FOLLOW THE MONEY.A diagram is presented of ultra-wealthy Americans who have made large political contributions in the 2012 U.S. elections, showing how much they have given and where they fall on the political spectrum from left to right.EBSCO_bspForbes...
Enron was Mr. Bush's biggest political patron as he headed into the 2000 presidential election. In all it has made $623,000 in contributions to his campaigns since 1993, when he was raising money for his first Texas gubernatorial race, according to the Center for Public Integrity, another w...
Follow the Money 2 April 2023 Marco Grotteria, London Business School I study, both empirically and theoretically, the economic and financial consequences of corporate lobbying. Firms lobby politicians to increase their share of government contracts, but political competition creates firm-level risk, ...
Contributions from the statewide PAC, the Nevada Home Builders Association PAC or NVHBA PAC, totaled $79,500 for the cycle — enough to make it the fourth-largest donor on its own. However, much of NVHBA’s own political fundraising money came directly...
The Fine Print Bold Types Politics 2024 Election Money, Power, Inequality Climate Spotlight Opinion Ideas Columns and Op-eds Editorials Letters Cartoons Say More podcast New Hampshire Business Politics Education Crime Health Commentary Rhode Island Things to Do Rhode Island Podcast RI Food & Dining...
Red was launched at Davos in 2006 to find creative ways for companies to contribute money to the Global Fund while raising awareness. “We operate like a start-up,” says Red CEO Deb Dugan. “We work hand in hand with companies’ marketing departments to accomplish their business goals.” ...
in part because people living with HIV/AIDS were not protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act until 1990. In The Times’ 1985 poll, nearly 40% of respondents said they would want the government to spend more money if AIDS “mostly affected people who were heterosexual.” Only 32% ap...
In 1984 I decided that I needed to make money with my writing. I quit writing screenplays and began selling magazine articles. Since I played competition softball year round, knew baseball, and spent time with Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers great Duke Snider (and even pitched him on writing...
So much for the money for my back to school shopping spree. I kept telling my husband that we could get rid of an extra set of bedding we used at the Carlsbad KOA cabin, but ever the Boy Scout, he wanted to hold onto it in case we needed it later on. That turned out to be a...
offers tax-free withdrawals in retirement since contributions are made with after-tax dollars. For example, contributing $6,000 annually to a Roth IRA with a 7% return could grow to over $600,000 in 30 years. The sooner you begin, the more time you’ll give your money to grow tax-free...