The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the September employment report this morning, with national unemployment reported at 9.1 percent. Since April, the unemployment rate has ranged between 9 and 9.2 percent. |
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Steve Jobs beautifully brought together his experiences, education, vision and view of mortality in this 2005 commencement address to the students of Stanford University. |
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Business Roundtable (BRT) and Harvard University, in partnership with Bloomberg, brought together seven BRT-member CEOs and seven presidents of prominent research universities for an innovation and jobs roundtable on Wednesday. During the private discussion, which took place at Bloomberg headquarters in Washington, participants identified common areas for policy action between the business and education communities, including: science-friendly immigration policy, federal prioritization of basic research, patent reform and protection of intellectual property, and greater incentives for R&D. |
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Two Heritage Foundation scholars argue that a tax holiday to encourage companies to repatriate foreign earnings might sound good, but it would undercut the larger reforms needed to make the U.S. tax system more globally competitive, |
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President Obama has submitted the pending trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia to Congress for enactment. Here's a round-up of news and reaction. |
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