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Seen that? - France Tightens Family Immigration
in Global Mobility Report, on November 4, 2009
...ss. From the moment debate started, the crosscurrents buffeting the bill were evident. The intense lobbying since the bill emerged last week from three months of bipartisan negotiations is likely to ...
Buffett bets big on US recovery
in Sox First, on November 4, 2009
...oads, which have been around since the early 1800s, won’t disappear any time soon. Berkshire is lobbying on energy policy, and this deal gives it more clout. There are some subtle synergies between th...
Seen that? - legal file sharing and movie downloads
in TJ's Weblog, on October 7, 2009
...'s Weblog I was waiting a long time for this. Finally File sharing services are lobbying to become ('more') legal. I'm also very curious if there will be more mainstrea...
Banks bankrolling Congress
in Sox First, on August 27, 2009
...is report put out by the non-profit Public Citizen group. According to the report, lobbyists and lobbying firms representing the biggest recipients of the bailout money, courtesy of the US taxpayer...
Oil industry plans grass roots lobbying campaign on climate change
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...will be. But one thing's for sure: if the oil industry struggles to present a united front, its lobbying will be as good as destroyed....
Exxon Mobil lobbies on climate change
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
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Energy companies are spending millions lobbying on climate change and when you're the biggest oil producer, you will be paying more to buy the politicians. Which is why it's not surprisi...
Paulson, Goldman Sachs and the four tiers of US Government
in Sox First, on July 18, 2009
...he financial services sector is another tier of government. At the same time, the finance sector is lobbying furiously to stop the Obama administration bringing in the most basic protections for inves...
Act now for first-time homebuyer tax credit
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 16, 2009
...he National Association of Realtors, to extend the tax credit past the Dec. 1 deadline. They're lobbying legislators now. It's hard to say if they'll be successful, but I wouldn't be s...
Climate change impacts
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...ses and organizations led by manufacturers, power companies, and the oil and gas industry have been lobbying on climate change and Congress has shown itself to be a captive of lobbyists for industries...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...ecretary Timothy Geithner trying shelve the accounting rule change. They are also spending millions lobbying Congress. Not content with their $700 billion bailout, the banks want to keep investors in ...
The Capri, Europe's Ford Mustang and BMW Beater
in Classical Drives, on May 8, 2009
...2009, the Capri Club North America will be holding its 9th Annual Capris at Carlisle show and are lobbying the show's organizers to establish a class for European-built models. West coast Capri ...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...r industry. According to that report, they spent almost $370m in Washington over the past decade on lobbying and campaign donations. Top of the list was Countrywide which made $97 billionin subprime l...
An Olympic Sham Revisited
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 16, 2009
...quot;The results of the votes will be submitted to the International Golf Federation to help in the lobbying to show the outcome and support for this. Golfers have until September to vote, the decisio...
Will the Ban on Travel to Cuba Be Lifted Soon? Maybe...
in Latina Viva, on February 8, 2009
...#39;s Office of Travel and Tourism Industries. The CNN story points out that the travel industry is lobbying for change, saying that easing travel restrictions for Cuban Americans alone isn't enou...
Big Oil wins again
in Sox First, on June 1, 2008
...l company has worked hard for that money with Forbes reporting that it spent more than $3 million lobbying the Bush administration on energy tax credits, climate change and other issues in the first...
Truck companies are using new strategies to combat rising fuel prices
in Supplychainer, on April 25, 2008
...e case that helps to reduce the price.
- Using new techniques to reduce the tax on the fuel (from lobbying to transport optimization of fuel regarding tax).
What experience do you have with this?
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Fraudulent firms and lobbying
in Sox First, on April 8, 2008
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The best example of the link between lobbying and fraudulent companies was Enron. In its day, Enron had Enron had gained favours by lobbying Congress, federal and state governments, and various re...
Massachusetts House Denies Online Gambling Ban
in Internet Poker, on March 24, 2008
... L. Rice Jr. Prior to the committee vote, Rice had been considered a supporter of the bill by those lobbying in its behalf. To some extent they were correct; Rice does indeed support some type of casi...
CTIA To US FCC: We're #1!
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 14, 2008
The ctia , otherwise knows as the industry association representing the wireless carriers in the U.S., recently told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that based on some key factors, the U.S. wireless market is leading the way . They compared our wireless market to the top 10 w...
