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Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
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.

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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

Read More: Abc, General Electric, Ge, Russnow, Howard Beale, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Technology, Cbs, Regulation, Cars, Network, Cnn, Paddy Chayefsky, Ceos, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Peter Finch, Pepboys, Toyota Corolla, Toyota, Business News
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.

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Forging a Green Economic Recovery at Home

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: General Electric, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Impact Act, Sherrod Brown, Renewable Energy, United Steelworkers, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Protectionism, China, Barack Obama, International-Brotherhood-of-Electrical-Workers, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Kentucky, Climate Change, Leo Gerard, Ibew, China Economy, Politics News
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.

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

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Keith Olbermann Bill O'Reilly, Ge, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Celebrity Feuds, Media News

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...

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

Megan Carpentier | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Air America, Rachel Maddow, Advertising, Glenn Beck, Pac, Advocacy, Media News
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.

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

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Fox News GE, Bill O'Reilly GE, Ge, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

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

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

Mike Elk | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, General Electric, Tires, Rob Portman, International Trade Commission, Leo Gerard, China, Barack Obama, Bush, Business News
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.

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Countdown, General Electric, Ge, Ronald Reagan, Phil Donahue, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Hudson River, Pcbs, Keith Olbermann, Roger Ailes, Propaganda, Jeffrey Immelt, Willie Horton, Msnbc, Fox News, O'Reilly-Olbermann Rivalry, O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud, Journalism, George H.W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Republican Talking Points, News Corporation, Republican Party, Republican Strategist Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Fox, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Media News
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.

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Is The SEC Tough Enough?

AP | RACHEL BECK | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Hank Greenberg, General Electric, Bank of America, Mary Schapiro, Securities Exchange Commission, Business News

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

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Warren Buffet Made Millions On Bailout: Reuters

KAJA WHITEHOUSE | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Tarp, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Warren Buffett, Wells Fargo, Warren-Buffett-Bailout, Business News

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...

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

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Off-Shoring Jobs, Intel, Globalization, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Chinese Yuan, China, Recession, Unfair Trade, Obama Administration, Currency Manipulation, World Trade Organization, Labor Unions, Bush Administration, General Motors, National Association of Manufacturers, Off-Shoring, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

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

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Olbermann-O'Reilly: Détente We Don't Want

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Countdown, General Electric, President Obama, Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud, Media, Media Censorship, Obama, Journalistic Independence, Fox, Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, Jeffrey Immelt, Msnbc, Politics News, O'Reilly Feud, Jeff Zucker, Journalistic Freedom, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Olbermann O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Brian Kilmeade, Censorship, Olbermann-O'Reilly Truce, The New York Times, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Nbc, Media News, Olbermann Feud, O'Reilly, Media Feuds, Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Michelle Schweiger Schecter

A sandbox brawl between Keith and Bill Has left their parents feeling ill They want their boys to get along Yet the ultimate result is quite wrong

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Taboo Alert: The Real -- And Most Disturbing -- News In the Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud

David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Msnbc, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Journalism Independence, General Electric, 60 Minutes, Richard Wolffe, Thomas Friedman, The Insider, Media News
David Sirota

The real story in the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud is the heavy-handed intervention by the CEO of General Electric effectively forcing MSNBC's news team off a crucially important set of stories.

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Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Immelt Met To Broker MSNBC-Fox News Truce: Report

Los Angeles Times | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, News Corp, Fox News MSNBC, General Electric, Rupert Murdoch Jeff Immelt, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Jeff Immelt, Media News

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch and General Electric chief Jeffrey Immelt met up at -- appropriately enough -- the Microsoft CEO summit in Redmond, Wa...

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Business Leaders Surprised By Wide Access To Obama

BusinessWeek | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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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GE To Exit Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Ge, Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, Recession, GE Capital, General Electric, Business News

WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. said Wednesday that it has begun to exit a program that allows companies to issue debt backed by the federal g...

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Is Chrome OS a "Disruptive Innovation?"

Scott Anthony | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Clayton Christensen, Disruptive Innovation, General Electric, Microsoft, Google Chrome, Harvard Business School, Nintendo Wii, Google, Tata Nano, Media News
Scott Anthony

Pundits quickly termed Google's Chrome OS "classic disruptive innovation" that promised to up-end historic market leader Microsoft. Do the pundits have it right?

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What Is the Use Of Having Power If You Don't Abuse It?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Time Warner, Wall Street Crisis, Fcc, Bank Bailout, Viacom, Cbs, Media News
Norman Horowitz

In order to confuse those who from time to time come across something that I write, I have decided to deal in one article with some of the "transgress...

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EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno

ProPublica | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Superfund Sites, President Obama, Justice Department, Ignacia Moreno, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
ProPublica

Six EPA attorneys criticized the nomination, but asked that their names not be used in this story because they fear retribution. They said they doubt that anyone who has recently defended GE would be effective in the role.

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GE To Build Michigan Manufacturing Research Center

Ap | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Michigan-Jobs, GE Michigan, GE Manufacturing, Michigan, Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center, General Electric, Business News

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) -- General Electric Co. said Friday it will build a $100 million manufacturing technology center in Michigan that will eventual...

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A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Empire Hotel, General Electric, Charity Organizations, Luigi Tadini, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Brian Wiley, Exxon Mobil, Waterkeeper Alliance, Riverkeeperorg, Donating to Charity, Hudson River, Green Living, Mta, New York City, Bobby Kennedy III, Water Pollution, Tap Water, Amanda Hearst, New-York-City-Tap-Water, New York, New York News
Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.

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Jason Linkins

NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Joe Scarborough, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Jack Welch, Jon Stewart, Morning Joe, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Daily Show, Unions, Media News

On yesterday's Morning Joe, the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin started a wee bit of a kerfuffle when he followed up a Jim Cramer "card-check-will-...

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Why Cities and CEOs Can't Relax - Part 1

William S. Becker | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Ge, Copenhagen 2009, Greenhouse Gases, World Investment Conference, Waxman-Markey, Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Copenhagen, Green News
William S. Becker

We can't count on Washington or Copenhagen to solve the climate and energy problems. The most important leadership ahead still will come from cities and CEOs.

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Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, General Electric, Chrysler, Jack Welch, Chrysler Bailout, United-Auto-Workers, Barack Obama, Union, Chrysler-Bondholders, Chrys Creditors, Business News

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Welch, former chief executive officer of General Electric Co., criticized the government- backed bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC...

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Reset: Making Sustainability the Centerpiece of Our Recovery

Daniel C. Esty | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Sustainability, Earth Day 2009, Turner Report, Earth Day, Green News
Daniel C. Esty

Smart regulation can channel corporate and individual efforts toward sustainable economic growth that is durable because it rests on solid underpinnings -- not externalized costs.

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