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The Singapore Diaries... Part I

Tarun Sakhrani | Posted 04.16.2013 | Travel
Read More: Cultural Diversity, World, Rules, Travels, Bureaucracy, Thinking, Experiences, Culture, Rigidity, Singapore, Regulations, Stereotypes, Laws, Job, Hr, Out-of-the-Box, Singaporeans, Travel News
Tarun Sakhrani

My earliest memories of Singapore date back to the early '90s when I took my first trip there with my parents. I still have the (scary) memory of the cab driver warning us about littering or jaywalking.

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U.S. Tax and Securities Laws Impede Solar Revolution

Nathan Homan | Posted 04.05.2013 | Green
Read More: Investing, Solar Energy, Regulations, Business, New Business Models, Green News
Nathan Homan

Imagine a world, not too far off, where sustainable energy and fossil fuel energy investments compete for capital as equals. The end result would be staggering.

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Soda and the Nanny State

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Regulations, Nanny State, Robert Lustig, Bloomberg, Jonny Bowden, Obesity, Mark Bittman, Sugar, The Rogue Nutritionist, Healthy Living Health News, Soda Ban, New York Soda Ban, Sugar and Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

Did the Bloomberg proposal have faults? You bet. Did it have loopholes? Sure. Would it present an enforcement nightmare? Probably, although not nearly as bad as critics have suggested. But that does that mean we sit back and do nothing?

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Sequester: Final Death Throes for Republiconomics -- and Republican Party

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics
Read More: Government Spending, Regulations, Republicans, Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves, Sequester, Republiconomics, Republicons, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Now, it appears, Republicans will get their sequester. They will also, in the process, shatter any doubt that government spending indeed creates jobs.

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Greece: How Long Until Junta?

Bill Frezza | Posted 03.30.2013 | World
Read More: Taxes, Nepotism, Strikes, Regulations, Bailouts, Violence, Lawlessness, Greek Debt Crisis, Greece, World News
Bill Frezza

Read through the stories appearing everyday in the Greek press (which you might only find buried on the back pages of American newspapers) and you will undoubtedly ask yourself: "How long will these proud people put up with such degradation?"

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Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come

Katherine McFate | Posted 02.19.2013 | Business
Read More: Regulations, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Workplace Safety, Business Regulations, Consumer Protection, Video, Business News
Katherine McFate

When the American public recognizes the way sensible standards and safeguards undergird the quality of life we all take for granted, our Christmases yet-to-come will be something grand.

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Skin Care Entrepreneur Blasts French Laws

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 11.18.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Taxes, Small Business Jobs, Small Business Regulations, Daniel Joutard, Small Business, Regulations, Workplace Safety, Ap, Small Business Hiring, Video, Small Business News

PARIS (AP) — Europe needs jobs, and French entrepreneur Daniel Joutard wants to create them, hiring more employees for his skin-care products compan...

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Ex-Dem Senator Defends Work For GOP-Aligned Group

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Video, Regulations, Nfib, Lincoln, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, National Federal of Independent Business, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The National Federation of Independent Business is endorsing Republicans over Democrats by a better than 10-1 margin in congressional ra...

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Obama's Path

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: Democratic Convention, Taxes, Bill Clinton, Social Security, Michelle Obama, Afghanistan, Economy, George W. Bush, Middle Class, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Jobs, Iraq, Joe Biden, China, U.S. Military, Republican, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Auto Bailout, Deficit, Politics, Unemployment, Regulations, General Motors, John Kerry, Russia, Abraham Lincoln, Medicare, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, Paul Ryan, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2012, Politics News
Joe Peyronnin

President Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party with a humble, values-oriented appeal to the voters who elected him in 2008.

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Do the New School Food Regulations Actually Hinder Scratch-Cooking?

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 10.29.2012 | Home
Read More: Scratch Cooking, Regulations, Department of Education, Wellness in the Schools, Menus, Justin Gagnon, School Food, New York City, Michelle Obama, Let's Move, Choicelunch, Wits, Home News
Bettina Elias Siegel

For the majority of districts struggling to meet the new school food standards with inadequate funding and labor, the highly processed, lower priced, heat-and-eat entree will continue to remain an alluring option.

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Rogue Moving Companies Under Fire From Feds

Reuters | Mitch Lipka | Posted 10.21.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Regulations, Movers, Moving Companies, Reuters, American Moving & Storage Association, FMCSA, Mayflower Transit, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Video, Small Business News

By Mitch Lipka (Reuters) - Jody Phillips thought she had found the perfect mover for her relocation from Tennessee to Utah. The company...

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House GOP Passes Anti-Regulation Bill

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 07.26.2012 | Politics
Read More: Environmental Regulations, Video, Unemployment, Regulations, Anti-Regulations, House GOP, John Boehner, Elections 2012, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House on Thursday passed legislation that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate, now ...

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Mitch McConnell and the Corporate War on Transparency

Donald Cohen | Posted 09.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Transparency, Money in Politics, Regulations, Mitch McConnell, DISCLOSE Act, Politics News
Donald Cohen

The secrecy campaign is a straightforward effort to preserve and protect corporate power and influence. It's about winning in politics and success in the marketplace.

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A Health Care Call to Action for Men: Is There an App for That?

