Boosting Small Businesses with Obama’s Plan, Is It Too Late?
Earlier this week, President Obama decided to refocus his agenda on Americans jobs, especially small businesses.
Obama assails Republican foes, urges bipartisan effort
President Barack Obama on Friday scolded his Republican opponents for trying to block his legislative agenda at almost every turn and urged them to join a bipartisan push to create jobs and spur economic recovery.
Obama Sets Ambitious Export Goal
Obama Promises to Double Export Growth by 2015In promising Wednesday night to double the United States’ export growth over the next five years, President Obama set an ambitious goal for American trade policy that, he said, could create two mi…
Barack Obama pledges $8bn to upgrade aged US rail network
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!US president and Amtrak devotee Joe Biden take jobs pledge to FloridaBarack Obama announced $8bn in grants to upgrade America’s slow and aged passenger rail network today, taking his state of the union promise to build America’s clean energy economy [...]
White House pitches rail project as job creator
President Barack Obama is pitching his $8 billion high-speed rail program to Americans as a jobs generator that will revitalize the domestic rail industry. But the full picture is more complicated.
State of the union pressed the reset button | Michael Tomasky
Now Obama must work out how to harness any momentum the speech generates and stay in control of the agendaThe main task before Barack Obama in his state of the union address was to push the reset button. To reclaim some control over the agenda, which he had basically lost since about last October, when [...]
Macy’s says cutting some store level jobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Macy’s Inc said it is cutting some store-level jobs and adding others as part of its efforts to standardize how it manages stores and staffing.
Toyota fights for reputation as safety recall crisis widens
• Japanese firm says recall that has affected millions of vehicles in US will be extended to Europe and China• 750 jobs face axe at Burnaston factory in UK Toyota, the world’s biggest car maker, was fighting for its reputation today after recalling millions of its vehicles in the US and then saying it [...]
Toyota to axe 750 British jobs
Staff told of plan to reduce number of workers at Burnaston plant near Derby as Toyota fights to preserve reputation for safety with massive vehicle recallToyota aims to axe up to 750 jobs at its main UK factory, workers have been told. The news comes as the carmaker scrambles to recall millions of vehicles around [...]
State of the union speech: Obama vows to focus on jobs
US president uses his first state of the union speech to promise he will make the creation of a million jobs his priority this year• Datablog: how did Obama’s speech compare to past presidents? As wordlesBarack Obama bowed to the wave of US public anger over unemployment and other recession-related issues when he promised in [...]