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...The company had benefited from the help of shareholder Bill Ford at General Atlantic, a big Republican donor, navigating the tense political waters....
...Republican President Gerald Ford began the push towards deregulating the industry, a mission later championed by Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy, who argued it would lower fares and allow more people to fly...
...“We are trying to hire Americans with connections to Washington as we need to strengthen networking with the US government and Capitol Hill,” said an executive at LG Energy Solution....
...It’s written by Richard Thompson Ford, a Stanford law professor, who is also a great dresser. More on the book, and from Richard, on his own website....
...But Ms Ford of Naral said that with polling consistently showing the overwhelming majority of Americans do not want to overturn Roe vs Wade, pro-choice groups had an advantage....
...Mr Trump has already handed Ford, GM and other carmakers a win by reopening an evaluation of US fuel efficiency standards, a move that creates a chance to relax them....
...John Stumpf, chairman and chief executive, was put through the wringer in a blistering hearing on Capitol Hill....
...(Financial Times) - Bakken and Eagle Ford shale fields are now visible from space as ‘waste’ gas flaring rapidly expands....
...The largest US utilities blitzed Capitol Hill this week to lobby for a deal to avert the effects of the “fiscal cliff” on their industry, warning that increases in tax rates on dividends could damage their...
...Arriving at his Capitol Hill office on Thursday, Mr Rangel, who had previously been defiant, said it might be the worst day of his life since the Korean war....
...Situated conveniently between Capitol Hill and the White House, and in the neighbourhood of some of Washington’s most powerful political consultancies, it has a reputation as a location for political deals...
...After the sceptical reception lawmakers gave to the Detroit automakers’ bail-out requests in hearings on Capitol Hill last month, it is unclear whether the parts suppliers’ bid will succeed....
...Investors, nervous at such a prospect, kept a close eye on developments on Capitol Hill as executives faced another grilling over their case for a $25bn aid package....
...Meanwhile, shares in General Motors and Ford enjoyed strong gains early in the session as negotiations between the Bush administration and Capitol Hill over a bail-out for the ailing car industry initially...
...The future of the ailing US car industry was among primary investor concerns as executives returned to Capitol Hill to plead for a $34bn bailout....
...Ford Motor was down 3 per cent at $1.96 in early trading. While Ford faces similar problems to GM, it has a bigger liquidity cushion....
...He grew up the son of a Ford Foundation expert....
...The reality is that Lehman, like General Motors and Ford, got itself into this mess and ought to address it itself....
...The last time a Democratic presidential nominee won the presidency with more than half the vote was in 1976 when Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford....
...Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. Copyright (c) Alan Greenspan, 2007....
...All sorts of interests are represented in feel-good Capitol Hill groups like these, including the Oral Health Caucus, the Shellfish Caucus, the Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus, and the Congressional Azerbaijan...
...Hastert – who insisted this year’s Capitol Christmas tree be called a Christmas tree and not something more holiday-neutral – signed off in a style that was part blog, part Hallmark....
...In 2000, Jacques Nasser and Masatoshi Ono, then chief executives of Ford and Firestone respectively, were asked to account for rollover accidents that were linked to more than 100 deaths involving Ford Explorer...
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