Five recommendations as Obama plans out his second term  New Hope For One of the World’s Most Corrupt Countries The Case for Bloomberg as Treasury Secretary  Why Pot Won’t Become A Big Business Any Time Soon Over the next four years, U.S. President Barack Obama has an opportunity to help the U.S. remain competitive in […]

The U.S. has strong research institutions and a large pool of scientists and engineers.(Photo: Samuel M. Simpkins, Gannett) Story Highlights Business coalition to push Washington to streamline taxes, regulations Easing immigration rules for foreign workers is an issue Reducing national debt could have long-term benefits, too 8:31PM EST November 8. 2012 – The election is […]

Foxconn employees working on Apple products.  (Credit:   Apple) Far-fetched? Um, yeah. But Foxconn reportedly is thinking of expanding its operation to the U.S. Famous as the company that makes iPhones for Apple, China’s Foxconn is now evaluating a few U.S. cities, including Detroit and Los Angeles, to determine whether they would be good places to […]

Spotted overseas: Lots of these. One potential side-effect of Tuesday’s impressive win for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party could be to crush tech sector hopes for a cash repatriation holiday. Some large tech companies – in particular Apple, Microsoft and Cisco – are sitting on mountains of cash generated and stashed in low tax […]