lost their jobs, and over 20,000 more jobs are at risk if the Chinese are allowed to continue with this strategy of not obeying trade laws.

Bill O'Reilly-Keith Olbermann Feud Ends with a Corporate Handshake?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.

Is The SEC Tough Enough?

AP | RACHEL BECK | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The government appears to be getting tough on corporate shenanigans, securing $83 million in fines last week from Bank of America and...

Warren Buffet Made Millions On Bailout: Reuters

KAJA WHITEHOUSE | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Were it not for government bailouts, for which Buffett lobbied hard, many of his company's stock holdings would have been wiped out. Berkshire Hathaw...

Q and A with Peter Navarro: Macroeconomic Expert and Best-Selling Author on China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Why does the U.S. put up with unfair trade with China?