WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate dragged massively profitable Apple Inc. into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.

2. Obama Says He Won't Tolerate Political Bias at IRS - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about complaints that Tea Party groups were being harassed last year, a deputy IRS commissioner took the lead in assuring lawmakers that the additional scrutiny was a legitimate part of the screening process.

3. IRS Apologizes for Targeting Tea Party Groups - Monday, May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

4. GOP Boycotts Health Care Advisory Board - Friday, May 10, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act.

5. White House 'Open' to Flexibility in FAA Cuts - Thursday, April 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House now says it's willing to consider legislation that would give the administration the budget-cutting flexibility to avoid furloughs of air traffic controllers.

6. White House: Obama Backs Internet Sales Tax Bill - Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers.

White House spokesman Jay Carney says the Senate bill would level the playing field for small businesses and brick-and-mortar retailers that are undercut by online companies.

7. Ricin in Obama Letter, Odd Packages Scramble Hill - Thursday, April 18, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.

8. Obama Presses On With GOP Charm Offensive - Friday, March 08, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama pressed on with his Republican charm offensive Thursday, holding a White House lunch with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan in an effort to soften the ground for potential talks on a long-term deficit reduction deal.

9. Obama, Top Lawmakers to Meet as Cuts Kick In - Thursday, February 28, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House conceded Wednesday that efforts to avoid automatic budget cuts are unlikely to succeed before they kick in and is initiating new talks with congressional leaders to confront seemingly intractable tax-and-spend issues.

10. Obama Urges Congress to Compromise on Cuts - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – Facing an end of the week deadline, President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress can avert sweeping across-the-board cuts with "just a little bit of compromise," as he sought to stick lawmakers with the blame if the budget ax falls.

11. Obama Administration: Cuts to Cause Flight Delays - Monday, February 25, 2013

The Obama administration is warning that automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 will result in travel delays at major airports and require traffic-disrupting shutdowns of air traffic control towers at smaller facilities.

12. Court: Obama Appointments are Unconstitutional - Monday, January 28, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making recess appointments last year, a decision that could severely curtail the president's ability to bypass the Senate to fill administration vacancies.

13. Top White-Collar Crime Prosecutor Getting SEC Job - Friday, January 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will nominate former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White, who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar crimes, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency that has a central role in implementing Wall Street reform.

14. House Democrats say President Can Raise Debt Ceiling - Thursday, January 10, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats say President Barack Obama should consider invoking a little-known constitutional provision that they say gives him the power to raise the debt ceiling without going through Congress, where Republicans are demanding that a debt ceiling vote be linked to spending cuts.

15. Fiscal Cliff Efforts Ongoing, Boehner Offers Plan - Wednesday, December 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner pushed ahead on negotiating a broad deal to avert the "fiscal cliff," even as the GOP leader readied a backup plan Tuesday to pressure the White House with little time left to avoid a double hit on the economy.

16. White House: Gun Violence is Complex Problem - Tuesday, December 18, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says curbing gun violence is a complex problem that will require a "comprehensive solution" including addressing gun control measures.

Still, spokesman Jay Carney says gun control is not the only solution to stopping shootings like the horrific attack at a Connecticut elementary school Friday. He says no single piece of legislation or single action will fully address the problem.

17. Narrow 'Fiscal Cliff' Bargain Gains Currency - Monday, December 17, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest deal that would extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners and leave other, vexing issues for the new year.

18. Obama Pressing Business and Labor on Fiscal Cliff - Thursday, November 15, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a challenge to Republicans, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to extend expiring tax cuts immediately for all but the highest income earners as a way to eliminate half of the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to send the economy back into recession.

19. Obama: Americans Agree With My Approach on Deficit - Monday, November 12, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling "fiscal cliff" negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

20. Administration Warns of 'Destructive' Budget Cuts - Monday, September 17, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – A new White House report issued Friday warns that $110 billion in across-the-board spending cuts at the start of the new year would be "deeply destructive" to the military and core government responsibilities like patrolling U.S. borders and air traffic control.

