In his latest attempt to help the economy, President Obama is proposing a new round of business tax breaks. But it’s not clear whether companies would rush out to take advantage of them. And even if they did, would these breaks really create U.S.
Also tagged breaks, call-or-visit, companies, his-latest, not-clear, obama, portland-oregon, president, take-advantage, vancouverAP – Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
Also tagged bush-era, business, cuyahoga, joining-battle, months-before, photo, president, president-barack, the-economy, wealthiest, wednesdayThe Christian Science Monitor – A new round of tax incentives for US businesses could have some positive impact on the job market, but it’s not likely to ignite massive employment.
Also tagged barack, business, christian, college, cuyahoga, ignite-massive, monitor, new-round, parma, photo, positive-impact, tax-incentives, the-economy, the-jobReuters – Stocks rose at the open on Wednesday, tracking European stocks up and ahead of Federal Reserve comments on the state of the economy.
Also tagged after-reports, banking-system, business, european, financial, floor, open, region, state, stock-exchange, stocks, street, wednesdayReuters – Republicans in Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve billions of dollars in measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away.
Also tagged barack-obama, blanche-lincoln, business, congress, country, democratic, photo, president, shakes-hands, showed-little, white-houseReuters – Tax cuts should be extended for all Americans to help spur the economy, but even the middle-class cuts should end in two years, former U.S.
Also tagged budget-director, cuts-should, even-the-middle, help-spur, middle, peter-orszag, said-on-tuesday, the-economyLabor Day is the traditional campaign kick off, and President Obama traveled to Milwaukee, Wisc., to mark the moment Monday.
Also tagged broadway-street, democrats, mark-the-moment, milwaukee, obama, oregon, president, president-obamaThe unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent last month, with big political implications ahead of November elections.
Also tagged bankruptcy, call-or-visit, employers-hiring, lot-more, political-implications, rate-rose, will-it-takeAs summer comes to an end this weekend, “Recovery Summer” too sputters to an end. The Obama administration’s hopes that the spring’s jobs growth would continue were not realized. On Friday, the president said he’d be proposing new plans to give the economy a bit more juice
Also tagged bit-more, call-or-visit, obama, offer, offer-plan, oregon, portland-oregon, president, proposing-new, summer, the-president, too-sputtersUnions representing state and local government employees have long been able to protect benefits that are the envy of private-sector workers. With the economy in trouble, though, public employee unions are suddenly losing a lot of battles
Also tagged baxter, call-or-visit, envy, government, oregon, protect-benefits, public-employee, the-original, vancouver, workers-being