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...credit means that more of the benefit will go to smaller businesses. Administration officials said the Obama plan would cost $33 billion. The hiring rebate was one of a number of tax cuts the President proposed in his State of the Union address earlier in the week. In that speech, Obama predicted the tax credit would be tapped by more than "1 million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages." (See the best business deals...
There was one part of the speech, however, that no green could fault: Obama's call for the creation of a high-speed rail system as a way to generate green jobs, enhance economic productivity and reduce carbon emissions. On Thursday, Jan. 28, the White House announced the awarding of $8 billion in stimulus funding to kick-start high-speed-rail projects and improve service in 13 corridors across the country. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Tampa, Fla., to announce the projects, which include the construction of an 84-mile high-speed track from Tampa to Orlando...
...speech yesterday to university financial officers at the NACUBO conference in New York City, HMC’s chief executive Jane L. Mendillo addressed concerns about liquidity and endowment risk management...
After the Pudding actors took their turns skewering Hathaway’s acting resume, she was presented with the gleaming, golden Pudding Pot. Hathaway delivered her prepared acceptance speech in rhyme before returning to her seat in the center of the theater to watch the preview of an upcoming Pudding production...
...rump is swollen with pride,” Hathaway said in her speech...