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Selling the city on a quarterback hoping to land a big score on the field and in business

Washington Post Business - Sun, 09/12/2010 - 12:00am
On the 12th and top floor of an Arlington building, the quarterback wore a sharp, five-button suit and led a huddle that numbered nearly five dozen.


Quarterback - Video Games - Games - Space Combat - United States

Washington area housing market expected to heat up in fall, but buyers are wary

Washington Post Business - 10 hours 59 min ago
The Washington area real estate market is entering its second-busiest sales period of the year under a yellow flag of caution.


Washington - United States - Business - Business and Economy - Japan

It's a big purchase, so why not invest some time in basic financial analysis

Washington Post Business - 10 hours 59 min ago
Ben S. Bernanke refinanced; how about you? The Federal Reserve chairman, who bought a rowhouse on Capitol Hill in 2004 using an adjustable-rate mortgage, saw his payments surge in 2009. He refinanced late last year into a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, for "a little over 5 percent," as he told Time...



Financial analysis - Business - Financial services - Investing - Research and Analysis

Obama names Goolsbee to head economic council

Washington Post Business - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 2:02pm
President Obama on Friday named economist Austan Goolsbee to head the Council of Economic Advisers and urged quick passage by the Senate of his package of small-business incentives.


Barack Obama - President - Christina Romer - Council of Economic Advisers - United States

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Washington Post Business - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 2:02pm

Bottled Water Matters' New Activist Message: Stand Up To People Who Want To Take Away Your Rights (VIDEO)

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 12:04pm
One particularly enjoyable environmental front group to monitor is Bottled Water Matters, which is funded by The International Bottled Water Association, a trade industry...

Executives with criminal records slip through FHA crackdown, documents show

Washington Post Business - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 11:33am
A crackdown on reckless mortgage lenders by the Federal Housing Administration has failed to root out several executives with criminal records whose firms continue to do business with the agency in violation of federal law, according to government documents, court records and interviews.


Law - United States - Business - Business Services - Security

Reynolds American Advisory on Recognition for Leadership in Corporate Sustainability

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 8:55am
09.10.10, 08:26 AM EDT WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) has announced the following: "RAI again recognized for leadership in corporate...

Lawmakers from Virginia vow to fight Defense Department cuts

Washington Post Business - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 8:27am
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and members of Virginia's congressional delegation vowed Thursday to fight Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's decisions to shutter the Joint Forces Command, a military installation in Hampton Roads, and to slash the Pentagon's military contracting budget by 10 percent a...


Law - United States - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms - Virginia

Obama should call a truce with Wall Street

Washington Post Business - Fri, 09/10/2010 - 12:00am
We need to call a truce between Main Street and Wall Street.



Barack Obama - President - United States - History - Government

NY Court Holds Off Ruling on Indian Cigarette Tax

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:49pm
Filed at 6:43 p.m. ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian...

Steelworkers union targets China on green-energy exports

Washington Post Business - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 10:30pm
The United Steelworkers union launched a broad challenge Thursday against what it alleges is illegal support for China's growing dominance in the renewable energy industry. The move targets China's practices in a sector that President Obama has said is central to U.S. economic renewal.


China - Energy - Technology - United States - United Steelworkers

Apple finally lays out App Store rules - and makes clear it's still in charge

Washington Post Business - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 10:25pm
Apple is still keeping tight control over the universe of programs for the iPhone. But at least it's shedding a little more light on why some apps make it and others get left out.


Apple - AppStore - Macintosh - Apple II - Companies

McMahon Hopes To Undermine Blumenthal's Image

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 9:58pm
From the moment Richard Blumenthal entered public life, his persona has been calibrated to a certain image. He was the boy wonder with the impeccable resume, the brash young...

FDA Issues Warning to E-Cigarette Makers

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 9:19pm
The Food and Drug Administration warned five makers of electronic cigarettes Thursday that they were violating federal law. The agency said the products, devices that turn nicotine liquid into a vapor mist that users inhale, are drugs that—like other nicotine-replacement products...

FDA sends warning letters to e-cigarette companies

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 9:19pm
(09-09) 14:33 PDT Richmond, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday to makers of electronic cigarettes, saying some make unproven health claims, but also said the agency wants to work with them to clarify what's...

McMahon Hopes To Undermine Blumenthal's Image

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 9:10pm
From the moment Richard Blumenthal entered public life, his persona has been calibrated to a certain image. He was the boy wonder with the impeccable resume, the brash young...

Republican Voinovich of Ohio to back small-business incentives in Senate bill

Washington Post Business - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 7:41pm
Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said he plans to help push a package of small-business incentives through the Senate next week, a move that would give President Obama and congressional Democrats a key victory on the economy in the final weeks before the November midterm elections.


Business - Small business - United States - Barack Obama - Senate

FDA warns electronic cigarette companies about health claims

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 7:36pm
RICHMOND, Va. The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday to makers of electronic cigarettes, saying some make unproven health claims, but also said the agency wants to work with them to clarify what's...

NY court holds off ruling on Indian cigarette tax

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 6:55pm
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian...
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