USA News, Aug 31, 2011

Daryl Hannah arrested for protesting in Washington USA Today (blog) By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Happening now: Daryl Hannah was 'cuffed by US Park Police in front of the White House during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline. The actress was arrested at the White House along with other environmental protesters ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Business, labor join Obama to push highway funding USA Today (blog) By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY President Obama will make a renewed pitch alongside business and labor advocates Wednesday morning for Congress to pass a highway and mass transit bill before the current one expires in September. The White Houseevent ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Duchess Catherine, Michelle Obama wield style power for good USA Today By Maria Puente, USA TODAY Stunning in stripes: Talbots' customers scooped up this patriotic look after Michelle Obama wore it while accompanying the president at the White House picnic. The two dazzling lights on the fashion stage today are Michelle ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Obama, Republicans tussle over paying for hurricane aid USA Today By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY The total damage from Hurricane Irene has yet to be assessed, but already the White House and congressional Republicans are fighting over the bill. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor started the dialogue by insisting that ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Obama charged for drunk driving RT "I think I will call the White House," he said. After all, that's where his nephew lives. Obama, the uncle that the president mentions in his memoir “Dreams from My Father,” was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation ... See all stories on this topic » RT

Romney's plan to beat Perry Washington Post Since leaving the White House Thiessen has become one of the nation's most prolific authors and commentators, writing regularly for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times,USA Today, National Review, Weekly Standard, Daily Beast, ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama: Seven proposed rules could cost $1 billion-plus USA Today The dispute over regulations boils down to this: The White House is on a tear to remove old, unnecessary regulations from the books, while Republicans in Congress and the business community are much more concerned about new and proposed rules with ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

A look at Huntsman, Perry, Romney jobs records USA Today Of the major Republican candidates for the White House, only Perry, Huntsman and Romney have been governors and tried to use the levers of government to boost their states' economies. Huntsman and Romney are also the sons of prominent corporate CEOs. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

CHINA - UNITED STATES AsiaNews.it Of course, the White House will explain that it is doing so for the US interests, in an effort to appreciate the Chinese currency so as to increase employment in the United States. But why didn't the Chinese government follow its practice of protesting ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaNews.it

Academics, scientists and Intel's CEO convene at Portland State for White ... OregonLive.com While Alley embraces efforts to improve engineering and inspire young students, he's skeptical of initiatives like Wednesday's White House forum. "I think the states need to have their own focus," he said, "not the federal government swooping in." See all stories on this topic » OregonLive.com

Obama adds event to 9/11 schedule USA Today (blog) White House spokesman Jay Carney confirmed a New York Times story that the administration is circulating guidelines on how to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The newspaper said the guidelines feature "instructions to honor the memory ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Daryl Hannah, Greenpeace USA Executive Director, & More Arrested at White ... PlanetSave.com Tim DeChristopher may have been the biggest inspiration for the tar sands action occurring at the White House for a couple weeks right now, and his reflections from prison are definitely worth a read. Photo of tar sands and climate change activist Andy... See all stories on this topic » PlanetSave.com

Blame Democrats? Republicans? Or Saturn and Pluto? Huffington Post (blog) Astrologers are no better at figuring out who will end up in the White House, but at least astrology provides a sense of greater perspective on the turmoil that is facing not only Washington DC, but the entire planet. As far as the United States is ... See all stories on this topic »

O'Donnell dropped from Tea Party event; Palin to appear USA Today (blog) Palin -- the former Alaska governor who is on track to make a decision about the 2012 presidential race at the end of September -- is not likely to talk about a White Housebid. The Des Moines Register reports that Palin will speak last at the Tea ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Video: STS – “Cliché” Consequence of Sound ... party in Somewhere, USA, where it's so white and stuffy you can cut the AXE body spray-infused air with a knife. That is, however, until STS himself hits the party and things get really bumpin' a la Animal House (complete with character epilogues). ... See all stories on this topic »

