Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Article 2: “Texas Sues Obama Administration Over ‘Unjustified’ Deepwater Drilling Moratorium” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/11/texas-sues-feds-deepwater-drilling-moratorium_n_679444.html According to this article, the Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration recently over its new deep-water offshore drilling moratorium, claiming it is unjustified and federal officials did not contact the state before issuing the ban. Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the 18-page […]
Filed under: Business Law Newsletter - Sept. 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tags: deep-water offshore drilling, Greg Abbott, Houston, Obama, sues, Texas
Video 2: “Taxing Bailed-Out Banks” http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/14/n_cmr_taxing_tarp_banks.cnnmoney/?hpt=Sbin Purpose of video: To discuss President Obama’s proposal to impose a TARP-related fee on fifty (50) of the nation’s largest financial institutions.
Filed under: Business Law Newsletter - March 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tags: bailed-out banks, CNN, financial institutions, money, Obama, TARP, taxing, video
Video 1: “Obama’s Pay Czar Slashes Executive Compensation” http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/obamas-pay-czar-ken-feinberg-slash-executive-compensation/story?id=8887792 (Note: This video is included in an article at the above-referenced web site address. The video is accessible on the first page of the article.) Purpose of video: To discuss “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg’s decision to cap executive compensation at seven (7) firms that have received […]
Filed under: Business Law Newsletter - Jan. 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tags: abc news, czar, federal "bailout" money, Kenneth Feinberg, Obama
Article 3: “The Big Money: Is Big Beer Drunk With Power?” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32643705/ns/busines-the_big_money/ This article illustrates the market power near-monopoly status commands in the beer industry. Both Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors, collectively referred to as “Big Beer,” have decided to raise prices simultaneously, during a recession, and while beer demand is slumping. According to the author […]
Filed under: Business Law Newsletter - Nov. 2009 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Anheuser-Busch InBev, beer, big money, MillerCoors, msnbc, Obama, power
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