21. Analysts: Recession Likely Without Budget Accord - Thursday, August 23, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – A new recession is likely if a stalemate over tax and spending cuts continues between Democrats and Republicans, according to dire projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on one of the this year's defining campaign issues.

22. Democrats Block Senate Vote on Obama Tax Plan - Thursday, July 12, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats blocked a Senate vote Wednesday on President Barack Obama's plan to extend expiring tax cuts for a year for everyone but the highest-earning Americans as the two parties maneuvered to try embarrassing each other on one of the election year's foremost issues.

23. White House Threatens to Veto Student Loan Bill - Monday, April 30, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House threatened a veto Friday of a Republican bill keeping the interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer, objecting that the measure would finance its $5.9 billion cost by abolishing a health care program.

24. Political Battle Over Student Loans Heating Up - Friday, April 27, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that President Barack Obama was acting "beneath the dignity of the White House" when he traveled around the country this week to pressure Republicans to help keep federal student loan costs from ballooning. Boehner said Obama should reimburse taxpayers for the trips' costs.

25. Congress Sends Startup Investment Bill to Obama - Wednesday, March 28, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite warnings that less government oversight might mean more investment scams, Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama legislation he endorsed making it easier for startups to raise capital without running afoul of federal regulations.

26. Justices Take Up Heart of Health Care Overhaul Law - Tuesday, March 27, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is taking up the key question in the challenge to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul: Can the government force people to carry insurance or pay a penalty?

27. Obama Demands Congress End Oil, Gas Subsidies - Friday, March 02, 2012

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – President Barack Obama, turning his political sights on snowy New Hampshire, demanded that Congress eliminate oil and gas company subsidies that he called an outrageous government "giveaway." Though politically a long shot, the White House believes the idea resonates at a time of high gasoline prices.

28. Obama Seeks Corporate Tax Rate Cut, Loophole Limit - Thursday, February 23, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a lower corporate tax rate and an end to dozens of loopholes he said helps U.S. companies move jobs and profits overseas. "It's not right and it needs to change," he said.

29. Obama Promotes Steps to Boost US Trade - Monday, February 20, 2012

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday called for more steps to help U.S. companies compete overseas, standing in front of an enormous Boeing Dreamliner to summon a bright future for American manufacturing and exports.

30. After Protest, Congress Puts Off Movie Piracy Bill - Monday, January 23, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and stifle Internet innovation.

31. GOP Hopefuls Assail Obama Labor Board Appointments - Friday, January 06, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – With an eye on the upcoming South Carolina primary, Republican presidential candidates on Thursday assailed President Barack Obama for bypassing the Senate to name three new members to the National Labor Relations Board.

32. Obama Bypasses Senate, Installs New Consumer Chief - Thursday, January 05, 2012

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) – A defiant President Barack Obama, tired of Senate Republicans stalling his nominee to lead a new consumer protection agency, put him in charge Wednesday over their opposition.

33. Obama Seeks to Leverage $1 Trillion Spending Bill - Wednesday, December 14, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are using a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to try to force Republicans to negotiate bipartisan legislation to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year.

34. Obama Makes Case for Extending Payroll Tax Cuts - Tuesday, December 06, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama pressured Republicans in Congress on Monday to extend a payroll tax cut, saying the economic recovery is "still fragile" and middle class families need the money.

35. White House Non-Committal on Paying for Tax Cut - Wednesday, November 30, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is refusing to say whether President Barack Obama would sign into law an extension of payroll tax cuts that is not paid for.

Spokesman Jay Carney says Obama would prefer that lawmakers find a way to pay for the cuts and not add to the federal deficit. But he says he won't speculate about what decisions Congress will ultimately reach and how the president would react.

36. Economy Could Suffer if Tax Cut, Jobless Aid End - Monday, November 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – A tax cut that reaches 160 million Americans and government aid for the long-term unemployed will expire at the end of the year – sucking $165 billion out of the economy next year – unless Congress takes action.