Biden makes clean energy pitch Politico “The private-sector financing reflects the progress these companies have made over the past two years toward developing new technologies that could transform the way Americans use and produce energy,” the White House said in a statement about the... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Sen. DeMint repeats he won't run again in 2016 USA Today His comments were reported by The State newspaper. DeMint had been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate this year, but has declined those entreaties. He told the Columbia group he won't seek the White House in 2016, either. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Net do-not-track option kicks off to criticism istockAnalyst.com (press release) The IAB wants President Obama to endorse self-regulation, including the turquoise triangle, in a forthcoming White House white paper, Chester says. The group's most influential members, led by Google and Facebook, are lobbying the Federal Trade ... See all stories on this topic »

Justice In A Time of Terror: Heroes and Goats The Atlantic Like bagmen for the Mob, these two then-White House officials showed up at John Ashcroft's hospital room on the night of March 10, 2004, seeking to get the ailing attorney general to sign off on an extension of the National Security Agency's secret ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

Crapo Legislation Increases Education About Teen Dating Violence PoliticalNews.me (press release) Crapo, along with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), has introduced the “SAFE Teen Act.” US Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) have also introduced similar legislation in the House. About 72 percent of 8th and 9th graders report ... See all stories on this topic »

Michele Bachmann Memoir Shares 'Enthusiasm for Pro-Growth Economy' Christian Post Bachmann added, “I want to bring a voice, your voice, to the White House just as I brought your voice to the halls of the United States Congress.” The 55-year-old celebrated a close win over US Rep. Ron Paul in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on August 13. ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Post

Gabe Sapolsky Talks In Depth About UFC Wrestlezone Dragon Gate USA Vice President and former ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky has posted his second blog on The Heyman Hustle regarding his 1st-ever UFC experience. "As the fighters began to take the stage, Dana White finally took his place behind the podium with ... See all stories on this topic »

Editorial: Super PACs, able to leap public interest in a single bound ... Detroit Free Press Priorities USA, founded by two former Obama aides last February just two months after they left theWhite House, is trolling Democratic donors for similarly king-sized contributions. The Center for Responsive Politics reports that just 35 donors ... See all stories on this topic »

Lubricious puritanism Signandsight.com People say that in the case of Bill Clinton he was punished more for his lies than the affair with theWhite House intern. This is obviously not the case because George Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, an infinitely more serious ... See all stories on this topic »

Dirty Durban CounterPunch The end of the only binding multilateral climate treaty is mainly due to Washington's intransigence, and it is heartening to those of us in Durban that hundreds of people have been arrested at the White House over the last two weeks, demanding US ... See all stories on this topic »

Gerald Ensley: When I was a student ... Tallahassee Democrat (blog) People are everywhere, things are happening, it's College Town USA. And boy, does FSU ever trot out the dog to welcome new students. From last Wednesday through Sunday, FSU staged an endless series of parties, games and activities for freshmen called ... See all stories on this topic »

Team Obama's PR Failure Imperils H-Care Law O'Dwyer's PR News (blog) Those sorry numbers are an indictment of the White House's lousy PR to promote its landmark accomplishment. It's like a baseball player hitting a long home run into the upper decks, and then failing to run the bases. Here's more from Kaiser making the ... See all stories on this topic » O'Dwyer's PR News (blog)

Once-a-century earthquake rattles East Coast | Reuters How to hack like a News of the World reporter Mon, Aug 29 2011 ... The Pentagon, White Houseand Capitol were evacuated in Washington, and thousands of ... www.reuters.com/.../us-quake-usa-idUSTRE77M6712011082...

USA Today News: Raw Video: White House, Capitol shaken by quake Watch USA Today News - Season 2011, Raw Video: White House, Capitol shaken ... The White House and Capitol were among the Washington buildings that ... www.clicker.com/.../raw-video--white-house-capitol-shaken-b...

USA Political News | Irene Tragically Spares U.S. Capitol, White ... Irene Tragically Spares U.S. Capitol, White House, Pentagon & Wall Street ( VIDEO) ... Treasury of YouTube Home Video from Irene Attacking Washington, D.C. ... usapolitical.net/.../irene-tragically-spares-u-s-capitol-white-hou...

