America’s Business: Tort Reform 08/19/06
Posted on: August 19th, 2006Renee Giachino with the American Justice Partnership rejoins us to speak about how companies and individuals are finally beginning to fight back on court litigation and frivolous lawsuits.
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America’s Business: Asbestos Litigation 08/19/06
Posted on: August 19th, 2006Renee Giachino with the American Justice Partnership joins Mike to talk about what is being done at the state level on asbestos litigation.
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America’s Business: August 19, 2006 08/19/06
Posted on: August 19th, 2006In our first segment, Renee Giachino with the American Justice Partnership joins Mike to talk about what is being done at the state level on asbestos litigation. Then, Ed Andrews, Economic Correspondent for the New York Times Washington bureau speaks with us about why the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates followed by Hank Cox’s look at “The Way It Was.” In our second segment, Al Frink, Undersecretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, speaks with us about Free Trade Agreements: what they are and what they do along with the benefits of becoming an exporter. Then, Bob Piazza of Price Pump Manufacturing talks to us about his positive experience with exporting. Our weekly trip to the factory floor has us speaking with Dyke Messinger, CEO of Power Curbers, which makes cement curbs for parking lots and much more. In our third segment, Renee Giachino with the American Justice Partnership rejoins us to speak about how companies and individuals are finally beginning to fight back on court litigation and frivolous lawsuits. Then, we speak with Ambassador Roger Noriega about the future of Cuba post-Fidel Castro and what it means for trade. In our final segment, our media roundtable, we speak with Cathy Rizzo, editor of CQ Inside Washington and Charlie Mitchell, Senior Editor of Congress Daily about the future of the death tax, followed by our weekly soapbox commentary and Gov. Engler joins us for the “the last word” about energy consumption. Gov. Engler’s last word this week focuses on global demand for energy and what happens when we ignore the law of supply and demand when it comes to energy: it hurts manufacturers, the economy and the public.
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America’s Business: NAM President John Engler Commentary 08/12/06
Posted on: August 12th, 2006NAM President John Engler joins us for the last word and discusses the need for the research and development tax credit to encourage innovation which he calls, the “hallmark of U.S. manufacturing.”
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America’s Business: Activist Courts 08/12/06
Posted on: August 12th, 2006In segment three Renee Giachino and Mike talk about the impact rulings by an “activist Court” have your every day lives.
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