US Corporations

U.S. Corporations Fight Congress, White House Over Tax Havens

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Taxes, Territorial Taxation, Congress Taxes, U.S. Economy, U.S. Corporate Taxes, 112th Congress, Barack Obama Taxes, Offshore Tax Havens, Tax Reform, u.s. Corporations, Corporate Taxes, Tax Havens, Politics News

By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Large U.S. corporations are pressuring Congress and the White House to exempt overseas corporate pro...

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10 Companies Whose Highest-Ever Stock Prices Are Behind Them

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 09.23.2011

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Some of the best known publicly traded companies in the world have stocks that will never reach their all-time highs again. Many of them are not troub...

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U.S. Businesses, Wall Street Prepare For Possibility Of Downgrade, Default

Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Morgan Stanley, American Businesses, Moodys, Wall Street Default, Default Preparation, Obama Default, Standard and Poors, US Corporations, US Downgrade, Aaa Credit Rating, Default Prepare, US Default, Business Default, Business News

NEW YORK (Emily Flitter and Jennifer Ablan) - American businesses, from Wall Street banks to major industrial corporations, are preparing continge...

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Does Corporate America Now Grovel Before China?

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Government, China Japan Relations, China Corporations, Wto, Chinese Economy, US Corporations, Manufacturing, Chinese Labor, Chinese, China Threat, Bls, Chinese Capitalism, China, Ge, Business News

SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. (Nick Carey and James B. Kelleher) - China's rise as a manufacturing power has benefited American factory owners in at least one ...

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WHAT A WASTE: Companies Using Mounds Of Cash To Buy Back Stock Rather Than Generate Jobs

Washington Post | Jia Lynn Yang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Corporate Cash Reserves, Stock Buybacks, Stagnation, Economic Crisis, Corporate America, Stock Buyback, Corporate Savings, u.s. Corporations, Business News

For months, companies have been sitting on the sidelines with record piles of cash, too nervous to spend. Now they're starting to deploy some of that ...

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US Companies: Saving More And Investing Less

nytimes.com | YVES SMITH and ROB PARENTEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gdp, Corporate Profits, Profits, Federal Budget Deficit, US Corporations, Corporate Investment, Economic Growth, Government-Budget, Recession, Austerity, Business News

Over the past decade and a half, corporations have been saving more and investing less in their own businesses. A 2005 report from JPMorgan Research n...

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Most Hated Companies In America: The Top 15

businessinsider.com | 24/7wallst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stock Returns, Employees, Corporations, Corporate America, u.s. Corporations, 24/7wallst, Customer Satisfaction, Business News

Customers, employees, shareholders, and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to cho...

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The Seventy Percent Solution

Marco Trbovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Apollo Alliance, Pimco, Bill Gross, Job Growth, American Workers, Free Trade, Globalization, Consumer Purchasing, Obama, Economic Growth, Democrats, 70 Percent, Unemployment, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, College Education, Republican, US Corporations, Coalition of Labor, Phil Angelides, Business News
Marco Trbovich

70 percent of the US economy has been dependent on consumer purchasing to sustain economic growth. The portion of workers in the US who do not have a college education is also 70 percent.

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