With Democrats leading the Senate and Republicans controlling the House of Representatives, it’s a good time for companies to nurture bipartisan alliances by making early campaign contributions to both parties. Following are some of the companies that made donations through...
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An attendee visits the Northrop Grumman Corp. booth during the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in this file photo.
Companies Donate Early to Dueling Political Parties
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Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California, is pitching a new book.
@GavinNewsom: Jerry Brown Watch
“Government should be as smart as Google,” Gavin Newsom said Friday at a party to celebrate the release of his book “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.” The fete brought the Democratic lieutenant governor of...
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An Airbus A319, operated by US Airways Group Inc., takes off behind a Boeing Co. 737, operated by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, at Reagan National Airport in Washington in this file photo.
Washington Daybook: Computerside Chat
President Barack Obama, who spoke in North Carolina yesterday, continues promoting his economic proposals such as raising the minimum wage at a rally in Decatur, Georgia today. He then flies back to the White House to participate in a Google+...
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The Google Inc. logo in Washington.
Price of Persuasion Down Year to Year
The price of persuasion went down in 2012, the second consecutive year of declining spending on lobbying, according to figures released today by the Center for Responsive Politics. Total spending to try to influence Congress, the White House and federal...
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The Google Inc. Chrome icon is reflected in water droplets.
Internet’s Money on Democrats, Wireless-Tel Cash Went Republican
A clash over the allocation of new spectrum pits companies whose employees backed Democratic candidates in the last election against those who put their money on Republicans. At issue is how to divvy up airwaves among telephone companies with wireless...
Read more »Tech Helps Give West Best U.S. Job Growth
Gary Schlossberg, an economist at Wells Fargo in San Francisco, doesn’t have to look far to see how the innovation and entrepreneurship in California are helping the West lead the nation’s job growth. “Tech certainly is a driver,” Schlossberg said...
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A delegate poses with a red, white and blue top hat in the Facebook photo booth during the RNC in Tampa, Florida.
Voters on Social Media Should Dodge ‘Bombs’ Before Nov. 6
Updated 5:50 pm EST Dodge the Google bombs. Outsmart the Twitter bots. Stay off the astroturf. Most Web users don’t realize it yet, but these are tasks they face in the 12 days left before the election to avoid being...
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`Horses, Bayonets:’ Smart or Snark?
Horses and bayonets. The No. 1 search phrase on Google during the final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. This is the debate in which Romney pointed to an American Navy with fewer ships than it...
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The Google Inc. Android logo.
BlackBerries in Motion: Booz Allen’s Switch, Smarter-Government Next?
Booz Allen Hamilton employs 25,000. They provide consulting services to the federal government, where the BlackBerry rules as the government-issued smart phone. Booz Allen has dropped the Berry. The consulting firm is leaving Research In Motion behind as it decommissions...
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A delegate sits in the Google Inc. photobooth during day two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Obama’s Google Edge on Romney — in Swing States: Six to Four
We noted last week that more people are Googling President Barack Obama than those searching for Mitt Romney online. Yet now a deeper-diving Bloomberg analysis of this 47-percent Google edge for the president is generating its own sort of Google...
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