37. Obama Urges Debt Panel to Reach for Deal - Monday, November 14, 2011

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) – President Barack Obama has urged leaders of Congress' supercommittee to press hard for a deal on slashing the deficit – and not look for an end run around a key enforcement mechanism.

38. FDA Cites 1,200 Tobacco Retailers - Friday, November 11, 2011

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued about 1,200 warning letters to retailers in 15 states for violating federal tobacco regulations since beginning inspections under a 2009 law giving it authority to regulate the industry.

39. Obama Offers Mortgage Relief on Western Trip - Tuesday, October 25, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Obama administration offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans in the latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis that has bedeviled President Barack Obama as he seeks a second term.

40. Touring NC, Obama Seeks Jobs Votes, Piece by Piece - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) – Railing against Republicans, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for a jobs package that Congress is splintering into pieces, with Senate Democrats planning to start with a plan to help states hire teachers, police and firefighters. In campaign mode on the road, Obama accused Republicans senators of saying no to helping Americans.

41. White House Cites Concerns on Currency Bill - Thursday, October 06, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it has concerns that a bill to punish China for undervaluing its currency and taking away American jobs could conflict with U.S. international obligations.

42. Senate Democrats Add Millionaire Tax to Jobs Bill - Thursday, October 06, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Struggling to deliver the big jobs package proposed by President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats are using the issue to force Republican senators to vote on tax increases for millionaires, picking up on a White House theme that the nation's wealthiest Americans aren't paying their fair share.

43. Obama Knocks GOP Leader, Says GOP Blocks Jobs Vote - Wednesday, October 05, 2011

DALLAS (AP) – President Barack Obama is criticizing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for saying the president's $447 billion jobs bill will not get a vote in its entirety in the Republican-led House.

44. Obama: Congress Should Vote on Jobs Bill in Oct. - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama demanded Monday that Congress vote on his jobs legislation package this month despite signs that the full measure faces stiff resistance. "I'm ready to sign it," the president said.

45. Senate Blocks House Disaster Aid Bill - Monday, September 26, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House bill Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties' latest showdown over spending and highlighting the raw partisan rift that has festered all year.

46. Obama Challenges Boehner, McConnell on Home Turf - Friday, September 23, 2011

CINCINNATI (AP) – Employing in-your-face politics, President Barack Obama sold his jobs plan Thursday from the turf of the top Republicans on Capitol Hill, combatively calling them out by name to demand action.

47. Obama: Congress Has No Reason to Wait on Jobs Bill - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Imploring Congress to follow his lead, President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied lawmakers to adopt his nearly $450 billion jobs plan, promising it would help workers in the construction industry and rebuild schools in crumbling condition. Said Obama: "My question to Congress is, what on earth are we waiting for?"

48. Turley Joins Red Door As Director of Client Relations - Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Gretchen Gassner Turley has joined Red Door Wealth Management as director of client relations, a newly created position.

Hometown: Memphis

Education: Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Rhodes College

49. $1.3T Deficit Projected as Economy Cools - Friday, September 02, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House on Thursday predicted that unemployment will remain at 9 percent next year, a gloomy scenario for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

The bleak figures from the Office of Management and Budget, which also projected overall growth this year at just 1.7 percent, serve as further confirmation of a sputtering economy while dramatizing the challenge Obama will face in making his case for re-election. The 1.7 percent growth rate is a full percentage point less than the administration predicted at the beginning of the year.

50. Obama: Failing to Extend Highway Bill Inexcusable - Thursday, September 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Warning of dire consequences for the nation's workers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Congress to extend bills to fund highways and air travel that he said would protect a million jobs.

51. Obama to Address Congress Next Week on Jobs - Thursday, September 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will lay out his jobs plan in a prime television time address next week to a rare joint session of Congress, the White House said Wednesday.

Obama sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asking to speak to both chambers on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m (midnight GMT).

52. Pelosi Names Final Members to Debt Supercommittee - Friday, August 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appointment Thursday of three Democrats to Congress' new debt-reduction supercommittee completes the roster of a panel whose members are already being tugged in competing directions.