Lobbyists, subprime and the Rolling Stones
in Sox First, on January 2, 2008
...ountrywide Financial, gave about $2 million in campaign gifts, and spent an additional $6.7 million lobbying in Washington. And we learn that Ameriquest also handed out stacks of Rolling Stones ticke...
Top Ten Torrent Sites of 2007
in P2P File Sharing, on December 30, 2007
...suprises whatsoever.
Unsuprisingly Mininova heads up the list, isoHunt just behind, and the lobbying Pirate Bay in third. It also lists the best newcomers and the like. Interesting for those t...
Fixing Transparency will Fix Everything: Consumer Cautions
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 24, 2007
...s and consumers suffer the consequences."
The author, Wayne Winegarden, poses a valid point - lobbying in any form, be it lobbying an issue to the government or private business, changes the rul...
Disruptive Analysis: VoIP over 3G will Eclipse VoIP over Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 16, 2007
...w isn't buying it. "Entrenched cell carriers will go to all marketing, regulatory, legal, lobbying and statutory costs to protect the current business models they believe are necessary to pr...
New rules for lunch
in Sox First, on November 6, 2007
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In September, President George W. Bush signed a new lobbying reform bill now requires lawmakers to disclose more about their efforts to fund targeted spending projects, or earmarks, and will bar Ho...
PPA Is On the Hill
in Internet Poker, on November 1, 2007
...ne poker players know there is a group from the Poker Players Alliance currently in Washington D.C. lobbying for our game to become legalized and regulated. As you'll see from the YouTube clip bel...
SOX campaign
in Sox First, on October 29, 2007
...ent of conflict-of-interest and negligence charges, and forcing corporations to come clean on their lobbying, political contributions, taxes paid, government contracts and subsidies, environmental imp...
Supercapitalism
in Sox First, on October 18, 2007
...ney and market forces have spilled over into democracy and corrupted it. As a result, the corporate lobbying business has exploded and the corporate money flowing into politics has been channelled int...
ATV Trail Progress: The Alliance of Trail Vehicles of Maine
in Under My Helmet, on October 5, 2007
...ding to president Richard Barter.
While the association has support from two members of a private lobbying firm, the bulk of support comes from different club members who rally when needed. The ...
How Telecoms are Trying to Protect Themselves From Lawsuits Over Privacy Violations
in The Smart PDA, on October 4, 2007
...telecommunications companies, working closely with the white house , have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve a measure wiping out all private lawsuits again...
Open Source statt Konfektionsware...
in Das Open Source Weblog, on 03.10.07
...amp; Contra Open Source Software - Ergebnisse aus der LiSoG_Task Force "Marketing&Lobbying"" liefert da eine ausführlichere Argumentation und eignet sich zum Nachhaken der im Flyer...
Selling SOA to the business
in The CIO Weblog, on September 26, 2007
...g" SOA approaches to executives. As you might expect if you have ever done any of this sort of lobbying, it revolves around describing the business benefits of the approach and only afterward get...
Subprime meddling
in Sox First, on August 30, 2007
...t means the auditors, among other things, "must act in an unbiased and objective manner." Lobbying audit clients to change their business practices is the mark of a biased auditor, not a dis...
Jericho Mountain State Park to Double Number of ATV Trails
in Under My Helmet, on August 15, 2007
...g 20 bridges and a couple of boardwalks in the Park .
In a time when all we see is activism and lobbying against ATVs and off roading, with more and more areas being closed, it's a nice change...
Internet Addiction in China? The Government Steps In...
in China Venture News, on August 11, 2007
...ing after being exposed to too much Western influence online. But in all fairness, there is a group lobbying to see Internet Addiction Disorder included in the next edition of the Diagnostic and St...
More Limits On Microsoft - Google
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 28, 2007
...to extend part of the US government's four-year antitrust scrutiny of Microsoft, intensifying a lobbying battle in which the arch-rivals have sought to limit each other's power.
Google went o...
RIAA Political Peddling
in Digital Music - The Future, on June 20, 2007
...rs) and mean little in the scheme of things. RIAA's main contribution and the real action is in lobbying. According to the center for responsive politics , RIAA spent $1.5 million on lobbyi...