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FORBES News, Aug 31, 2011

200 Best Under A Billion Forbes Most navigated the global credit crunch with little to no debt on their balance sheets. On average the companies on our list have a 13% debt-to-equity ratio. In fact, 67 of these companies carry no debt at all. Chinese and Hong Kong companies dominate ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung Seeks Next Global Bestseller With Galaxy S II Smartphones Forbes En route to the Forbes gadget beat, I worked at Business Week, Time Asia and Random House. I also lived in South Korea and Hong Kong, where I quickly acquired a taste for fast broadband and sleek phones. Now I'm a staff writer focusing on telecom and ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Perry Needn't Sweat His Global Warming Skepticism Forbes ... Global Warming Hoax". It can be previewed and ordered at www.climateofcorruption.com. Additional information about my book and views can be found on my YouTube address: http://www.youtube.com/climateofcorruption. The author is a Forbes contributor. ... See all stories on this topic »

Thailand's 40 Richest Forbes Tatiana Serafin, a writer based in New York, heads Global Markets and Ideas (tatianaserafin.com) and covers billionaires and businesses in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Russia. She is a former Staff Writer at Forbes and has profiled billionaires in ... See all stories on this topic »

Ozics And The Future Of Mending Bones Forbes You can follow me on Twitter at @Jennalee The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The worldwide orthopedic market had global revenues of more than $36b in 2008. The market is dominated by six global companies ... See all stories on this topic »

Warren Buffett, And His Board, May Be Too Old To Run Berkshire Hathaway Forbes I am a freelance writer with credits in the Financial Times, Boston Review, Columbia Journalism Review, Accountancy Age, Accountancy Magazine, Forbes, and others. I also blog at my own site, re: The Auditors a specialized news site about the business ... See all stories on this topic »

Has Peak Oil Come To The Non-Opec World? Maybe. Forbes I started writing for Forbes in 1999, during the dotcom bubble. In 2004 I moved from New York to Houston; from here I've written cover stories on the likes of Exxon, Chevron and Michael Dell while traveling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar and offshore Gulf ... See all stories on this topic »

The New Feminine Face Of The Media Elite Forbes ... turnover at major TV networks resulted in new leading ladies, and one glass-shattering Brit upped her global profile. Has traditional media embraced its feminine side? The top 10 newswomen on this year's recently released Forbes list of the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

Forbes: Will a Christian billionaire become the new president of Egypt? Beliefnet.com (blog) (Many in the global art world may also recognize him as the one who pledged a $175000 reward for the return of Van Gogh's Poppies” stolen from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum in August, 2010 – a museum that also reportedly housed works by other major ... See all stories on this topic »

Dee Forbes Director magazine We are 100 per cent focused on being a content company." When Discovery began, the model was to create a global programme network, show it around the world and top up with acquisitions. "That's our model," Forbes says. "But Western Europe has such good ... See all stories on this topic » Director magazine

Brazilian President makes 'Most Powerful Women' list openPR (press release) (openPR) - You would think that behind every great man there's a great woman, but according to Forbes, the only person the most powerful women are driving are themselves. Surprisingly enough, the top ten list consisted of women from politics and... See all stories on this topic » openPR (press release)

Philippines: Coconut shipments down by 40% as of July FreshPlaza PCA Administrator Euclides G. Forbes told reporters at the sidelines of ceremonies yesterday marking the start of 25th National Coconut Week and 10th National Coconut Festival at the Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City that the dry spell ... See all stories on this topic »

8 Virtuous Investment Options Huffington Post (blog) "Our philosophy is that to solve the world's toughest problems we need exponentially more resources than can be provided through just traditional philanthropy," says Ron D. Cordes in a Forbes.com interview this week. "Impact investing offers an ... See all stories on this topic »

On the EQC's funding woes, and a peak oil update Scoop.co.nz Peak Oil update Here's a useful Forbes magazine article on the prospects facing the oil industry. Profits are up, big time – as the article says, you'd expect that when the price is up at $120 a barrel for Brent crude – but the oil production outlook, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Mills: Cobalt Is the King of Critical Metals Business Insider RM: Green initiatives have become a global focus point for many investors. Cobalt holds a critical role in the future green energy economy, mainly for its use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and consumer electronics. ... See all stories on this topic »

