Obama Business

The JOBS Act: Not Sure If the SEC Will Let You -- or Wall Street -- Be

Christina Gagnier | Posted 04.09.2012

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Signed into law last week by President Obama, the JOBS Act is heralded as a measure set to revolutionize how startup companies, investors (experienced and novice), the SEC and Wall Street will be able to interact in the investment world.

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Obama Calls For More Private Sector Hiring

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and CHRIS RUGABER | Posted 03.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Flanked by business executives, President Barack Obama urged employers Wednesday to create jobs in the U.S. rather than ship them o...

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Business Owner Posts Anti-Hiring, Anti-Obama Pledge

Posted 01.25.2012

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ASSOCIATED PRESS WACO, Ga. (AP) -- A west Georgia business owner has been deluged with calls and emails after posting signs on his company's trucks...

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Obama Flying Solo To Give Businesses A Boost

AP | By BEN FELLER | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Pushing a campaign to act without Congress, President Barack Obama moved unilaterally Friday to boost private business. He signed execu...

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Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to ...

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GOP Message For Businesses That Worked With Obama: We Won't Forget

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans have a message for the businesses that worked closely with the Obama administration over the past two years on key controversial issues: W...

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WATCH: Small Business Owners Mixed On Obama's Aid Plan

The Huffington Post | Samira Nanda and Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Small business owners are mixed on the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this week. The...

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Obama To Tea Party: 'Identify, Specifically, What Would You Do?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House advisers on Monday pushed back hard against a New York Times report that the administration is ready to launch a full-frontal assault on t...

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Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations After Questioning Obama's Commitment To Finance Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in February 2010, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) made a pitch to the titans of the financial services industry. "I sense a lot of dissat...

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The Mystique of "Free-Market Guy" Obama

Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liberal activists need to be smart enough to see Obama for the status quo politician he is -- and to act accordingly.

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Obama Denies That He's "Antibusiness"

BusinessWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a July 27 interview in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama reflected on his first six months in office and discussed his evolving relationship ...

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Does Obama's Win Extend to Business?

Tim Berry | Posted 05.25.2011

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They talk about coattails in terms of a popular candidate pulling other candidates with him. I hope Obama's victory has coattails in business too. Change is good.

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Yes Business Can

Howard Schultz | Posted 05.25.2011

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In tough times like these, many believe that investments in people and training can wait; that corporate social responsibility can be put on the back burner. I believe passionately that this is precisely what American business leaders should not be doing today.

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Senator McCain, Regulated Capitalism is Not Socialism

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Using the pejorative word "socialism" to describe an honorable progressive income tax is shameful in these difficult times -- and it is also just plain wrong.

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Is Obama Good For Business?

BusinessWeek | Eamon Javers | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, Feb. 10, after he found out he'd won that day's Democratic Presidential primary in Maine, but before his appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes, Se...

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