53. Obama Urges Cabinet to Redouble Economic Efforts - Thursday, August 04, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The debt crisis behind him, President Barack Obama challenged his Cabinet on Wednesday to redouble its efforts to strengthen a "weakened" economy and get people back to work. His spokesman, meanwhile, batted away any suggestion the U.S. was headed back into recession.

54. House Nears Vote on GOP Debt Bill; Dems Oppose - Monday, August 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Partisan to the core, Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled.

55. GOP Retools Plan as Congress Seeks Debt Fix - Thursday, July 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six days away from a potentially calamitous government default, House Republicans appeared to be coalescing Wednesday around a work-in-progress plan by House Speaker John Boehner to increase the U.S. borrowing limit and chop $1 trillion in federal spending. But the White House dismissed the proposal as a waste of time, and it got a thumbs-down from Senate Democrats and tea party activists, too.

56. White House Threatens to Veto Boehner's House Plan - Wednesday, July 27, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes in his own party to pass the measure.

57. Tea Party Takes its Turn in Debt Battle - Tuesday, July 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House weighed in with a veto threat Monday against a tea party-backed plan to let the government borrow another $2.4 trillion, a measure conditioned on big and immediate spending cuts and adoption by Congress of a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget.

58. Obama Appoints Cordray to Lead Consumer Agency - Tuesday, July 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama moved Monday to get a new consumer protection bureau up and running, introducing a former Ohio attorney general as director, in an apparent acknowledgment that the woman who masterminded the agency couldn't win Senate confirmation.

59. Obama Calls Meeting With Leaders ‘Constructive’ - Friday, July 08, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Deadline approaching, President Barack Obama said he and congressional leaders worked through a "very constructive" debt-crisis session Thursday with congressional leaders but the parties were still far apart on deficit reduction proposals. He said he would reconvene the negotiators on Sunday.

60. Obama Takes on 'Tweeters' in Twitter Town Hall - Thursday, July 07, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama kicked off his first Twitter town hall with – what else? – a tweet.

Using a laptop set up on a lectern in the East Room of the White House, Obama typed this message: "In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep?"

61. Senate to Work Next Week on Debt Limit Impasse - Friday, July 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate abandoned plans for a July 4 break as time dwindled for lawmakers to strike a compromise on avoiding a government default and reducing mammoth federal deficits. In a challenge to President Barack Obama, the chamber's top Republican invited him to the Capitol to discuss the impasse with GOP lawmakers.

62. Breakthrough on Trade Could Clear Way for Vote - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee will take up three long-stalled free trade agreements on Thursday after committee chairman Max Baucus said agreement had been reached on extending a program that helps American workers displaced by foreign trade.

63. White House: 'Significant' Deal on Debt Possible - Tuesday, June 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation's debt limit as the White House expressed confidence Monday that a "significant" deal with Republicans can be reached. But both sides only seemed to harden their positions as the day wore on, with the White House insisting on some higher taxes as part of the package and the Republican leadership flatly refusing to consider them.

64. Obama Invites Top US Senators for Debt Talks - Monday, June 27, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Stepping directly into stalled debt talks, President Barack Obama is inviting the two leaders of the U.S. Senate to separate meetings Monday, shifting the negotiations to the highest levels.

65. Republicans Bail on Budget Talks, Blame Democrats - Friday, June 24, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicare and other government programs.

66. Diamond Withdraws Nomination for Fed Board - Tuesday, June 07, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond is withdrawing his nomination for the Federal Reserve board, expressing frustration with Republicans who had blocked his appointment and questioned his practical experience.

67. Democrats Meet With Obama on Deficits - Friday, June 03, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats met with President Barack Obama for talks on cutting the U.S. deficit Thursday as the White House pushed back against calls from Republicans for Obama to show more leadership and offer more specifics on the issue.

68. Republicans Press Obama on Spending - Thursday, June 02, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Top House Republicans pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for a detailed plan on budget cuts, and one leading lawmaker accused him of distorting a GOP Medicare proposal at the center of the partisan divide over spending.

