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SOTU: Obama Embraces Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
Read More: Infrastructure, Publi-Private-Partnerships, Siemens, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, State of the Union, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Obama makes clear that partnerships reduce individuals tax burden. Tying the discussion to the reform of the tax code gives a sense that we can cut taxes and invest in a revenue neutral way. At least in this area.

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Wind to Lead Phase-Out of Energy Subsidies?

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 03.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Fred Hewitt, Siemens, Off-Shore Wind, American Wind Energy Association, Turbines, Vestas, Production Tax Credit, Green News
Carol Pierson Holding

What galls Energy Policy Expert Fred Hewitt is that energy subsidies have been a fixture of American policy since the dawn of the fossil fuel era, and yet lawmakers refuse to make subsides for wind anywhere near permanent.

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Amazing Young Scientist Creates New Painkiller (VIDEO)

Posted 11.14.2012 | Teen
Read More: Siemens-Science-Competition, Young-Scientists, Teen Scientists, Siemens, Jack Andraka, Raghav Tripathi, Teen News

When 17-year-old Raghav Tripathi's mother injured herself in a skiing accident, she refused to take medication while she was being treated for fear th...

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There's Still Hope For The Job Market

Reuters | Posted 11.21.2012 | Business
Read More: Gas Prices, General Electric, Video, Census Bureau, Toyota, Factory Workers, Wages, Exports, Reuters, Jobs, Siemens, Boston Consulting Group, Job Creation, Business News

(Corrects first and 13th paragraphs of story published late on Thursday to show job growth estimates include both factory positions and related empl...

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Something Important Is Happening in Charlotte

Jared Bernstein | Posted 11.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Siemens, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

I suspect you'd learn a lot more at a working factory about the combination of public policy and private initiative needed to create good jobs on our shores than you would down the street at the convention center.

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Ministry Rules Bribes Can't Be Tax Deductible

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Corporate Corruption, Anti-Bribery Convention, Video, Bribery Scandal, Corporate Bribery, Russia Bribery, Pfizer, Walmart Bribery, Daimler, Siemens, Business News

Sorry, Russian business executives: writing off bribes as tax deductions just isn’t going to fly. That’s what the Russian Finance Ministry rece...

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Homeland Security Investigating Cybersecurity Claim

Reuters | Jim Finkle | Posted 10.21.2012 | Technology
Read More: Siemens Security, Video, Siemens, Siemens Security Flaw, Homeland Security, Reuters, Technology News

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is looking into claims by a cyber security researcher that flaws in software for s...

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Money Well Spent: Why Corruption Continues to Pay

Chris Morgan Jones | Posted 07.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Corruption, Walmart, Doj, Mexico, Bribery, Sec, Siemens, Fcpa, Business News
Chris Morgan Jones

The victims of crimes of corruption are diffuse, invisible, and often vulnerable: every dollar paid in bribes tilts the scales further against the most unfortunate in societies where fairness frequently goes unprized.

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Don't Believe the Hype on Corporate Bribery

Brandon L. Garrett | Posted 07.02.2012 | Crime
Read More: Corruption, News Corp, Walmart, Wall Street, White Collar Crime, Corporations, Corporate Bribes, Corporate Bribery, Walmart Bribery, Biomet, Siemens, Corporate Greed, Wal-Mart, Crime News
Brandon L. Garrett

Corporations can be prosecuted as criminals and every year some get convicted of crimes. However, over the past decade the government has not stepped up corporate crime enforcement. In fact, the evidence is to the contrary.

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Guten Tag, Mitt! Greetings From a European Welfare State

John Blumenthal | Posted 03.13.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Elderly, Majorca, Germany, Bmw, Smart Bombs, Siemens, Euros, Bridges, High Speed Trains, Mitt Romney, Jet Fighters, China, Drones, Mental Ill, Comedy News
John Blumenthal

I wish we had this cool stuff in my country. But we don't. Instead, our government spends money on crippled people and old people and people with mental problems, and fixing old bridges and building highways and hospitals and things like this. We are not so cool as you.

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U.S. Government Warns Conglomerate To Fix Security Flaws

Reuters | Jim Finkle | Posted 02.21.2012 | Technology
Read More: Cyber Attack, Cyber Threat, Government Cyber Attacks, Video, u.s. Government Cyber Attacks, Siemens, Cyber Attacks, Reuters, Cyber Security, Technology News

* Researchers say flaws make systems vulnerable to attack by hackers * Siemens says first fixes will be released in January (Adds comm...

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Siemens' Significant Decision -- Abandoning Nuclear Power

Karl Grossman | Posted 11.20.2011 | Green
Read More: General Electric, Solar Power, Germany, Geothermal, Nuclear Power Plants, Siemens, Areva, Nuclear Power, Obama, Westinghouse, Wind Energy, Green News
Karl Grossman

The just-announced decision by Siemens to withdraw entirely from nuclear power is a significant declaration by a corporation about nuclear power and the world's potential energy future.

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'Green News Report' - September 20 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2011 | Green
Read More: Climategate, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Fracking, Australia, Epa, Tar Snds, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Canada, Green News Report, Pollution, Gulf War Syndrome, Veterans, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Exxonmobil, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Gulf War, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Bill Clinton, Siemens, Fukushima, Environmentalism, Japan, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Gasland, Energy Efficiency, Nuclear Energy, BRAD BLOG, Arctic, Water Pollution, Protests, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Oceans, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Presi...

