News tagged with industry lobbyists
Better science, please
May 21, 2009 |
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Just when you thought that the industry that made money on bisphenol A could not have been any cozier with the federal agency regulating the chemical comes another revelation. Cozy? How about joined at the hip?
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Nonprofit aims to broaden reach of campaign data
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A nonprofit group that specializes in databases tracking the influence of money in politics is making its information available to others.
Support grows for McDowell FCC nomination
Jan 25, 2006 |
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Support for the nomination of telecom lobbyist Robert McDowell for the Federal Communications Commission seemed to be solidifying in Washington Wednesday.
Honeybees overcome negative buzz in Washington
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees.
BPA industry seeks to polish chemical's image
May 31, 2009 |
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Frustrated at media portrayals of bisphenol A as a dangerous chemical, food-packaging executives and lobbyists for the chemical makers met last week at an exclusive Washington, D.C., club where they hammered out a strategy, ...
Tax lobbying provides 22,000 percent return to multinational firms, KU researchers find
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Three professors at the University of Kansas have found that a one-time tax break allowed multinational corporations to receive a 22,000 percent average return on lobbying expenditures.
Tech's new love
Aug 21, 2009 |
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There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon.
GAO: FCC must improve wireless industry oversight
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal regulators receive tens of thousands of customer complaints about wireless services every year, but don't do enough to follow up or to protect consumers who have problems with their mobile carriers, government ...
Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A recent comparison of proposed national alcohol policies in Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, and Botswana shows that the drinks industry has assumed a significant and detrimental role in designing national alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan ...
Medical imaging's growth leaves standards in the dust, critics say
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Medical imaging is such a growth industry that even the owner of the Dallas Cowboys has gone into the business. At Blue Star Imaging in Irving, Texas, Cowboys jerseys hang in the lobby, and miniature NFL helmets line a shelf. ...
Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands
May 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.
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