RIAA Political Peddling
in P2P File Sharing, on June 20, 2007
...rs) and mean little in the scheme of things. RIAA's main contribution and the real action is in lobbying. According to the center for responsive politics , RIAA spent $1.5 million on lobbyi...
Blick über den Tellerrand
in Das Open Source Weblog, on 14.06.07
Um Open Source richtig bewerten zu können, hilft oft ein Blick über den Tellerrand. Manchmal hat es ja gerade im IT-Bereich den Anschein als seien alle Neuigkeiten, alle Probleme und Fragen entweder nur im eigenen Land oder aber in den USA beheimatet. Was machen denn die Nachbarn in Europa?
Von...
PPA Announces New VP
in Internet Poker, on June 1, 2007
... on the game of poker. Per PokerNews.com they have hired the services of John Pappas to head up its lobbying attempts to ward off the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act's teeth into the on...
Immigration Bill Debate Extended - Oh, Really?
in Latina Viva, on May 23, 2007
...s.
From the moment debate started, the crosscurrents buffeting the bill were evident. The intense lobbying since the bill emerged last week from three months of bipartisan negotiations is likely to ...
Betting on Wolfie's final daze
in Sox First, on May 11, 2007
...r. The Bloomberg piece also let's us know that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been lobbying on Wolfowitz's behalf. Wolfowitz might need all the friends he can get but it looks li...
"Protect Harvard from the RIAA"
in P2P File Sharing, on May 10, 2007
...eploying our clinical legal student training programs to defend our targeted students. We should be lobbying Congress for a roll back of the draconian copyright law that the copyright industry has for...
The Public's Right to Know
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 3, 2007
... related to global warming. The VNR was funded by TCS Daily, a
website then published by the PR and lobbying firm
DCI
Group , which counts ExxonMobil among its clients.
The royalties on internet ra...
"Protect Harvard from the RIAA"
in Digital Music - The Future, on May 3, 2007
...eploying our clinical legal student training programs to defend our targeted students. We should be lobbying Congress for a roll back of the draconian copyright law that the copyright industry has for...
U.S. Rep Frank Not Seeking Poker Carve Out
in Internet Poker, on April 16, 2007
...pects of this," Frank said.
In addition, he rejected a carve out that Poker players have been lobbying for, similar to the way the UIGEA currently exempts using the Internet to bet on horses and...
Congressman Frank Joins Fight Against UIGEA
in Internet Poker, on March 31, 2007
...ngton need to be in place. Former Senator Al D'amato jumped on the PPA train to assist with the lobbying efforts. Sorely needed in the efforts to turn a few congressional heads towards online poke...
PayPal wants no false emails
in I got Spam?!, on March 27, 2007
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Funny thing, PayPal is lobbying by the e-mail providers to ban unsigned emails. This could stop phishing, which is one of PayPals biggest soar spots.
Network world writes :
"So far, no a...
Former Senator D'Amato Offically Joins PPA
in Internet Poker, on March 7, 2007
...eel of taking his friend's for a little cash during his home game, he is the first step towards lobbying the cause of giving online poker and its payment processors the same status currently enjoy...
Free the computer
in HackITLinux, on March 4, 2007
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The free software Foundation is lobbying for the computer's release from the grasp of proprietary software vendors.
By making the recommended changes in any or all of these five are...
State of the RPS Bill
in IfEnergy, on February 26, 2007
... I wonder how it will all go. I would imagine that after the deliberations, the debates and the lobbying, the smoke will clear and the legislation introduced by Congressman Tom Udall of New Mexico w...
The link between fraud and lobbying
in Sox First, on February 21, 2007
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Before it went belly-up, Enron gained favorable treatments by lobbying Congress, federal and state governments, and various regulatory agencies. Little gifts that included the removal of price con...
Former Senator D'Amoto to head Poker Lobbying Group
in The Gambling Weblog, on February 20, 2007
...enator Alfonse D'Amoto has been selected as the new Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance, the lobbying group for legalizing poker in the US. The PPA plans to use D'Amoto's name recogniti...
The new lobbyist toolkit
in Sox First, on February 1, 2007
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Much has been said about the impact the new ethics and lobbying rules will have on Congress. But what sort of impact would it have on business? How will it change their interactions with lawmak...
