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Romney Spent More Than $40 Million of His Own Money "Before abandoning his bid to become president, Mitt Romney put in at least $42.3 million of his own money, a big chunk of the $97 million he spent on the campaign," according to the Boston Globe. "The former Massachusetts governor's total self-financing puts him ahead of Steve Forbes Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Romney Will Spend $40 Million on Campaign A senior aide to Mitt Romney "says the millionaire investor plans to spend as much as $40 million in the campaign," reports the Wall Street Journal. Romney "spent $17.4 million of his own money on his campaign through the third quarter of last year."Explained Romney: "Each Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Romney Injects More Money Into Campaign Mitt Romney told the Boston Globe that "he put more of his personal fortune into his campaign during the last three months, but would not disclose the amount until after tomorrow's Iowa caucuses.""Romney, a former head of Bain Capital who is worth between $190 million and $250 million, h Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Gates' historical legacy may focus more on philanthropy With the impending retirement of Bill Gates from Microsoft Corp. comes an obvious question: How will history view him? As a founder of the world's most influential software vendor and one of the biggest creators of wealth ever? Or as a monopolist and digital robber ba Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Take home more tech pay in 2008 Another year of milestones and launches, and what do you have to show for it? A rekindled resolve to make your career in IT more worth your while this year in terms of the pay you take home.Sure, there have been Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Romney May Eat $35 Million Debt Washington Whispers says that Mitt Romney, "who loaned his campaign $35 million, isn't even trying to recoup his loss. The reason: He's focused on raising money for Sen. John McCain and other Republicans." "It helps, of course, that Romney entered the race after amassing a fortune of Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Political Memo Romney Alters His Message, but Questions Remain - New York Times Lompoc RecordPolitical Memo Romney Alters His Message, but Questions RemainNew York Times - 23 hours agoBy MICHAEL LUO RENO, Nev. - Mitt Romney’s advisers contend he has found his voice with his retooled message focused on changing Washington and confronting the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Claims Even More January Money The Obama campaign told NBC News "that their January money total was actually $4 million more than they had previously claimed -- due to more money coming in at the end of the month than they'd anticipated. A spokesman says the actual total was $36 million -- not $32 million -- which in itself was a Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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F.T.C. Asks if Carbon-Offset Money Is Well Spent Corporations and shoppers in the United States spent more than $54 million in 2007 on carbon offset credits, but where exactly is that money going? Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Gear Gallery: Sexy Ultralight, New Camcorders and More : The U110 ultralight we received looks striking, with a scarlet paisley-etched aluminum lid paired with a shiny jet-black keyboard area. As soon as you open it up and power it on, you come face to face with one of the U110's most interesting yet unsettling features: VeriFace recognition. After b Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gear Gallery: Sexy Ultralight, New Camcorders and More : The U110 ultralight we received looks striking, with a scarlet paisley-etched aluminum lid paired with a shiny jet-black keyboard area. As soon as you open it up and power it on, you come face to face with one of the U110's most interesting yet unsettling features: VeriFace recognition. After b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Analysis: Romney attack ads play with truth Two negative ads recently launched by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has spent more on advertising than any other candidate, either misrepresent his rival's records or include distortions, according to a CNN analysis of the commercials. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Obama Spent More Than He Raised in April CQ Politics digs into the latest fundraising numbers and notes the Democratic presidential primaries are "starting to take a financial toll on Barack Obama." "Obama spent $36.4 million over the course of the month -- about $4 million more than he raised during the same time -- as he t Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Romney's $45 Million Gamble Mitt Romney wrote off the $45 million he loaned his failed presidential campaign, according to the Boston Globe."Romney's decision to formally reclassify his loans as contributions -- a seemingly small bureaucratic gesture -- removes a deceptively large obstacle to his vice presidentia Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Study: More U.S. broadband has $134 billion economic impact A modest increase in U.S. broadband adoption would have an annual economic impact of $134 billion, according to a study released Thursday.A 7 percent increase in broadband adoption would create 2.4 million jobs Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Two more indicted on E-Rate fraud charges The former owner of three Kansas computer services vendors and his mother have been indicted on charges related to defrauding a government program designed to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Romney in heated exchange over lobbyist claim - Reuters Seattle Post IntelligencerRomney in heated exchange over lobbyist claimReuters - 1 hour agoBy Matthew Bigg COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was challenged on Thursday over the role of lobbyists in his campaign as he sought to port Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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'Mac people' more open, liberal than PC users People who prefer Apple's Macintosh computers over PCs have long been considered to be on the artsy, hip end of the personality spectrum -- and now a study proves that "Mac people" indeed are more liberal and open-minded than average folks. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Company suing OLPC wants $20 million to settle A company suing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association for patent infringement has asked for $20 million to settle claims that the nonprofit had copied its keyboard.Lagos Analysis Corp., or Lancor, is still Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Huckabee Could Still Knock Romney Out From the latest Evans-Novak Political Report: "It is very possible that Huckabee will pick up more delegates on Super Tuesday than will Romney. If Romney is in third place in delegates on February 6, that could end his bid." The reason? "The proportional or district-by-district states Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |