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Bart, whose firm spends more than $5 million annually on ads in seven television markets in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, claims the rules are part of an anti-consumer movement to shield "big business and corporate America" from costly litigation. "Big business doesn't like lawyers like me advertising because we represent consumers and working people that bring claims against big business," he said. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Stars' pay borders on criminal Oct 26, 2008
Leno noted that a lot of big business types were still calling the stock market dive a correction. Then he suggested some of those company heads ought to be sent to the Department of Corrections. (Florida Times-Union)
LETTER: Politicians benefit from higher taxes Oct 25, 2008
Mike P wrote on Oct 23, 2008 3:45 PM:" McCain made the wannabe plumber an issue in a debate televised to millions, world wide. Avoiding this exact thing, is why fact checks are usually done prior. Joe could have been a skin head or much worse than a republican, they out him as their example. Most higher brackets are going to result in less taxes than they did in clintons administration. Bracket limits have been raised substancially. Higher limits at the lower bracket percentages, give bigger... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Joyce, Cox agree on issues during debate Oct 25, 2008
I think the people of Butte need to be represented by someone who is not influenced by Big Business or those with money, an obvious conflict of interest, wouldn't you say. Send a message Butte on the 4th of November and Vote Joyce as the County Attorney and drink Miller Lite. (Montana Standard, MT)
Editor's Mailbag (Oct. 21) Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Bedore seems to have other fish to fry and an agenda that favors big business. I think the mayor needs to be concerned with all the needs in a city, not just with big business. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
On Your Mind: Final general election comments Oct 25, 2008
Big business, too, will be hard hit by Obama s tax plan in a big way. Big business provides 30 percent of all jobs. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
With $605 million already, Obama seeks only $10 more from each of us... Oct 24, 2008
Just wait til Obama has to pay back all those big donors by crafting policies lation that will make the Republicans glad-handing of big business look like just a drop in the bucket. Obama is just a puppet who will beholden to those who got him elected. (The Drudge Report)
McCain news more negative Oct 24, 2008
Just because of no jobs and a tanking stock market and two wars and bailouts of big business and stuff like that they want to jump on every picky little thing we do. That ain t our fault. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Campaign for change Oct 24, 2008
The play, set in 1946 ahead of the 1948 election, illustrates the tug of war of influences from big business and unions over presidential hopeful Grant Matthews (Charles Skinner), while also playing up the persuasion of spouses, lovers and his own idealistic dreams. The 1948 presidential campaign was one of the more interesting in history, according to the program notes. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
The extraordinary life of London's leading agent Oct 23, 2008
The woman who had known Arthur Koestler, Laurie Lee and Kingsley Amis was also the least likely to take the diktats of big business lying down. "Publishing has always been pretty cut-throat," says the novelist Robert Harris, another of Kavanagh's authors. (This is London)
A strong yearning for 'those good old days' Oct 23, 2008
It sure reminded me of those good old days when we lived a poor, but less stressful life, without all the big business and technology of today that is supposed to make life easier for us. We were so innocent and naive back then. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Government is only a small part of society Oct 23, 2008
You will notice that when the chips came down, those pushing for both "big business" bailouts and railing against the rich were the same folks ... Abortion is big business. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Following, and being part of, a big business story Oct 23, 2008
Movie Showtimes: Browse by location: (Zip Code). POSTED: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:45 PM CDT Ap. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Public campaign financing dead Oct 23, 2008
Less demand for new single-family homes means fewer construction jobs and trickles down to industries such as carpeting, once big business in north Georgia. We re now starting to see the distribution and logistics channels going down, explained Phyllis Finley, a vice president with Atlanta-based employment agency Randstad. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Beetle invasion threatens New England trees Oct 23, 2008
Leaf peeping, likewise, is big business in New England as thousands of visitors arrive in the fall to see forests riotous with reds, oranges and yellows. The beetle's favorite food happens to be the red and sugar maples that produce the most vivid colors. (Yahoo News)
