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| IT groups warn on regulation |
| Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| The US and the European
Union are pushing China to soften or drop plans for compulsory certification of
a range of technology products, as foreign IT companies warn that Beijing's
regulatory requirements are pushing them out of the market.
The complaints come after Google's announcement last month that it was
reviewing the feasibility of operations in |
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| Screw slowly tightens on technology companies |
| Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| One month after threatening to pull out of China,
Google's complaint that the cost of doing business in the country may have
become too high is resonating far and wide.
Technology companies are "feeling
less welcome and finding it increasingly difficult to do business in
China", says John Neuffer, vice-president for global policy at the
Information |
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| The Full Employment for Scientists and Engineers Act |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| With the future of the tax extenders package still
uncertain, lobbyists are scrambling to make sure the R&D tax credit gets
attached to a bill — any bill — and soon. The National Association of
Manufacturers, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Business Roundtable,
and the R&D Credit Coalition are all out in force on the Hill right now. |
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| Business leaders disappointed that $31B in tax extenders are out of jobs bill |
| Monday, February 15, 2010 |
| A number of high-profile
business associations are disappointed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s
(D-Nev.) decision to narrow the jobs bill.
The Business Roundtable, which represents the nation’s top CEOs, and the
National Association of Manufacturers are among those trade groups that had
pushed for the $31 billion in tax extenders that Senate |
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| Business Lobby Unhappy With Reid Over Jobs Bill |
| Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) decision to put the kibosh on a bipartisan job-creation
bill has raised the ire of the nation’s business community.
“Malpractice by Reid,” is how one
prominent GOP lobbyist summed up the situation.
Reid on Thursday rejected a bipartisan
package crafted by Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking |
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| Task Force Pushes Tax Changes |
| Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| The Senate Republican
High-Tech Task Force Friday urged the White House to help push for a permanent
extension and update of the research and development tax credit and to back off
policies to reform the U.S. international tax system.
In a letter to President Obama, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, chairman of the task force, and other GOP senators
praised |
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| There's a Storm Coming Over the Cloud |
| Monday, February 8, 2010 |
| Microsoft
general counsel Brad Smith has his head in the clouds -- cloud computing <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/cloudpolicy/default.aspx>
that is. And he's traveled the globe in recent weeks calling for legislation to
help regulate and protect this booming trend in information technology.
"The world really needs a safe and open |
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| Plan Would Raise Taxes on Businesses |
| Monday, February 1, 2010 |
| President Barack Obama's budget plan would raise taxes on big businesses
in ways that would spread the impact more broadly than last year's budget
proposal.
Overall the fiscal 2011 budget plan would raise a total of about $468
billion from businesses over the next 10 years, compared to about $410 billion
in last year's budget proposal. That's in |
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