Obama Trade Dilemma: Scant Support From Democrats The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. | But already political trade wars are forming, and they're with fellow Democrats rather than with Republicans, his usual antagonists. | Obama is promoting free-trade proposals with Europe...
Judge orders inquiry in Paris Jackson wellbeing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel LOS ANGELES (AP) An investigation into Paris Jackson's well-being has been ordered by a judge overseeing the guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children, court records show. | Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ordered an investigator to look into Paris Jackson's health, education and welfa...
Make it in America Huffington Post Our country has been on the short end of the trade deficit for so long, it sounds odd to call the widening trade deficit "good news." But in April import expenditures outpaced exports by $40.3 billion and the gap, although it has increased, was less ...
Jamen Shively's Diego Pellicer Marijuana Retail Plan Under Fire From Industry Peers Huffington Post Jamen Shively, CEO of Diego Pellicer (right) speaks to former Mexican president Vicente Fox during a May 30 news conference in Seattle. Shively's bold pronouncements during that event are causing turmoil within the tight-knight marijuana industry. (A...
Pact 'doesn't seek to exclude' China China Daily The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership continues to be fanned by speculation about the reasons behind an apparent intentional exclusion of China, led by the United States - but some suggest the argument falls flat for two reasons. | Opponents of...
Business Highlights San Francisco Chronicle ___ | Food companies work to make it look natural | NEW YORK (AP) — Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. | When stretching out the dough for its premium "Artisan Pizzas," Domino's workers are instructed not to wo...
Business Highlights my SA ___ | Food companies work to make it look natural | NEW YORK (AP) — Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. | When stretching out the dough for its premium "Artisan Pizzas," Domino's workers are instructed not to wo...
In apparel industry, advantages of Made in USA label wear thin The News & Observer Patriotism isn't easy. Just ask Los Angeles' garment makers. | Three years after combining their names to create Venley, a company that produces T-shirts and other basics in a downtown Los Angeles factory, onetime fraternity brothers Nick Ventura and...
Obama Trade Dilemma: Scant Support From Democrats The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. | But already political trade wars are forming, and they're with fellow Democrats rather than with Republicans, his usual antagonists. | O...
The Queen's Birthday Honours list - in full The Independent KNIGHTS BACHELOR | Brendan Barber. Formerly general secretary, Trades Union Congress. For services to employment relations. (London) | Nigel Bogle. Co-founder and group chairman, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. For services to the advertising industry. (London...
China's Innovation Hurdle Huffington Post At a meeting in Chicago, the China-United States Exchange Foundation released a report "U.S.-China Relations in the Next Ten Years'. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel opened the meeting, chaired by CH Tung, the former Hong Kong chief executive, as well as H...
Made In Post-China™ CounterPunch The scene was a 2011 dinner held at the home of venture capitalist John Doerr in Woodside, California, a short drive south of San Francisco. Those on the guest list–the aforementioned Jobs, as well as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s La...
Reform and Revolution at Left Forum 2013 CounterPunch This year’s Left Forum, held from 7 to 9 June at Pace University in lower Manhattan, was a rather impressive conference, one that arguably lived up to the Forum’s self-ascribed description as the “largest [single] gathering in North Ame...
