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Business Roundtable Interesting article about how 15 CEOs managed their companies in 2009.

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It was a year many chief executives would like to forget. Sales plummeted, consumers disappeared and profits evaporated. But some corporate chiefs found a silver lining—or at least a new impetus to try things differently. ...
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Business Roundtable Nucorp Corporation CEO Dan DiMicco's op-ed in today's WSJ. What do you think?

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In The Wall Street Journal, Nucorp Corporation CEO Dan DiMicco says the government should encourage energy independence and help restore the manufacturing industries. He says this will result in millions of new jobs.
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Business Roundtable In our fast-moving, knowledge-based economy, education does not end with a degree or certificate. To make sure that workers — regardless of age, income or education background — succeed in the global economy, we must encourage a commitment to lifelong learning. What do you think can help encourage workers to continue their desire to learn?

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The current economic crisis is a huge challenge to America’s workforce. But when America emerges from the current economic recession, how well will our workforce—and ...
John
John
What about online learning?
December 10, 2009 at 8:51am
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Business Roundtable "A Seat at the Roundtable," the new BRT blog, has landed...

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Last week I had the pleasure of Thanksgiving at my son and daughter-in-law’s first house. My habit is to read the papers first thing in the morning to catch up on the news but – since they are 20-somethings – there were no papers to be found. ...
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Business Roundtable Our new health care report....

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CEOs Say Health Legislation Could Cut Costs
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Business Roundtable The outcome of the health care debate remains uncertain but we're still at the table.

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The traditional pecking order of Washington’s top trade and business groups is thrown into disarray.
Gerald
Gerald
Any compassion from the rich and powerful would certainly be appreciated.
November 21, 2009 at 9:51pm
Gerald
Gerald
This is not to rip on anybody, either.
November 21, 2009 at 9:52pm
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Business Roundtable It's healthcare all the time but check out our views on climate change legislation.

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As the Senate begins to move climate legislation, how influential will the business community be in shaping the policy? During today's OnPoint, John Castellani, president of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. ...
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Business Roundtable Today, President Obama mentioned Business Roundtable and our recent health care report in his weekly address.

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As the health insurance reform debate enters into its final stages in Congress, the President denounces the desperate and deceptive last-ditch efforts of the health insurance companies to derail it.
Gerald
Gerald
Gotta stay on top of The Business Round Table.
November 3, 2009 at 3:36pm
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Business Roundtable We released our Third Quarter Economic Outlook Survey yesterday. The responses from our member companies reflect an economy in transition. While our CEOs see an uptick in expectations for sales--a good thing--this demand just has yet to translate into increased capital spending or hiring. Take a look, tell us what you think.

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Since 2002, Business Roundtable has surveyed its membership on a quarterly basis regarding their expectations for the short-term economic outlook. The CEO Economic Outlook Survey results have provided a unique perspective on economic projections based on what CEOs embed in their business plans.
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Business Roundtable Our new report shows health care costs will skyrocket to nearly $29,000 per employee in the next decade without effective health care reform.

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With health care expenses at an all-time high, and some of the proposed congressional health care reform bills threatening to add hundreds of billions to government spending, many are debating the cost of health care reform. In this paper, Business Roundtable turned that idea around and asked:
Jacob
Jacob
And we have folks speaking against reform. smh
September 20, 2009 at 10:41am
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Business Roundtable Check out a video member company Bechtel made about their involvement in BRT's Gulf Coast Development Workforce Initiative.

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After hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the U.S. gulf coast, a partnership of government and businesses trained 20,000 entry level construction workers to help rebuild the region. Check out this unique success story. (2009)
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Business Roundtable Senator Kennedy participated in a press conference we held last year on health information technology legislation.

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Senator Kennedy speaks at Business Roundtable
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Business Roundtable We have had a long history of working with Sen. Kennedy on education and health care-related issues. With his passing, we have all lost a true statesman and an impassioned voice, especially in our current health care debate. He will be greatly missed.

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Mr. Kennedy, a disciplined liberal lawmaker with a sometimes-stormy personal life, knew triumph and tragedy during his decades near the center of American political history.
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Business Roundtable We are deeply saddened by the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy. He was a true visionary and a bipartisan leader who consistently reached across the aisle to forge consensus to effect good policy for the betterment of all Americans.

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Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who carried aloft the torch of a Massachusetts dynasty and a liberal ideology to the citadel of Senate power, but whose personal and political failings may have prevented him ...
John
John
Yes, Senator Kennedy was the standard bearer of liberalism in America. Anything wrong with that? And I believe it was another flaming liberal, Jesus Christ, who once said, "Let he who has not sinned, cast the first stone." In short, put down the rock and go straight to the nearest mirror.
August 26, 2009 at 12:23pm
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August 26, 2009 at 7:42pm
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