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VICTORY! Comcast to drop bid for Time Warner Cable Cable giant Comcast is reportedly set to abandon its proposed $45.2 billion acquisition of Time Warner
LaunchComcast-Time Warner Cable merger runs into opposition at FCC
Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger runs into opposition at the FCC The Wall Street Journal is reporting that FCC staff are poised to recommend that Comcast’s
LaunchSeattle ranks #1 in conversion to credit unions
According to data from Nielsen Scarborough, a record 31.5 percent of people in the Seattle metropolitan area now use a credit union as their primary
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Justice Department on verge of opposing Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger Staff attorneys with the United States Department of Justice are said to be preparing a
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TurboTax maker linked to astroturf campaign against free, simple tax filing Intuit and its allies are continuing to work against proposals for what’s known as
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Reject Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, California official says One of the five California officials who will vote on Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable
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Bad things will happen to good ideas, and vice versa. So be it. Elections determine who has the power, not who has the truth. —
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Meet the conservative group that Scott Walker takes his cues from Bloomberg Politics profiles The Bradley Foundation, which has been helping Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker
LaunchElizabeth Warren fires back after Wall Street banks threaten Democrats
Elizabeth Warren fires back after Wall Street banks threaten Democrats Several major Wall Street banks are openly threatening to withhold campaign contributions from the Senate
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T-Mobile illegally blocked union organizing efforts, NLRB rules AFL-CIO Now covers the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling finding T-Mobile USA guilty of several violations of
LaunchThe right wing is wrong: $15/hour minimum wage isn’t causing restaurants to close in Seattle
The right wing is wrong: $15/hour minimum wage isn’t causing restaurants to close in Seattle The Seattle Times‘ Bethany Jean Clement busts a myth being
LaunchBetter take $12/hour minimum wage now, Nick Hanauer tells business community, or face $16 in ’16
They think $12 is high! Here’s their real choice: They can accept $12 now, or it will be much, much higher. If you’re the Association
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The Walt Disney Company (parent corporation of ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and other properties) has once again decided to raise the price of admission
LaunchPatricia Arquette ends acceptance speech with call for wage equality
To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time
LaunchPresident Obama mocks Mitch McConnell at DNC winter meeting
Our Republican Leader in the Senate, as he was coming in, after having tried to block every single thing that we have done to strengthen
LaunchSurprise! The rich benefit the most from tax breaks intend to help people build wealth
Surprise! The rich benefit the most from tax breaks intend to help people build wealth Bloomberg reports that most of the public money spent to
LaunchAFSCME responds to Illinois Republican governor’s attack on public employee unions
Bruce Rauner’s scheme to strip the rights of state workers and weaken their unions by executive order is a blatantly illegal abuse of power… Perhaps
LaunchAnother bad merger on the horizon? Staples trying to buy Office Depot
Another bad merger on the horizon? Staples trying to buy Office Depot The New York Times is reporting that Staples is in “advanced talks” to
LaunchGuess who’s discovered income inequality
That the GOP is now tilting at the one percent is one of the more remarkable messaging flip-flops of all time. Not long ago, someone
LaunchBoeing’s marketing versus Boeing’s actions
Boeing’s marketing department is at it again. We couldn’t help but notice that this week’s edition of the Redmond Reporter contains a full-page color ad,
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