New York Times: General Electric, the nation’s largest industrial company, on Friday reported net earnings for the third quarter of $3.2 billion, up 57 percent from the same period in 2010 despite what the chief executive called a “volatile” economic environment. The company said it had operating earnings per share of 31 cents, exactly in [...]
ABC News: With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its first line of cars in Finland, saying it could not find a facility in the United States capable of doing the work. Vice President Joseph Biden heralded the Energy Department’s [...]
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Washington Whispers: There was a cute scene from today’s Ground Force One First Family bus tour through Virginia. Shortly before noon, the motorcade pulled over at Woods Orchard Farm Market in Hampton to shop for pumpkins. As Michelle Obama shopped, the president made sure to tell shopkeeper Billy Wood that his wife is the nation’s [...]
Fox News: Despite a campaign-style push this week by President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday scuttled pared-back jobs legislation aimed at helping state and local governments avoid layoffs of teachers and firefighters. Obama’s three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia — states crucial to his re-election race next year — didn’t change any [...]
Washington Post: The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday it would move ahead with an investigation of whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. tried to buy Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Chairman Jo Bonner, R-Ala., and ranking Democrat Linda Sanchez of California said the panel voted Oct. 13 to end its temporary deferral of the case that [...]
The Hill: For House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), disagreement with President Obama often takes the form of silence. While rank-and-file House Democrats have been outspoken in taking the White House to task over issues as diverse as foreclosure prevention, environmental protection and funding the federal government, Pelosi has stayed quiet or shifted her talking [...]
U.S. News And World Report: While the number of unemployed workers has held steady at around 14 million in recent months, another telling measure of frustration in the labor market — the number of underemployed individuals — rose for a third consecutive month in September, by almost a half of a million people. Almost 9.3 [...]
Excerpted from The Blaze: An NPR opera host has been fired after she admitted to serving as a spokeswoman for the ongoing Occupy D.C. movement. Lisa Simeone said Thursday she was fired over the phone while NPR’s code of ethics was read to her. Earlier this week, Roll Call reported she was affiliated with October [...]