NFL: 5 Things Football Can Learn from Soccer Bleacher Report Per the Forbes list of the world's most valuable sports teams, Manchester United now sits in the No. 1 position. The financial dominance of the NFL on that list is undoubted, but soccer is catching up. FIFA (world soccer's largely defunct governing ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Irene blamed for gas shortages Danbury News Times "We are working to safely return our (third terminal) Forbes Ave petroleum distribution facility to normal service as soon as possible," Heine said. On West Avenue in Darien, Jahan Zaib, the manager of a Sunoco station that had no electricity directed ... See all stories on this topic »

New V-locity 3 Virtual Platform Disk Optimizer Released at VMworld MarketWatch (press release) CIO's, IT Managers and System Administrators of Global Fortune 1000 and Forbes 500 enterprises rely on Diskeeper Corporation's storage performance software to make their physical and virtual systems faster, more reliable, longer lived, ... See all stories on this topic »

Company 3 Opens New Location in Atlanta MarketWatch (press release) Company 3 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., ( www.bydeluxe.com ) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. www.company3.com. See all stories on this topic »

SANY America Starts Operations at New Headquarters in Georgia Lift and Access This year, SANY Heavy Industry joined the Financial Times Global 500 list and theForbes World's Most Innovative Companies list. In July, the Wall Street Journal also reported that SANY has overtaken Caterpillar for excavator market share in China, ... See all stories on this topic » Lift and Access

NanoArt 2011 International Online Competition - TOP10 Artists - Part II Nanotechnology News ... Technology Review, the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report and others, he became fascinated with the scientific images that were part of the stories he was reporting. Now with IBM's consulting unit,Global Business Services, Jack is continuing to explore ... See all stories on this topic »

CAA Saskatchewan selects Interactive Intelligence IP Business Communications ... Call Centre Clinic News (press release) The company is among Software Magazine's 2010 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers, and Forbes Magazine's 2010 Best Small Companies in America. The company employs approximately 1000 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... See all stories on this topic »

MGM Grand Detroit Promotes Michael Urbin to Executive Chef dBusinessNews Detroit (press release) A Forbes Four Star and AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, MGM Grand Detroit is the city's first and only downtown hotel, gaming, and entertainment destination built from the ground up. The hotel features 400 chic and stylish guest rooms, ... See all stories on this topic »

Pfizer's Xalkori and Abbott test show promise in personalized medicine ... Medical Marketing and Media Abbott told Forbes' Matthew Herper that the test would cost around $1500, with $250 going to Abbott and the rest to the lab. If testing were to become universal, that could mean around $30000 spent on tests for every patient that gets the drug, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ticket Summit(R) Announces Trade Show Roster MarketWatch (press release) This event attracts hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainment experts in the ticket community. Past attendees and sponsors include: Billboard, Blue Man Group, Broadway.com, eBay, Facebook, Forbes, Goldman Sachs, Google, ... See all stories on this topic »

Why elections matter—to the capitalists Party for Socialism and Liberation Even Forbes magazine—the self-described “capitalist tool”—ran a headline forecasting the “The Coming Global Class War.” Youth unemployment is no better here than in the countries that have recently experienced rebellion and revolution. ... See all stories on this topic » Party for Socialism and Liberation

Are Chinese Auction Giants Guardian and Poly Making Moves Into the Western Art ... ARTINFO Forbes reported in May that Poly is considering opening an office in New York later this year, citing a speech by managing director Li Da, who said that the house was looking to help build up its customer base — apparently outside of mainland China. ... See all stories on this topic » ARTINFO

From the editor Director magazine This month I interviewed Dee Forbes, executive vice president and managing director of Discovery Networks, Western Europe, who recalled the enormous pan-European restructure she undertook only six months into the role and talks about her pride that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Tech Stocks Continue To Slide Due To Global Economic ... - Forbes Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. These global giants usually reorder themselves at a glacial ... www.forbes.com/.../tech-stocks-continue-to-slide-due-to-globa...

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