U.S. Politics
Obama Awards Top Cops across the US
President Barack Obama honored 43 police officers from across the nation. They were named by other officers as 2013’s Top Cops. The ceremony was held in the White House. The president recalled how residents of Watertown, Massachusetts came out of their homes to cheer for the officers after they caught the suspect of the Boston [...]
Obama Donors Liken Keystone Decision to Lincoln Ending of Slavery
150 major Democratic donors and clean energy investors wrote a letter to President Barack Obama that urged him not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. They compared the decision to Abraham Lincoln’s outlawing of slavery in the nation via a constitutional amendment. The letter was sent by the group Thursday and emphasized on President Obama’s [...]
Obama Puts Spotlight on Manufacturing during Texas Visit
President Barack Obama focused on Austin’s embrace of advanced manufacturing as well as the Republican attempts in Congress to stop his economic agenda during his trip in Texas. It was part of the president’s series of events to start his Middle-class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. The tour placed the attention to economic and educational successes [...]
Voter Census Says Hispanic Voter Turnout not a Record
In the days following President Barack Obama’s re-election, in last November’s election, headlines across the country declared there had been a record Hispanic voter turnout. The same headlines said because of that record turnout Obama had been re-elected. An era of voter apathy amongst Hispanics was said to have ended along with the presidential hopes [...]
Obama to Promote Health Care and Jobs Plans
President Barack Obama will tackle two issues that have defined his presidency for the rest of the week. These are health care and jobs. The president will board Air Force One Thursday to go to Austin, where he will begin a series of Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours made to push his budget plans. [...]
Obama Warns the Defense Department about Sexual Assaults in Military
The estimated number of military personnel who were sexually abused went up 35 percent over the last two years. This was according to the report released by the Pentagon Tuesday. White House and lawmakers were angered by the military’s handling of the issue. Because of the statistics released by the Pentagon, President Barack Obama warned [...]
Obama Defends the Government in Commencement Speech
President Barack Obama promised he would avoid partisanship in his commencement address at the Ohio State University Sunday. He kept his pledge and managed not to mention either party by name. But his speech has a political tone as he urged the graduates to reject detachment and self-interest in favor of citizenship and cooperation. They [...]
Jobs and Opportunity Tours to be launched by White House
President Barack Obama is returning to the jobs issue by launching a group of Opportunity and Middle Class Jobs Tours that will begin on Thursday in the state of Texas, said a White House spokesperson. Obama plans to visit areas that are growing to better understand what has been done to help them with their [...]
Obama Focuses on Latin America Trade during 3 Day Trip
President Barack Obama wrapped up his three day trip to Latin America Saturday by focusing on the enormous importance on the United Sates’ trading relationships with countries in the region. The president said that improving the ties will help them compete in the 21st century. Aside from economic goals, the trip to South America served [...]
Obama Goes for Permission Structure Politics in Second Term
It was a surprise to hear President Barack Obama describe the limits of his power during his second term as permission structure politics. The term comes from the game theory branch of political science that studies how people make decisions. The term will be used in upcoming debates from immigration reform to the fights in [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!