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Weekly Roundup of eBay Vintage Home Finds

Mary Kincaid | Posted 10.28.2011 | Style
Read More: Ebay, Lucite, Art Deco, Zuburbia, Home Decor, Danish Modern, Palatnik, Interior Design, Decorating, Style, Noritake, Vintage Home, Gucci, Slidepollajax, Art Nouveau, Siemens, Fornasetti, Eero Aarnio, Style News
Mary Kincaid

Today's selections include pieces by Gucci, Noritake, Fornasetti and Eero Aarnio. Be sure to check out the beautiful mid-century desk, the interesting magazine stand and beautiful Art Nouveau Theresienthal glasses set.

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The Climate Post: As Markets Dive, Clean Energy Stocks Hit by "Triple Whammy"

Mason Inman | Posted 10.11.2011 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Boeing, Military, Solar, Germany, Stock Market, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Clean Energy, Opec, Siemens, Nuclear Power, Green News
Mason Inman

The stock market took a beating this week, after rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. bonds -- but clean tech stocks have been falling even faster than the market as a whole.

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Iran's Proxy War in Syria Is Shoring Up Assad

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.26.2011 | World
Read More: Syria, Nokia, Bashar Al Assad, Siemens, Arab League, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Aleppo, Iran, Damascus, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Hama, Golan Heights, Homs, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Qatar, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If the current trajectory of Syrian street protests continue at their current, bloody pace, last Friday may be remembered as the epic day Syria's Assad dictatorial dynasty began a fateful, accelerating process of unraveling.

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CEO: 'Mismatch' Between Jobs Available, Workers Needed

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.21.2011 | Business
Read More: Energy, Council of Economic Advisers, Unemployment Rate, Manpower, President Obama, Manufacturing, Jobless, Jobs, Unqualified Employees, Cyclical Unemployment, Christina Romer, Infrastructure, Structural Unemployment, Job Demand, Industry, Financial TImes, Siemens, Healthcare, Business News

The United States might have millions of unemployed workers, but one company is having a hard time finding people that fit. Eric Spiegel, U.S. regi...

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Higher Education's Dirty Little Secret

Arvind Ganesan | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Corruption, Siemens AG, Lse, Lincoln University, Jennifer Douglas, London School of Economics, American University, Nigeria, University Funding, Bribes, Peter Odili, University, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights Watch, College, Siemens, Atiku Abubakar, College News
Arvind Ganesan

Western universities are undoubtedly under pressure to find financial support, but this does not mean they should allow abusive and corrupt foreign dictators, officials or their families launder their images in exchange for money.

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'Connectivism' and Connective Knowledge

Stephen Downes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Course, Internet, Education, Social Networking, Siemens, Downes, Connectivism, Learning, Home News
Stephen Downes

"Connectivism" is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks.

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High-Speed Rail on Slow Track

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Burlington-Northern-Santa-Fe-Railway, Berkshire Hathaway, Jonathan-a-Schein, Amtrak, Greenhouse Gases, Scheinmedia, Warren Buffett, High Speed Rail, metrogreenbusiness.com, China-Railway-Construction, Siemens, China, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

Consider where we are in comparison of the rest of the world. China has just introduced the world's fastest train, averaging speeds of 217 miles per hour.

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Glamorous Ballerina Was Nazi Party's Secret Weapon, UK Files Show

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: mi5, Britain Spy Agency, Maria Ley, Communist Agent, German Secret Agent, Ballerina, Siemens, Nazi Party, Marina Lee, World News

LONDON (AP) -- She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy ca...

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Iran: From Theocracy to Democracy

Reza Pahlavi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Nokia, South Africa, Jews, Green Movement, Reza Pahlavi, Bahi'As, Human Rights, US State Department, Poland, Khameini, Iranian Jews, Amnesty International, Iran, Siemens, Civil Rights, World News
Reza Pahlavi

These are very troubling times for my country. The searing images on YouTube, Facebook and other media have brought the misery of the Iranian people and the brutality of the clerical regime into vivid perspective.

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From Hitler to Ahmadinejad: CEOs You Can Rely On

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Sanctions, Ahmadinejad, STOP the BOMB, Revolutionary Guard, Hitler, Nazi, World News, War Crimes, Angela Merkel, Siemens, Thyssenkrupp, Thyssen, Krupp, Business News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

My colleague wrote to hundreds of companies we exposed empowering Saddam Hussein with dual-usage technology, to see if anything had changed in their corporate behavior over the past decade.

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'World's Fastest Train' Unveiled In China

AFP | Sat Dec 26, 7:54 Am ET | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Amtrak, World's Fastest Train, Alstom, Bombardier, Tianjin Beijing Olympics, Travel, Japan, Siemens, Guangzhou, Train, China, Wuhan, MAGLEV, World News

BEIJING (AFP) -- China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world -- a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou ...

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Award-Winning Health Care Ads? A New Kind Of Clio Award (VIDEO)

Carlos Cagin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Clio Advertising, Smith and Nephew, Ambien, Slidepoll, Clio Healthcare Awards, Nuva Ring, Vibe, American Asthma Foundation, Clio, Prairie Heart Institute, Advertising, Silence Your Rooster, Slideshow, Siemens, Ge, Business News

While health care reform continues to be something of a national obsession, ad industry bigwigs were recently honored with the first-ever Clio awards ...

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