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Raffle Me This: Obama Campaign Tries New Fund-Raising Approach

President Barack Obama may have hit on a novel method of raising money for his upcoming re-election bid: raffling off a casual dinner with some lucky supporters who might spend as little as five dollars for the chance to dine with the leader of the free world. A recent mass email sent by the Obama [...]

Ford has Ambitious Expansion Plans

Chief Executive Alan Mulally of the Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) has announced plans to take the company’s ‘One-Ford’ strategy which transformed its U.S operations global, where the manufacturer currently ranks among the secondary players in the industry. Within the next few years, Ford are expecting to increase sales to as high as 8 million from [...]

Rift Between Reformers, Stalwarts?

Cable speaks of some members of the party advocating that Sonia Gandhi jettison Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister After the Congress suffered electoral losses in Punjab and Uttarakhand in February 2007, some party members advocated that party president Sonia Gandhi “jettison” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in April-May 2007 [...]

Lockout Issues In The NFL

A lockout is coming to the NFL, unless a last-second miracle occurs, the sporting equivalent of a stay of execution from the governor. The fans know it, the team knows it, everyone knows it. This raises a difficult question: If there is a lockout, what should teams do to come out on the other side [...]

Steele Crazy After All These Years?

Michael Steele, the National Committee Chairman of the Republican Party, announced yesterday that he will put himself up for re-election. Steele got off on the wrong foot with Republicans on the national level almost immediately, and has been viewed by many in the party as a disappointment. But yesterday he said he would seek re-election [...]