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Hillary Clinton Is Not the Only Critic of 'Quarterly Capitalism'
2015-07-31 18:45:57| Food - Topix.net
Democratic 2016 presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech on economic policy in which she discussed raising the capital-gains tax rate at New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business in New York City on July 2015. All have warned of the risks and woes of "quarterly capitalism," or corporate behavior driven by the pressures of stock prices and quarterly earnings.
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Biden, former critic of NY's LaGuardia Airport, upbeat on redesign
2015-07-28 03:34:45| Airlines - Topix.net
Vice President Joe Biden, who last year compared New York's LaGuardia Airport to "some third-world country," on Monday was back in New York to tout a project that will rebuild it from the ground up. "It's the greatest city in the world, and it requires a 21st-century infrastructure," Biden said at a news conference of the airport, which consistently ranks among the worst in the United States.
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Outspoken critic of California's business climate moves back -- but just to visit
2015-06-12 18:45:51| Waste Management - Topix.net
A CEO who famously bashed California's business climate as he moved his company to Texas four years ago is back ... sort of. Ron Mittelstaedt of Waste Connections confirmed he's the buyer of an El Dorado Hills home for $2.85 million.
Coke CEO's declined bonus not enough for pay critic Winters
2015-03-14 00:53:01| Beverages - Topix.net
A decision by Coca-Cola Co's chief executive to decline his 2014 bonus did not go far enough, a well-known pay critic said Friday, indicating the company could face more scrutiny of its compensation ahead of its shareholder meeting this spring. While Coke Chairman and Chief Executive Muhtar Kent declined a $2.5 million bonus, that amount was offset by increases in the value of his stock-based awards, said David Winters, whose Wintergreen Advisers owns about 2.5 million Coke shares.
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The top critic of the White House's net neutrality plan was appointed by Obama
2015-02-20 08:20:04| Telecom - Topix.net
One of President Barack Obama's appointees on the Federal Communications Commission has spent the past few weeks on a high profile campaign to attack White House's "net neutrality" plan. "The American people are being misled about President Obama's plan to regulate the internet," Pai declared at the FCC's headquarters in Washington .