Gay angle in Fashion is very evident: Bhandarkar Oct 23, 2008
It's become a big business now. The kind of multiplexes hitting India and the kind of revenue being generated is larger than life. (Screen Weekly)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 2008 Oct 21, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Don't fall for their tactics. (North County Times)
All Men Are Liars Oct 20, 2008
We all know that the turmoil befalling the markets are hurting big business and consumer. RECENT ENTRIES. (Sydney Morning Herald)
PAPER: Obama's NH event scraps National Anthem... Oct 18, 2008
so what makes you think he is going to stop giving to the rich and big business and pay attention to those making less than 250K a year. Why should anyone listen to what you McCaine loyalists have to say when you could have put McCaine in office 8 years ago but instead chose a man who couldn't serve his country when it was his turn and has his father to thank for any success he had had in life. (The Drudge Report)
Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama stays steady Oct 18, 2008 Pet Ohana: Help put cruel mills out of business by adopting puppy from a nonprofit Oct 17, 2008 Ohio plumber becomes focus of debate Oct 17, 2008 Ohio court: Law on asbestos may be retroactive Oct 16, 2008 the Washington Post Oct 16, 2008 Post a comment » Oct 16, 2008 The Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces Oct 16, 2008 Letters for Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Oct 15, 2008 Letters to the Editor (Oct. 15) Oct 15, 2008 Why Russia Is Bailing Out Iceland Oct 15, 2008 Under Pressure At The Nanoscale, Polymers Play By Different Rules Oct 14, 2008 The Front Row: Throw us a bone Oct 13, 2008 Obama opens double-digit lead Oct 11, 2008 The rich should have to pay for their own mess Oct 10, 2008 Obama's 1/2 hour of airtime Oct 10, 2008 Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms Oct 10, 2008 A changing world Oct 10, 2008 Willingham, Robinson on hot seat Oct 10, 2008 How can Nebraska possibly vote Republican? Oct 8, 2008 Dick Morris: McCain Missed the Jugular in Debate Oct 8, 2008 Vote better food, softer mattresses Oct 7, 2008 Acorn represents a bad seed Oct 6, 2008 Tina strikes again Oct 6, 2008 Your Business Oct 6, 2008 Italian TV bins reality shows Oct 6, 2008 Marlow's Tavern Oct 5, 2008 On the Farm: Starlings acquire taste for pinot noir Oct 5, 2008 Letters from readers Oct 5, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 2, 2008 Oct 3, 2008 Locals call bailout plan a 'joke' Oct 3, 2008 Editor's Mailbag (Sept. 30) Oct 3, 2008 Troubled bailout talks restarted - with urgency Oct 3, 2008 Another way to lose your shirt on Wall Street Oct 3, 2008 With Election Near, a Populist Strain Tugs at the Republican Party Oct 3, 2008 On Your Mind - published Sept. 29 Oct 3, 2008 On Your Mind Oct 3, 2008 Publicity trumps probity Oct 3, 2008 Online Oscar wagering gets its props Oct 3, 2008 Help assess our community needs Sep 25, 2008 Enough with the blackout Sep 25, 2008 Blogging Is Big Business? Honest To Blog! Sep 25, 2008 READERS WRITE Sep 22, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 21, 2008 Sep 22, 2008 Radical rescue: Hundreds of billions for government bailout Sep 22, 2008 Silicon Valley's resiliency might get tested Sep 22, 2008 Wheelchair-Bound House Flipper's on... Sep 21, 2008 South Africa President Mbeki stepping down Sep 21, 2008 Shipp: Running away from running like a business Sep 21, 2008 Time to eat grass? Sep 20, 2008 Word on the street: Worry Sep 20, 2008 The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor Sep 20, 2008 Microsoft moves to wrest its story from Apple Sep 19, 2008 Enough of change Sep 19, 2008 Birdsville track is perilous Sep 19, 2008 LETTER: Ask important questions in this election Sep 18, 2008 WASH POST: Drudge-ology 101... Sep 18, 2008 Today's Stories Sep 18, 2008 Digital downloads, DVDs and DVRs slowing Blu-ray growth Sep 18, 2008 Post a comment » Sep 18, 2008 Black Monday on Wall St. Sep 16, 2008 Business Briefing: Week's big business events Sep 15, 2008 New worlds for thought Sep 15, 2008 Illegal stimulant use rising in Asia, Mideast Sep 15, 2008 In Yang's hands, restricted viewpoints showed much Sep 13, 2008 Obama will bring 'real change' to Washington Sep 13, 2008
Growing numbers even see him as supporting big business over the public interest and being influenced by lobbyists despite repeated vows to do the opposite. Obama s ratings have stayed level since last month for most qualities tested, though he has shown some improvement in whether he s considered experienced and decisive. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'MEDC is about jobs' Oct 18, 2008
If big business is the headline, small business is the story. Despite the state's U.S.-leading 8. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Breeding for profit is big business ... Breeding for profit is big business. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