John M. Burns | Posted 08.12.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fcc Broadband Regulation, Broadband, Wireless Spectrum, African Americans, Men's Health, Healthy Living Health News, Health Care Technology, Regulations, Health Apps, Health, Diabetes, Health Technology, Healthy Living News
John M. Burns

We need a healthy wireless infrastructure and healthy pro-marketplace governmental policies to ensure health -- not just for men, but for our country and for our economy.

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You Can't Have Healthy Businesses Without Strong Government

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.12.2012 | Business
Read More: Law, Democracy, Regulations, Social Contract, Taxes, Government, Business, Business News
Dave Johnson

As much as conservatives want to pretend otherwise, you can't have strong, healthy, prospering businesses without a big, strong government. The kinds...

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Fact Check: EPA Regulations Are Not Small Business's Kryptonite

John Arensmeyer | Posted 08.11.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Politics, Blanche Lincoln, Regulations, Senator Blanche Lincoln, Epa, Small Business, Small Business America, Epa Regulations, Small Business News
John Arensmeyer

When it comes to EPA regulations that promote clean and renewable energy, don't believe the hype -- small business owners support 'em.

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VIDEO: Industry Groups Insist on Charging You $1,195 to Read a Public Law

David_Halperin | Posted 07.18.2012 | Business
Read More: Law, Standards, Regulations, Business, Video, Business News
David_Halperin

Today, private organizations charge U.S. citizens hundreds of dollars simply to read a copy of standards they issue -- even though citizens are required to obey those standards, because the federal government has incorporated them into regulations.

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Report: Complying With Regulations Doesn't Affect Companies' Bottom Line

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 07.17.2012 | Business
Read More: Workplace Injury, Video, Regulations, Occupational Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Obama Administration, Safety Inspections, Osha, California's Division of Occupational Safety, Business News

WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety ru...

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Mark Gongloff

3 Ways Dodd-Frank Could Have Saved JPMorgan $2 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Derivatives, Lincoln Rule, Credit Default Swaps, Jamie Dimon, Slideexpand, Volcker Rule, Dodd Frank, JPMorgan Chase, Video, Credit Derivatives, Regulations, Wall Street, Jpmorgan, Banking, Banks, Jpmorgan Chase Dodd Frank, Financial Regulation, Business News

Somebody throw some water on the irony meter because it's burning up: JPMorgan could have been spared the embarrassment and pain of its $2 billion tra...

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Zach Carter

Bank of America Targeted By Protesters And Investors As SEC Weighs Political Spending Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Charlotte, 2012 Elections, Lobbying, Economy, Bank of America, Regulation, Jobs, Obama, Bofa, Citizens United, Political Spending, 2012, Bac, Politics, Video, Regulations, Wall Street, 2012 Election, Campaign Contributions, November Election, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, November Elections, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As the Securities and Exchange Commission considers requiring corporations to disclose their political spending to shareholders, a coali...

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Goldman: This Regulation Will Kill 300,000 Jobs

Mark Gongloff | Posted 07.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Big Banks, Goldman Sachs, Regulations, Banks, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Federal Reserve, Christopher Moltisanti, Dodd-Frank, Financial Regulation, Christopher Moltisanti Award for Anti-Regulatory Excellence, Business News
Mark Gongloff

By now, we're almost as sick of writing about Wall Street fighting new regulation as you are of reading it. It's always the same thing: Wah, we're big...

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The French Presidential Election: the Roles of Fascism and Fukushima

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.01.2012 | World
Read More: Nuclear Waste, Marine Le Pen, May Day, Sarkozy, France, Areva, Collaboration, Jobs, Immigration, Nuclear, Wikileaks, Paris, Dsk, Nuclear Industy, Politics, Nato, Unemployment, Regulations, Germany, George W. Bush, Jewish, Assange, Socialist, Fukushima, Hollande, Petain, Francois Pinault, Ump, Election, Japan, Fn, Matthieu Kassowitz, Laval, Entrepreneurship, Unions, Le Pen, World News
Vivian Norris

In general, the French President does not appear to be respected as a statesman. The French do not recognize Sarkozy's way of doing things as being familiar, as representing who they are, whether it be on the left or the right.

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Romney, Potential Running Mate Discuss Fishy Business

Portsmouth Patch | Robert Cook and Dany Tuohy | Posted 06.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Small Business, Regulations, 2012 Election, New Hampshire Politics, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Kelly Ayotte Endorses Mitt Romney, Kelly Ayotte, Fishing, Fisheries, Election 2012, Kelly Ayotte Vice President, Mitt Romney Vice President, Politics News

Mitt Romney made an appearance this morning at the Portsmouth Fish Pier with Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who has been rumored to be a possible running m...

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Now the Really Hard Work Begins

Sara Hanks | Posted 06.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Obama Jobs Act, Regulations, Crowdfunding, Jobs Act, Business News
Sara Hanks

With the ink still drying on the just signed JOBS Act, we are witnessing a new phase in America's economy that will democratize access to capital and change the landscape for investors.

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Santorum's Grand Plan Easier Said Than Done

Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Obama Regulations, Video, Regulations, Santorum, 2012 Election, Santorum Economy, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Santorum Economic Plan, Politics News

By David Lawder WASHINGTON--Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's vow to reverse all regulations enacted under President Barack Obama...

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