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Companies Report Difficulty in Finding Qualified ...       October 9, 2009
News: The skill shortage is having a detrimental effect on business operations, a study finds. More than half of employers indicated that at least 16 percent of their workforces have a skill gap that affects productivity.
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Business Gets Behind Obama's Community College ...       September 18, 2009
News: Proponents say the changes will make college more affordable while saving tax dollars that would otherwise wind up as bank profits. Financial institutions are resisting the elimination of their role in originating education loans.
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Obama Health Care Reform Effort Gets $150 Million ...       August 14, 2009
News: A pharmaceutical industry advertising campaign makes its case for reform. The industry's lobby group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, will spend $150 million while Congress is on summer recess.
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Lobbying Groups, Companies Raise the Stakes in ...       July 30, 2009
News: The organizations specified in federal disclosure forms that they worked on issues and legislation related to health care or health care reform, though they did not disclose how much time has been spent on those matters.
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Why Business Cannot Write--and What to Do About ...       October 13, 2008
Feature: In today's business environment, writing savvy helps to drive deals and cement relationships, perhaps more than ever before, corporate training and human resource leaders say. But US employees appear to be falling short when it comes to ...
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House Approves Massive Bailout Bill With Exec ...       October 3, 2008
News: The bill authorizes buying troubled assets from banks and other financial institutions to avert a systemic Wall Street failure. Bailed-out firms would agree to curbs on executive pay. Also included are tax breaks and parity for mental ...
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Senate Approves Bailout Bill; Financial Market ...       October 2, 2008
News: Strong Senate approval on October 1 gives new momentum to a $700 billion rescue of financial markets that includes curbs on executive pay at financial firms that participate in the program.
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Corporate Governance, Retirement Reforms Seek ...       August 25, 2008
News: Reformers are licking their chops during this week's Democratic National Convention, with high expectations to place on the party's platform new corporate governance rules such as higher taxes on hedge funds and private equity firms, and ...
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Quick Takes -- February 27, 2008       February 26, 2008
Quick Takes: A Digest of Workforce Training News and Events (2/26/2008)
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