There are educated, hard working people out willing to work that don't have what they have worked for all their lives due to some of these choices made by big business, gov't, and the mortgage companies. If Joe Plummer doesn't want to pay the extra tax, he can incorporate. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Green condemned the high court for what he said was a ruling on the side of big business. "It's a result-oriented decision in favor of corporations against injured Ohio citizens," he said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Exclusive: Verizon and ATided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch - Washington Post Investigations. Washington Post Investigations. (Harper's Magazine)
Martin wrote on Jun 14, 2008 10:42 AM:" The oil companies who know the actual supply and demand data on oil could have warned us instead of saying the oil peak and much higher prices would be years into the future. The government who could have mandated more fuel efficient cars and alternative energy years ago did nothing. While we could well have been conserving years ago, our leaders gave us no help or indication that we really needed to yet. Worse yet, they have been the ones confusing the... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Celebrity divorces are big business. Tabloids voraciously cover them. (Forbes -- Business)
However, Gail Gutsche has a proven record of working hard for the interests of ordinary citizens, whereas her opponent has tended to follow the old-line trickle-down approach of trusting that what is good for big business will eventually be good for the ordinary citizen. In fact, her opponent voted for - and defended - the disastrous energy deregulation bill in 1997 when he was a legislator. (Missoulian, MT)
Given that Measure 65 is, in fact, backed by big business, perhaps this consequence isn t unintended after all. Blair Bobier, Corvallis. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Layoffs are expected, and Big Business even wants the government to reduce the required two months' severance pay for laid-off workers to a single month. Meanwhile, in the past two months, Russia's hard currency reserves have plummeted $51 billion down to $546 billion. (Time.com)
From buttons to storage bins, the molding of polymers is big business. At the nanoscale, processes such as nanoimprint lithography squeeze polymers to form patterns during the manufacture of semiconductor devices, organic electronics and optics. (Science Daily)
I m fully aware that sports is a big business, with fat TV contracts and rigid broadcasting rules. This will never change. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
They care about money, big business, corporations, tax cuts for the rich and unregulated capitalism. It is all about the money my friend. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Amused wrote on Oct 10, 2008 9:05 AM:" Kelsey Grammer said yesterday that he is 100% for Obama but he and a lot of his actor friends have cashed in stock and moved their millions off shore because they all know their taxes will increase dramatically under Obama's plan.....If Hollywood is protecting their money, I predict you will see a ton of big business move out of the US again if Obama gets in! Yah..... that'll be change for the better- I and guarentee if Obama gets in, Socalism is going to... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
If he s elected we ll have 3 1/2 years of growth and prosperity for all, especially big business and the wealthy. He has some of the best, if not the best, economic advisors in the country. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bob Djurdjevic, an analyst with Annex Research, pointed out that IBM can still profit when companies are cutting back on technology spending, because IBM does big business in taking over computing tasks for other companies. That's one reason why IBM is somewhat of an anomaly whose health is not always the best gauge of the tech sector's fortunes. (Yahoo News)
During prosperous times, small-business owners like Baghdadlian are too busy and content to focus on the machinations of big business and high finance. But business has been well below last year s levels, and shop owners in some of Greater Baltimore s more close-knit communities are attuned to the crisis and its proposed solution. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
At this level of college football, which has multimillion-dollar, and even billion-dollar, television contracts and multimillion-dollar bowl bids when money is tight and the entire economy is under siege, it is indeed bottom-line big business. That means fans in seats and wins on the field. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
The phrase "government by the people for the people" should be changed to "government by big business for the elite richest 1% of the people". If you want to send a message, vote out ALL the incumbants from whichever party they are in. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Secondly, I think after watching this debate you still believe Obama will cut taxes on 95 percent of people, you still believe McCain pushed $300 billion in tax cuts for big oil and big business, and you still believe McCain wants to give corporate CEOs a $700,000 bonus in taxes. Those are all untrue. (Newsmax)
