The president is right that current rules make it very hard for growing businesses to raise money. Will Congress really cooperate to change them? Yesterday, President Obama presented the details behind one of his State of the Union initiatives: to make it easier for small businesses to raise money and to grow.
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By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is set to ban new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years, a move hailed by conservation groups as a key to the president's environmental legacy. [More]
Read More »Inc. Live: Joe Weil, President of Launch
He is the president of Launch, a test commercial production studio that specializes in 3D cinematics and animations.
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The ongoing debate over cruise liners docking in Charleston has reached well beyond the city's historic waterfront.
Read More »Climate-Related Riders to Bills Invite U.S. Government Shutdown
Urgent efforts to avert a government shutdown at midnight faltered yesterday over Republican initiatives to freeze climate rules, a challenge to the president's environmental priorities at the outset of his re-election bid. Controversial policy provisions meant to defund U.S
Read More »Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama
More children would eat lunches and dinners at school under legislation passed by the House and sent to the president Wednesday, part of Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood hunger and combat childhood obesity.
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