CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2012. The House Republican Budget makes a number of significant changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and numerous other programs that benefit seniors. Their budget principles are simple: Make seniors pay much more for much less while enriching private insurers and drug companies; and put greater financial burdens on seniors.[Read More…]
Analysis
Multinational Corporations That Choose Not to Disclose Geographic Earnings are More Likely to Engage in Income-Shifting Activities
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2012. Policy makers, lobby groups and citizens should take note—those who understand corporate tax avoidance behavior will be in a better position to deter it. A recent study by Prof. Ole-Kristian Hope, who holds the Deloitte Professorship of Accounting at the Rotman School of Management at the[Read More…]
Videos Feature Small Business Owners Talking About How to Grow Their Business and Economy
Entrepreneurs discuss key small business issues currently in national spotlight, including allowing tax breaks on high-income earners to expire and health care reform Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2012. The Small Business Majority and the Center for American Progress today released a package of videos featuring small business owners from[Read More…]
FACT CHECK: Romney’s Plans Wouldn’t Create 12 Million Jobs And Could Slow The Recovery
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Mitt Romney claims that his jobs plan would create 12 million jobs, but as independent fact checkers have found, his math simply doesn’t add up. One today wrote that it was a “bait-and-switch,” explaining that the “’new math’ for Romney’s jobs plan doesn’t add up.” And independent projections[Read More…]
Disclosure Laws Needed to Ensure Transparency in Judicial Elections
Attack Ads from Anonymous Donors Threaten Impartial Judicial Rulings Read the full report here. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. As this year’s election approaches, political attack ads are flooding the airwaves, fueled by a series of campaign finance reform setbacks that allow corporations and wealthy individuals to secretly contribute unlimited sums[Read More…]
Second-Generation Immigrants Outperform Mainstream Populations in the US, Canada, and Australia
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. A new study published by the Social Science Research journal reveals that second-generation Chinese and South Asian immigrants in the US, Canada, and Australia are more successful than the respective mainstream populations (third- and higher-generation whites). Jeffrey G. Reitz and Naoko Hawkins from the University of[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face Roadblocks to Repayment
Complaints of Surprises, Runarounds, and Dead-Ends Similar to Problems Found in Mortgage Servicing WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report today that details problems reported by private student loan borrowers. According to the report, private student loan borrowers say they[Read More…]
Public Sector Unions Made Most Concessions in Contract Negotiations
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Local government leaders in Michigan report that their employees’ unions made concessions in negotiations this year more frequently than the jurisdictions did on pay, benefits, staffing and work rules, according to a University of Michigan survey. By far, the biggest giveback according to the poll by[Read More…]
Peer Influence: Facebook, Twitter, Alcohol and Drugs
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. When it comes to alcohol and drug use, peers can be just as influential online as they are in person, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health say. To gather what they believe to be the most comprehensive survey to date to look[Read More…]
Fact Check: Vice Presidential Debate
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. FACT CHECK: Romney’s 5 Point Plan Would Not Create Jobs In tonight’s debate, Congressman Ryan cited Mitt Romney’s 5-point economic plan and said that it would help create jobs. He wasn’t telling the truth. Independent economists have said that Romney’s plans could slow the economic recovery and[Read More…]