Obama s $800 billion in new spending will be financed by taxing the rich, and big business, who will in turn collect the tax from consumers via the price tag levy. Thanks a lot, Barry. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
You have big business how live by the laws of ME ME ME. I don't think Obama is perfect, but I do think he is the best choice between the two and I firmly believe he has what it takes to get us out of this. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
I m not a Democrat and I m sure as heck not a Republican, since I truly believe that big business controls the Republican party. Unless we want the rich to get richer while the poor get poorer, like they have for the past eight years, we need a change. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Licensing is big business and you don't need to be a Fortune 500 Company to cash in. Meet a husband and wife team who took their sketches of cartoon characters and turned them into a booming company. (MSNBC -- Business)
Like them or loathe them reality TV shows are big business. For the television companies they are a sure-fire way to boost the ratings and pull in the advertisers. (Yahoo News -- Reality TV)
CLASSIC BURGERS: Marlow s does a big business in what the menu calls Big Bar Sandwiches, which include the likes of fish tacos on tortillas, grilled chicken on toasted focaccia, and chimichurri cheesesteak on a Cuban roll. The well-named Classic Tavern Burgers are always a good bet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The writer accused large corporations and big business of exploiting migrant farmworkers and causing the tragic death of a local farmworker ... I would like to welcome the person who wrote the letter, Big business vs. the people, in the July 21 edition of the Santa Maria Times to be the first guest on the bus. (Santa Maria Times)
" He continues to talk about taxing big business. Anyone with the slightest amount of common sense knows that businesses pass on added expense to consumers. That would be you and me. American businesses are currently taxed at one of the highest rates in the world. What does anyone think additional taxes will do for employment, attracting new businesses or the cost of goods purchased? JOHN E. BILYEU Jacksonville VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Joe Biden won Joe Biden won the vice presidential debate,... (Florida Times-Union)
" 022007 Associated Press. Chris to he said wrote on Oct 2, 2008 12:28 PM:Do you call my comment yesterday about Ron and sdraould responding to them. No I was telling the rest of the bloggers what I though after reading some of their blogs. If I was responding to them then I would be addressing some of their comments but I guess you can't tell the difference but I guess you had to say something, didn' you. Looking Glass wrote on Oct 2, 2008 12:48 PM:No matter who becomes President, our problems... (North County Times)
THe problem is it would benefit everyone and not just the politicians and big business ... So why would they even consider bailing out the big business. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Barefoot wrote on Oct 2, 2008 11:51 AM:" [i]And you can't prove that it isn't. All you can do is call me a liar and run.[/i]Actually, no, I can just point to it and say it's just another ridiculous statement you seem compelled to blurt out. FOX, of course, is run by a right wing foreigner and is hoplessly biased- heck, they hired the sleaziest spinmeister as a "political consultant"- the man who accused McCain of having a out of wedlock "black love child" . Other networks are owned and operated... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
albundy54 wrote on Sep 26, 2008 6:19 PM:" Everyone of these left wing liberals who are jumping to the support of this bailout is in it for one reason only, they were the ones who had the candidate in the White House when all of this conglomeration began. Now this is what confuses me. The democrats are always saying that big government is responsible for all the hardships of America. Yet they are the largest recipients of the spoils of big business in government. I challange Meh, Patriot, LOL... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
com frequently run specials such as Girls of Olive Garden and Women of Home Depot, but in the past it has garnered attention for big business news themes. It published Women of Enron and Women of WorldCom after the companies' spectacular failures. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Especially in the South, Republican voters tend to be less affluent and less educated and suspicious of big business than mainstream Republicans of days past. The main fear of their representatives is a challenge from the party s far right. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
