priorities

Leader: Need to restore faith in Swiss banking

Newsvine - business  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 03:45

The Swiss president says one of the government's priorities for the new year is to restore confidence in the country's financial industry following a series of setbacks.


 

Virtualization Tops CIO Priorities In 2012: IDC

InformationWeek Business Intelligence  Wed, 01/11/2012 - 09:32

Savings from server consolidation will go to new IT innovations, IDC says.


 

Variables of Waste: Start-Up Style (Infographic)

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 09/22/2011 - 16:24

Most Start-up company wast falls under three categories: time, money, and allocation of priorities.


 

For Want of a Word, Arizona’s Jobless Lose Checks

NYT > Business  Fri, 06/17/2011 - 20:53

Because of ideological opposition and other priorities, Arizona and some other states have not made the change needed to keep federally financed unemployment checks going.


 

New study shows government spending preferences of Americans

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Tue, 03/08/2011 - 23:00

(University of Chicago) In its 27th survey of American spending priorities since 1973 conducted as part of its General Social Survey, NORC at the University of Chicago Wednesday released a report on its most recent findings.

By a notable margin, education and health care were the top two spending priorities of Americans. And Americans are consistent in that: those two categories have finished in the top two in each of the ten surveys since 1990.


 

$775 Million: Boeing's Budget to Buy Argon [WSJ]

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 07/01/2010 - 14:20

Boeing agreed to buy defense-equipment maker Argon ST for about $775 million, with the deal coming as the sector shuffles operations amid belt-tightening and shifting priorities at the Pentagon.


 

Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan

Newsvine - business  Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:01

Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage.


 

Bowing to Veto Threat, Senate Blocks Money for Warplanes

NYT > Business  Tue, 07/21/2009 - 12:36

The 58-40 vote in the Senate to delete $1.75 billion in financing for new F-22s was a victory for President Obama in his efforts to reshape the military’s priorities.


 

Officials push for health care in spite of delay

Newsvine - business  Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:20

President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health systems is unlikely to be completed by the White House's August deadline, lawmakers said Sunday as Congress turns its attention to other priorities.


 

Panel Suggests Priorities in Evaluating Treatments

NYT > Business  Tue, 06/30/2009 - 09:49

As the government begins comparing medical techniques, a scientific panel recommends that it start with treatments for heart disease and prostrate cancer as well as preventative measures.