A less than modest proposal
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 25, 2007
...or that weekend. I don't want casinos to benefit from online's demise. I suspect that their lobbying efforts have contributed to the mess we're in now. " I agree, let's go bigger....
Bloggers, Law, Civil Rights and Privacy
in Latina Viva, on January 23, 2007
...l bloggers to register as lobbyists previously reported by Slashdot has been stripped out of the lobbying reform bill ."
I'm glad. I don't want anything in the Internet to be contro...
Harrah's CEO named Chairman of AGA Board
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 12, 2007
...c, elected officials, other decision makers and the media through education and advocacy." The lobbying group has its offices in Washington, DC....
Fall in securities fraud lawsuits
in Sox First, on January 4, 2007
... business is gathering momentum. First, we have seen the SEC buckling to years of fierce corporate lobbying and taking the first steps to watering down Sarbanes-Oxley by allowing companies with small...
Top 10 business shenanigans for 2006
in Sox First, on December 25, 2006
What a year it's been! The stories have just kept coming, and certainly kept me busy here. Scandals and litigation have all been part of the mix covered by Sox First this year. And Governments and business are copping plenty of heat to lift their game. And it's now coming from all Quar...
Time To Mark Your Calendars, November 6, 2006
in IfEnergy, on October 16, 2006
...ctive of addressing abrupt climate change.
Colleagues from the Rainforest preservation groups are lobbying to put in the concern regarding the destruction of protected lands for agricultural product...
The Unlawful Enforcement Gambling Act, Jack Abramoff and the Lobbyists
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 10, 2006
...olitics has won the day - ultimately making the US public the ones to suffer
Leading the corporate lobbying effort in support of the bill - and in opposition to the efforts of UK companies such as Sp...
VeriChip Seeks to Implant RFID Tags in U.S. Troops
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 23, 2006
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The Inquirer's Nick Farrell reports that VeriChip is lobbying the U.S. government to implant its RFID chips under the skin of the right arm of 1.4 million U.S. soldiers, to replace dog ta...
Parody of Al Gore on climate change and Exxon Mobil
in Sox First, on August 9, 2006
... thanks to Raw Story team, we learn that an online parody of the film has been linked to a lobbying firm which counts Exxon Mobil as one of its clients. Raw Story is basing its report on the...
Stephen Page of Barenaked Ladies Says Don't Sue Fans
in P2P File Sharing, on August 1, 2006
... is not the solution.
An excerpt of his commentary follows:
Much of their [the record industry] lobbying, however, is not about protecting artists or promoting Canadian culture. It is about proppi...
Stephen Page of Barenaked Ladies Says Don't Sue Fans
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 1, 2006
... is not the solution.
An excerpt of his commentary follows:
Much of their [the record industry] lobbying, however, is not about protecting artists or promoting Canadian culture. It is about proppi...
Irish Fight For Their Rights
in Digital Music - The Future, on July 25, 2006
... and laws that reflect how people use digital media. Digital Rights Ireland is actively involved in lobbying the Irish government.
More about the group and its music position from an Irish Times ...
Irish Fight For Their Rights
in P2P File Sharing, on July 25, 2006
... and laws that reflect how people use digital media. Digital Rights Ireland is actively involved in lobbying the irish government.
More about the group and its music position from an Irish Ti...
EFF Goes on the Offensive
in Digital Music - The Future, on July 11, 2006
...attle to the courts . The EFF is re-opening its office in Washington, DC. However it's not for lobbying Congress, which the EFF will leave to other groups.
What's wrong with lobbying? "...
EFF Goes on the Offensive
in P2P File Sharing, on July 11, 2006
...attle to the courts . The EFF is re-opening its office in Washington, DC. However it's not for lobbying Congress, which the EFF will leave to other groups.
What's wrong with lobbying? "...
EFF Goes on the Offensive
in P2P File Sharing, on July 6, 2006
...attle to the courts . The EFF is re-opening its office in Washington, DC. However it's not for lobbying Congress, which the EFF will leave to other groups.
What's wrong with lobbying? "...
Telcos Prices Go South Due To VoIP
in The VoIP Weblog, on July 5, 2006
...ternet's first amendment . Due to rising competition telcos and cable companies have been lobbying in Congress in order to set up a tiered network through which they can maximize revenue by ...
