7 posts and columns on Bush

Apple's D.C. Lobbying Efforts Get Fierce

in News on February 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm PT

Apple closed its big government affairs office in Washington, D.C., in the late ’90s and since that time has maintained a fairly low profile inside the Beltway, relative to other big tech firms. But now the company has hired a high-powered new lobbying firm: Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock.

As Bush-Era Tax Cuts Expire, VCs Nearly Split On Impact

in News on October 12, 2010 at 11:57 am PT

As Congress debates whether or not to extend Bush-era tax cuts for some of the country’s wealthiest people, many in the financial community have said the cuts should be left in place, as the benefits will trickle down to the broader economy. But venture capitalists surveyed by law firm DLA Piper LLC are nearly split on whether letting the tax cuts expire would have an effect on the technology sector, or their firms’ pace of investments in tech companies.

Will Bill Gates Support New Income Tax for Wealthy?

in News on September 22, 2010 at 8:37 am PT

Most of the tax-the-rich debate these days is focused on the Bush tax cuts. But there’s another fiercely contested battle over taxing the wealthy that’s raging in Washington. It aims to create a new state income tax for those earning $200,000 or more.

A “Do Not Call The FTC About Facebook Privacy” Registry? Great Idea, Tim.

in News on May 10, 2010 at 10:50 am PT

Perfect. Facebook has enlisted a former senior Bush administration regulator to defend its privacy practices in Washington. Tim Muris, who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 2001 to 2004 and created the popular U.S. Do Not Call Registry, is advising the company, whose privacy disclosures and fast and loose handling of user data are increasingly drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

Macworld ’09: iWork ’09, iWork.com

in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:54 am PT

Number two on Phil Schiller’s list of three announcements: iWork ’09. The next iteration of Keynote, Apple’s presentation application, offers some new object transition features: object zoom, a swing transition (Schiller demos it with a Bush-to-Obama slide that gets a laugh from the audience). There are also some new text transitions and chart animations. Finally, Apple’s offering a Keynote Remote application. It’s an iPhone app, of course.
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Update: House Approves Solar Tax Credit Extension, but Not Senate Version; Bush Veto Threat Looms

in News on September 26, 2008 at 3:02 pm PT

The House voted 257-to-166 today to pass H.R. 7060, the “Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008,” a measure that includes an eight-year extension for solar tax credits. But the measure differs in key ways from the Senate version of the bill approved earlier this week.