The Republican Party always puts down the working man, supports big business, and does anything to break unions ... They support the employers, big business, and people who put the working man down. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have stock in big business and are afraid they will lose their shirts. It is so obvious it is laughable. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Perhaps in a youthful indiscretion, on a visit to London, he sired a demon child that would grow up and complete the father's diabolical project of turning art into a form of big business. For surely that process reached its apogee last week in London when Damien Hirst collaborated with Sotheby's to stage a two-day auction of 223 new works that netted 111. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Oscar betting also is becoming big business for online wagering sites around the world, where it is gaining in popularity and proving in some cases to be an uncannily accurate predictor of who will actually win on the night, analysts say. A case in point is Intrade. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
I know columbus is not a huge city, but we have plenty of big business around to support some kind of concert event. Look at divots in norfolk, or madison's fair concerts, how do they pull it off. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Though BCS college football is certainly BIG BUSINESS today, it is still a SPORT and everyone involved is trying to have some FUN along the way. I hope Paul Johnson comes up with something like this to help fire up his team and the GT fans when we play between the hedges on November 29. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Blogging Is Big Business ... Blogging Is Big Business. (KCRA 3, CA)
Let the working folks pay for governmental shortfall and let big business (e. g., Exxon/Mobile) continue windfall profits. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
We desperately need a science-literate administration to get us back into the forefront again and to prevent our secular government from being replaced by the theocracy espoused by the GOP." Bush-McCain-Palin stand for the dumbing down of American. It is easier to lead the dumb than those that are educated.To Ms. Palin: our Founding Fathers came to America to escape the Church of England.To Bush-McCain: the depression happened on your watch. Now: We will need a lot of folks involved in Community... (North County Times)
Where is the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness if it requires us to be slaves to big government controlled by big business. The war on terror just creates more terrorist attacts-Look at Pakistan today. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
" Business spending Spending on enterprise (business) technology is also slowing, partly because two big purchasers - Merrill Lynch, which was acquired by Bank of America last week, and Lehman Bros., which filed for bankruptcy - are probably not shopping for products. A third, Bear Stearns, was acquired by JPMorgan Chase in May with help from a loan by the Federal Reserve, and a fourth, Morgan Stanley, has its own financial problems stemming from the credit crisis. Forrester Research last week... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Adding to the show s popularity is the fact that house flipping, today more than ever, is big business in spite of the sagging economy. And while most will often shy away from properties that are in time-consuming disrepair, flippers such as Sloan are eager to purchase these houses, quickly oversee needed restoration and rehab with an eye on the budget, then promptly sell the like-new homes for a profit. (Suite101.com)
Mbeki s economic policies won him accolades from big business and foreign investors but failed to lift millions of marginalized South Africans out of poverty or to ease the country s crushing unemployment. His government did much to improve housing and health care but his refusal to accept the causes and scale of the AIDS crisis reversed many of the social advances and caused despair among the global scientific community. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Perhaps candidates stopped using the phrase because business - at least big business - doesn't enjoy the popularity and admiration that it once did. Looking back at a long list of successful Georgia politicians, I find that governors from Joe Frank Harris and George Busbee through trial lawyer Roy Barnes and now Sonny Perdue promised to use business as a model for reforming state government. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The army is now called a state within a state, supporter of nuclear proliferation, permeated by fundamentalists and militants in its ranks and file and an institution that pursues big business rather than focus on its primary mission. Despite suffering over 1,500 dead (the highest figure for any army) in this war, it is still accused of playing a double game. (The News International)
We ve been focused on big business and what s best for big business, but I think we need to look at the small businesses, too. Financial expert advice: I would hope somebody in his situation would have put some money in a cash reserve or emergency reserve so that when times get tough he would have it to tap into. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
"Sports has become big business, but it can't interfere with medical treatment," Andrews says. photo by Mark Heithoff James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports -- rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams -- by mending the world's best athletes (like the 62 pros on the previous pages) and driving medical innovation. (FastCompany)
