Posts Tagged ‘obama’
A Meeting With BP, and an Eye on the Euro Zone
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW: Obama to ask BP to set up escrow account to compensate victims. Read the rest of this entry »
This Week in Business Tweets: The BP Watch
Jack Welch on why Obama's "Today" show performance fell short. Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter May 21, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Dear Client, Odds of a U.S. value-added tax are slim. But there's plenty of talk about it these days as a way to ease tax collection and trim the deficit. Among others, former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say it's worth a look Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Tax Letter February 19, 2010 (The Kiplinger Tax Letter)
Look beyond the upcoming FINAL health care vote. Other tax bills are making speedier progress,driven by congressional Democrats' continued worry that if the economy still sags come this November,their party will face a disaster in the voting booth. The result: More tax relief for businesses.Start with a tax credit to spur job creation. President Obama just signed a law exempting firms from paying Social Security tax this year for workers hired after Feb Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter March 12th, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Another grim moniker for Afghanistan: NOW AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR. On March 29, it will pass Vietnam's 8½ years of sustained combat. And the end is still many years away. Though Obama plans to begin a withdrawal by July 2011, a U.S. presence will last much longer. It will take until 2014 at the earliest before the Afghan army and police are prepared to take on the Taliban without significant help. Afghans are undermanned, ill-trained, ill-equipped and lacking in logistics and secure facilities Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Tax Letter February 4, 2010 (The Kiplinger Tax Letter)
Obama's timetable for tax hikes is in trouble. Democrats aren't fully supporting his plan. While Obama wants action this year on his proposal to end the Bush tax cuts for upper income taxpayers, some Democrats in Congress worry about losing seats in the Nov. elections and would prefer to delay a vote on his plan until the U.S. economy picks up steam. Obama wants to revive higher top tax rates...36% and 39.6%...in effect before the Bush tax cuts were OK'd in 2001. His budget plan for fiscal 2011 would start the 36% tax bracket at about $231,000 of taxable income for married couples and approximately $196,000 for single filers. Read the rest of this entry »
1-28-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Weak economic data is dragging stocks lower Stocks slipped in early trading Thursday as upbeat earnings failed to offset uncertainty still swirling around government involvement in the market and disappointing jobless and durable goods orders reports. Politics, not the economy, had been dictating trading over the past week. Concerns about President Barack Obama’s plan to Read the rest of this entry »