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On cable television's recent Comic Relief fundaraiser to aid the poor, Robin Williams said that if President Clinton can mend the economy and put people back to work, he doesn't [...]

The crash of the real estate industry forced many politicians to file for bankruptcy. Other political figures, who heavily spent on casinos, are serving their sentence for embezzlement of finances. Analysts claim that the numerous opportunities that goes with the position of politicians have contributed to their current predicament.

Term limits is touted as a grassroots uprising. But guess who's paying the bills? In October the 1992 Washington state term-limit campaign was in crisis: three weeks to go and [...]

SLEEK PASSENGER TRAINS have passed through Hope since the town was founded on the railroad in 1875, but for the last 20 years they've had no reason to stop. Well, [...]

State Businesses, Products Are in Demand As a Native Son Goes to Washington JUST AFTER THE NOV. 3 election, a woman in Ohio placed a telephone order to the Hillbilly [...]

SOME VOTERS STAND IN line at the First Baptist Church on Rodney Parham Road to cast their choices in the 1992 general election. Part of their conversation during the hour-and-a-half [...]

Japan's Keidanren has lost its former formidable political and business clout. Keidanren refers to the Federation of Economic Organizations formed in 1946 to link big industries with the government. The group is composed of powerful figures from the business, government and political sectors. Time was when the successful men of Keidanren were closely bonded by their desire to bring about full-blown industrial development in Japan. Today, however, Keidanren's members are divided by varied interests which have considerably weakened the federation's political influence.

The biggest donors give to both Pres Bush and Bill Clinton in order to hedge their bets and maximize their influence. Favors by Bush to his largest 1988 donors and Clinton's 19 'soft money' contributors of more than $100,000 are listed.

The UK and social policy At one level it could be argued that what the eleven other Member States of the Community have done is to leave it to the [...]

Hart scouting for business advisers In search of what one Dallas official calls 'a different kind of credibility,' City Hall is reaching out to the private sector for help directing [...]

Chief executive officers (CEO) should help resolve the problems related to the use of political action committees (PAC) in financing political campaigns. The democratic system is being damaged because candidates are relying on contributions from corporate PACs so much that they are unable to represent the interests of ordinary citizens. A citizens' lobby called Common Cause has introduced shareholder resolutions that would require corporations to disclose their PAC contributions to shareholders. CEOs do not have an incentive to reform the PAC system because corporate PACs serve the interests of large corporations.

Business divides over mayor's race OAKLAND - The race for mayor in the East Bay's biggest city, like the last three elections, has Oakland's business community sharply divided. Eight candidates [...]

Mixed Feelings Texas' regulator for state-chartered mortgage firms says he supports the idea of a nationwide originator database and a uniform license application, but he shows a trace of reluctance [...]

This month's letter from the editor. John Koten A month after penning a letter to President Bush in our January 2004 issue, Jack Stack got an unexpected reply: Air Force [...]

The city is considering putting together a multimillion-dollar grant program to help downtown businesses that have been unable to take advantage of previous programs established to help businesses hurt by [...]