Through its campaign, which mocks the PC as it celebrates the Macintosh, "Apple represents the ideology of Silicon Valley, taking on big business as in Microsoft," Rosen said. That gives Apple "badge value, identity value," he added, among consumers who prize brands they deem populist. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Which is the Party of Big Business, and which is the party of the working man ... Roger wrote on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 AM:" deadreds wrote: Which is the Party of Big Business, and which is the party of the working man. During the primary season, we heard many of the candidates, especially the Dems, about being "for the hard working American people ... EDS wrote on Sep 18, 2008 10:39 AM:" I believe I said Eugene was 90% conservative. I don't remember saying anything about the U of O except that in my... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Big business is starting to pay dearly for its long-standing opposition to trade practice reform. Now the vacuum created by its negativism is being filled by potentially painful measures, from predatory pricing to mergers, consumer policy and cartel conduct. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
" father bob wrote on Sep 15, 2008 5:27 PM:" Mike P wrote on Sep 15, 2008 3:21 PM:" If not for earmarks Alaska would be populated by eskimos, and polar bears. Who is going to defend us from russia then?""""the bases are all cranked way down. my brother lives there and worked for 15 years out on Shemya. as far as earmarks making or breaking alaska, you'd better think again. oil made alaska, and the oil companies along with big business are behind anything the GOP says or does. they're lobbying... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Drudge-ology 101: McCain, Obama and Media Bias - The Fix. Play the electoral outcome prediction game. (The Drudge Report)
Are the big business bankruptcies scaring you. Yes. (The Augusta Chronicle)
It's as if the draconian DRM is a non-issue for potential customers, but it is and Big Business sticking their head in the sand isn't going to help them. Everything released with DRM in the last few years has failed and deservedly so. (TG Daily)
Martin wrote on Jun 14, 2008 10:42 AM:" The oil companies who know the actual supply and demand data on oil could have warned us instead of saying the oil peak and much higher prices would be years into the future. The government who could have mandated more fuel efficient cars and alternative energy years ago did nothing. While we could well have been conserving years ago, our leaders gave us no help or indication that we really needed to yet. Worse yet, they have been the ones confusing the... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Republicans and Democrats wage battles amongst themselves for control of the big business of government. At least 90% of the politicians probably could not even explain the difference between a shorting a stock and a wash sale. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Business Briefing: Week's big business events. Article:Business Briefing: Week's big business events:/c/a/2008/09/14/BU4B12T4K6 ... DTL Article:Business Briefing: Week's big business events:/c/a/2008/09/14/BU4B12T4K6. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Big business is embracing philosophy graduates, writes Keeli Cambourne ... In the United States and Britain, philosophy is generating a lot of talk - not just among academics, but also the movers and shakers of big business ... Most philosophy academics agree that it is that analytical way of thinking that makes their graduates attractive to big business. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
"Now they are big business, controlled by organized crime syndicates that are involved in all phases of this illicit trade, from smuggling precursor chemicals to manufacturing the drugs and trafficking.". Countries where law enforcement is weak or where local officials are complicit are most selected as bases for such operations. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The director's distaste for big business, and the loose ethics of the money culture, is palpable, but so is his sympathy for his confused characters. The murk grows even hazier in 1996's uneven "Mahjong," where small-time grifters and foreigners on the make bump up against the invisible outlines of a society restlessly transforming itself into something entirely new. (Boston Globe)
I really can't believe that the GOP still considers themselves the party of the "average person." Considering that in the last eight years our Republican president has raised our taxes, cut the gross family income, made it harder for average families to pay for college, made it impossible to find affordable (if any) health insurance, has brought unemployment to historically high rates, and provided financial loopholes for big business to ship jobs overseas, leaving so many Americans jobless. The... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
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