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May 28, 2013   |   Vol. 5, Issue 22
 
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Master’s Degree Programs Surge at Nation’s Colleges and Universities
May 26, 2013 | Washington Post
The nation’s colleges and universities are churning out master’s degrees in sharply rising numbers, responding to a surge in demand for advanced credentials from young professionals who want to stand out in the workforce and earn more money. From 2000 to 2012, the annual production of master’s degrees jumped 63 percent, federal data show, growing 18 percentage points more than the output of bachelor’s degrees.
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The Great US Tax Debate: Large vs. Small Companies
May 25, 2013 | Omaha Wor;d Herald/NY Times
In America’s contentious tax reform debate, it is seen as C-Suite versus Main Street. Some of the biggest and most powerful companies in the United States are fighting for a cut in the official corporate tax rate, arguing that it is necessary to allow them to compete more effectively in the global market. But the nation’s millions of small businesses fear they will be the ones paying for it.
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Major Tech Companies Take Dead Aim at Retail
May 22, 2013 | Las Vegas Review Journal
While brick-and-mortar stores increase their online presence and tech companies are increasing their real-world presence, the competition is heating up. During a panel at RECon, the International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual convention, retail experts discussed the industry’s landscape and the effect the big five tech companies, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google, are having on retail. “Right now the bull’s-eye is aimed at retail,” Lori Schafer, executive adviser, retail for SAS Institute, said.
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Immigration Push a Bonanza for Lobbyists
May 23, 2013 | The Hill
The sweeping immigration overhaul moving through Congress is creating a bonanza for lobbyists. While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO and Silicon Valley companies are making the most noise on immigration reform, a grab bag of other groups and companies are working under the radar to shape the bill. Roughly 500 companies, trade groups and unions, among others, lobbied on immigration this past quarter,
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American Workers Losing Ground on Wages
May 26, 2013 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Competition from China and other low-wage rivals, coupled with fallout from the 2007-'09 financial crisis, has put American wages under such unprecedented strain that they have shifted into reverse — not merely stagnating, but falling. And workers in Wisconsin are among the hardest hit in this bare-knuckled global phenomenon.
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Mall of America Hopes Tax Break Jump-starts $1.5B Expansion

N.J. Assembly Passes Bill to Streamline Tax Incentive Programs

Entrepreneurship: What Age Group Is Flocking to Start New Businesses?

The Post Office Returns to the Local Store

Small Business Driving Denver Economic Rebound

Tesla Motors Fully Repays $465 Million Federal Loan Nine Years Early

Patent Study Finds Cleveland Companies Innovating Like Startups

On the Front Lines of Food Safety

Partisan Gridlock Thwarts Effort to Alter Health Law

TiE's Vish Mishra Embodies the Secret of Silicon Valley

Ezra Klein Asks "Is Silicon Valley Only Interested in the Problems of Twentysomethings?"

Farm Bill Beats Back Foes

Senators Battle to Cut More Farm Bill Spending

Capitol Hill's Lessons for Silicon Valley

NC Senate Proposes Defunding State's Rural Economic Development Center

Orlando Tech Company Turns to Alabama 'Angels' for Capital

Ethanol Makers Hope to Rebound after Demand Drops

Kickerstarter Campaign, Portable Solar Charger Nets New Career

Majority Thinks Global Warming, Clean Energy Should Be Priorities

Cleantech: As VC Interest Shrinks, Corporate Investors Swoop In

Is Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania Creating Jobs -- or Just Legal Work?

Industry Giant GE Aims to Improve Fracking

Ohio Officials Fracking on Some Owners

Entrepreneurs Help Build Start-Ups by the Batch

Rochester Evolves as Solar Energy Hub

Engineers See a Path Out of Green Card Limbo

Suggestion: Wisconsin Could Follow Michigan's Example to Nurture Venture Capital

The Push on Corporate Tax Rules goes Global

Unions Rip Schumer’s Deal on H-1B Visas

UW Expands Online Courses, this Time from Harvard, MIT

St. Petersburg Will Get an Incubator, but Much More May Be Coming

Nashville Teen to Get $100,000 for Startup but Must Quit College

Sony’s Bread and Butter? It’s Not Electronics

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