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Q2 2015 Lobbying Entity Statements

2015-07-31 19:35:40| PortlandOnline

(excel document) application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, 15kbCategory: 2015 2nd Quarter Lobbying Reports

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Facebook, Amazon, Apple pick up spending on lobbying

2015-07-21 10:22:58| IT Services - Topix.net

Apple, Facebook and Amazon.com have increased their expenses on trying to influence U.S. politicians and policy at the federal level, but Google still outstrips them in spending though it reduced expenditure in the second quarter. Amazon's spending on lobbying increased by 103 percent to a record US$2.15 million in the second quarter of 2015, according to data collated by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog from filings by the company.

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Teachers' union, Exelon top spenders on lobbying in Annapolis

2015-07-19 13:00:00| Energy - Topix.net

Political cynics are fond of urging taxpayers to hold onto their wallets when the General Assembly is in session. But that doesn't apply to businesses, industries and others with something to win or lose in Annapolis.

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Monsanto's latest bid could test its lobbying might

2015-06-12 20:19:39| Chemicals - Topix.net

The bid by the world's largest seller of crop seeds, Monsanto , to take over the world's largest seller of pesticides, Swiss giant Syngenta AG , may never come to fruition. At the moment, Sygenta is rejecting the overture, arguing that the $45 billion offer is inadequate - and worrying about the reputational risk of merging with a company that's perceived as carrying some undesirable baggage.

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