69. House to Reject Debt Limit Increase Without Cuts - Wednesday, June 01, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans lined up to reject their own proposed $2.4 trillion increase in the nation's debt limit Tuesday, a political gambit designed to reinforce a demand for spending cuts to accompany any increase in government borrowing.

70. ‘Yes We Can’ - Tuesday, May 17, 2011

President Barack Obama left the bustle of Washington politics – on a day when the U.S. hit its debt ceiling and Donald Trump said he won’t run for president – to fly to Memphis and tell the Booker T. Washington class of 2011, “I’m so proud of each and every one of you.”

71. ‘Yes We Can’ - Monday, May 16, 2011

President Barack Obama left the bustle of Washington politics – on a day when the U.S. hit its debt ceiling and Donald Trump said he won’t run for president – to fly to Memphis and tell the Booker T. Washington class of 2011, “I’m so proud of each and every one of you.”

72. Obama Focusing on Debt in Meeting With Democrats - Thursday, May 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is wading into the swirl of deficit-trimming budget plans, looking to cast himself as a broker in the struggle to tame the federal debt.

The White House and congressional Democrats and Republicans are working to sort out what debt-fighting measures they can embrace now and which ones will be left for later, probably after the 2012 presidential and congressional elections.

73. GOP Seeks Leverage in Talks Over Debt Ceiling Hike - Thursday, May 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – It was a tough-talking House Speaker John Boehner who warned Wall Street this week that Congress won't raise the government's debt ceiling without massive spending cuts that most Democrats oppose.

74. White House Considering Disclosure for Contractors - Thursday, April 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it's considering requiring companies pursuing federal contracts to disclose their campaign contributions.

Spokesman Jay Carney says that would be achieved by an executive order that's being drafted.

75. WH: Obama Regrets Vote Against Raising Debt Limit - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama regrets his vote as a senator in 2006 against raising the debt limit – a vote he's now pressuring Congress to take.

76. No Deal Yet as Possible Government Shutdown Looms - Thursday, April 07, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate's second ranking Democrat said Wednesday that negotiators on the budget are making progress but that conservative GOP policy prescriptions remain obstacles as they scramble to avert a government shutdown this weekend.

77. Congress Votes to Repeal Small Part of Health Law - Wednesday, April 06, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress sent the White House its first rollback of last year's health care law Tuesday, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax reporting requirement that's widely unpopular with businesses. Even President Barack Obama is eager to see it gone.

78. Obama, House Leader Fail on Budget Deal - Wednesday, April 06, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama emerged from a failed meeting on a budget deal Tuesday and said he would demand daily sessions with House Speaker John Boehner until an agreement was hammered out to prevent a U.S. government shutdown at week's end.

79. Intel Chief to Join White House Council on Jobs - Monday, February 21, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Casting about for innovative job-creation ideas, President Barack Obama is naming one of his critics to an advisory council responsible for finding new ways to promote economic growth and bring jobs to the U.S.

80. Obama: Talks on Entitlements 'Have Already Begun' - Friday, February 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that difficult debates on how to address the costs of Social Security and Medicare are "starting now," even though his 2012 budget blueprint lacked any major changes to the large benefit programs.

81. Obama Talks Jobs With Jobs, Other Tech Leaders - Friday, February 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is assembling the biggest names in Silicon Valley to confer on jobs and innovation, trying to get leaders from companies like Google and Apple behind his push to keep spending on high-tech initiatives even as Republicans are out to slash the budget.

82. Treadway Joins Thomas & Betts as Senior VP for Electrical Business - Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Charles L. Treadway has joined Thomas & Betts Corporation in the newly created position of senior vice president, group president – electrical. Treadway will provide strategic and operational leadership to the company’s electrical products businesses on a global basis. The electrical segment of Thomas & Betts has approximately 60 manufacturing and distribution facilities in 11 countries and employs approximately 8,000 associates worldwide. The electrical segment reported $2.1 billion in revenues in 2008. Treadway previously served as president and chief executive officer for the Custom Sensors and Technology unit of Schneider Electric.