The two young founders of Ski Butlers, Bryn Carey and Riley Tippet, were the Western Region winners of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.22.2012
WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic congressmen are investigating whether the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tenacious attack on a key anti-bribery statute has l...
AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.17.2012
WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety ru...
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.11.2012
The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...
Catherine Keller | Posted 05.01.2012
Being loud and proud isn't for everyone. But we hope corporate citizens everywhere will stand up to be counted. We'll take care of the loud part; it's up to you to help your favorite corporate citizen be proud and be counted in this year's applicant pool. After all, corporate citizenship counts.
Posted 04.27.2012
From The American Independent's Troy Hooper: Aspen’s chamber of commerce isn’t the first to sever ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over p...
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 04.25.2012
Some top Walmart executives have been active in a lobbying group that is pushing to weaken the country's main anti-bribery law, as first reported in t...
The Washington Post | Sari Horwitz and Jia Lynn Yang | Posted 04.24.2012
The Justice Department has been conducting a criminal probe of Wal-Mart for allegations of systematic bribery in Mexico, according to three people fam...
Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The corporate tax lobbying group WIN America has canceled its business with outside firms effectively ending its ad...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.23.2012
Saturday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time devoted to commemorating those killed on the job. No one volunteers to sacrifice their life for corporate profit, yet every day in workplaces across this country, the lives of 12 workers are taken, not given.
AP | JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | Posted 04.19.2012
NEW YORK -- Don't be misled by reports that inflation is tame. For small business owners, it's a threat to profits and expansion plans. An 8 percent ...
Suzanne Merkelson | Posted 04.06.2012
Curiously missing from the recent showering praise on the FDA are the three biggest U.S. producers of BPA: Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Bayer AG and Dow Chemical Co.
Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012
* FSOC finalizes rule on how it will pick systemic firms * Insurers, hedge funds anxious to see if picked * Firms expect...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.09.2012
By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsFor the big-spending U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2012 election season began early with a flurry of hard-hitting ads ...
The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.06.2012
Even on Wall Street, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But there are free fancy dinners. Most junior bankers on Wall Street are allowed a $25 ...
Adam Levin | Posted 04.24.2012
Hacking is a continuously evolving epidemic that is often perceived as a battle between evil and good forces. I am not overwhelmed by the proposals that I have seen because they treat the symptoms without paying attention to the infection itself.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 02.02.2012
Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement ...
Steven Strauss | Posted 04.02.2012
When a politician tells you s/he can cut your taxes and reduce regulations -- without increasing the budget deficit, and/or reducing the quantity (or quality) of services -- that politician is likely a liar.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.25.2012
A broad coalition of 38 civil rights, education reform and business groups sent House education chairman John Kline a scathing letter Wednesday, descr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.21.2012
WASHINGTON -- The top intellectual property lawyer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to have sent out an email to underlings on Friday, notifyin...
Peter Dreier | Posted 03.19.2012
Nowhere can the impact of the Occupy insurgency be better seen than in the fumbling efforts of Romney's GOP rivals to capture the new anti-corporate sentiment.
Posted 12.23.2011
Huge U.S. corporations are forming lobbying groups to try to influence what could become the hottest congressional debate over comprehensive tax r...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.22.2011
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) may be soaking up national attention from progressives dur...
HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 12.21.2011
As hackers from China snooped around the computer system of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year, many Chamber employees started receiving a dramati...
AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 02.20.2012
WASHINGTON — In a win for organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday approved sweeping new rules that would speed the pace...
Connie Lawn | Posted 05.23.2012