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  • Bottom Line: American Companies Face Heightened Global Competition

    Posted: May 15, 2013 in News & Press Releases

    With the growth of strong competition around the world, American companies now find that their closest foreign competitors are based in countries with corporate tax rates lower than the U.S. rate and with international tax systems more favorable to their global operations than the U.S. rules.

  • Necessary to Compete

    Posted: May 14, 2013 in News & Press Releases

    Doug Rothwell has it exactly right on the Common Core State Standards. America's business leaders believe implementing the standards is critical if our country is to compete effectively in the global marketplace.

  • Bottom Line: Immigration Reform Needed to Bolster U.S. Innovation Economy

    Posted: May 10, 2013 in News & Press Releases

    In testimony yesterday before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business leaders and policy experts explained how reform of the broken U.S. immigration system will strengthen the economy and spur greater innovation in America:

  • To Get the Workers You Need, You Must Train Them

    Posted: May 10, 2013 in News & Press Releases

    In his May 6 op-ed column, “The scarcity of confidence,” Robert J. Samuelson asserted that factors other than a skills gap are responsible for the lack of hiring by U.S. businesses.

  • Business Group Praises Bipartisan Introduction of Senate Margin Bill

    Posted: May 07, 2013 in News & Press Releases

    The Coalition for Derivatives End-Users today issued the following statement on the introduction of Senate legislation to exempt non-financial end-user companies from margin requirements applied to their derivatives trades.

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