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    Startup Companies’ Advice to President Obama

    High growth small companies, while small in number, have an outsized impact on the U.S. economy.  They consume roughly 0.1-0.2% of U.S. GDP in invested capital, but turn into companies that create roughly 11 percent of U.S. private sector employment and 21 percent of U.S....

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    Why SOPA is Needed to Catch Digital Thieves

    While the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being debated by the chattering classes in the technology and entertainment industries, Charles Segars, co-creator and executive producer of Disney’s “National Treasure” movie franchise and CEO of Ovation issues the following statement on the SOPA legislation before...

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    Why Sonia Gandhi Wants to Protect Chidambaram

    The ongoing adrenaline-pumping events in the corruption-ridden Indian politics can put even a gory video game to shame. After a spate of recent corruption cases in the Congress-led government, now the action has shifted around the 2G scam. By Rakesh Raman In this case, the...

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    Meet the GOP Presidential Hopeful Michele Bachmann

    Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and GOP Presidential-hopeful will address the National Press Club at a luncheon on July 28. She will discuss government spending, the national debt and other issues of importance and lay out her case for a fundamental restructuring on the way Washington spends...

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    Fruit Feud between Dried and Fresh Fruits

    Health researchers presented their views at the recent 30th World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress, recommending that food policy makers consider dried fruits equivalent to fresh fruits in dietary recommendations around the world. The presentations recognized that traditional, no-sugar added dried fruits, such as raisins,...

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    Haiti’s Former President Conveys Message of Hope

    Former Congressman Bob Barr, with Attorneys Ed Marger of Jasper, Georgia and Mike Puglise of Snellville, Georgia, joined former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as Duvalier issued his first public statement upon returning to Haiti for the first time since he left the...

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    Low Scores for White House on Transparency

    The public isn’t convinced that the government is open with Americans, according to a new survey. The ForeSee Results / Nextgov Government Transparency Study measured citizen perceptions of government transparency with the White House and Congress, among other government entities. The White House earned a...

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    Over 43 Million Americans Now Live in Poverty

    Annual data released Thursday, Sept. 16, by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that almost 43.6 million Americans (about one in every seven people) now live in poverty, the highest number since record-keeping began in 1959. This is an increase of 3.7 million Americans in 2009....

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