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聽The final candidate on our Veepstakes shortlist is the junior U.S. Senator from South Dakota, John Thune. 聽Senator Thune began his career as a legislative aide to the late Senator James Abdnor, who served as South Dakota鈥檚 Senator from 1981 till 1987. 聽Abdnor was defeated by Tom Daschle in 1986, and Thune subsequently took up a post in President Reagan鈥檚 Small Business Administration before returning [...]
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The next candidate in our Veepstakes series is Garden State Governor, Chris Christie. 聽Governor Christie began his career as a lawyer in New Jersey, before his appointment as New Jersey鈥檚 Attorney General in 2001. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Christie defeated incumbent John Corzine 48.5 percent to 44.9 percent. The tech community is a keen supporter of a lower corporate tax rate, investment [...]
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Next up in our Veepstakes series, we look at Kelly Ayotte, the freshman Senator from New Hampshire.聽 Senator Ayotte began her career clerking for a Justice in New Hampshire鈥檚 Supreme Court.聽 She then served in several posts in the state鈥檚 Attorney General鈥檚 Office, where she was ultimately appointed Attorney General in 2004.聽 She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, winning more than 60 percent [...]
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We continue our series examining the potential picks for a Republican vice presidential running-mate with a look at Paul Ryan. 聽Representative Ryan was first elected in 1998 to represent Wisconsin鈥檚 First District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he currently serves as the Chairman of the House Budget Committee. 聽Ryan is a well-known policy wonk and is the House Republicans鈥� point person on [...]
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Continuing our focus on possible running mates for Governor Romney, we look at Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia and analyze where he stands on tech issues. Bob McDonnell was elected as Virginia鈥檚 governor in November 2009, after serving seven terms in Virginia鈥檚 House of Delegates, and four years as the state鈥檚 Attorney General. Governor McDonnell recognized that incentivizing innovation is crucial, [...]
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Critics of a competitive market-based or territorial tax system are latching onto a study out today by NerdWallet -- a personal finance website that features recommendations on things like credit card rates and gas prices -- as the latest 鈥渆vidence鈥� that corporate tax reform really isn鈥檛 necessary. The study claims that ten of America鈥檚 top economic champions -- including Apple, IBM, and Microsoft [...]
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In this segment of Veepstakes, we take a look at the Governor from Louisiana, Bobby Jindal. 聽Governor Jindal is seen by many political experts as a future presidential nominee for the Republican Party, and is widely believed to be on Mitt Romney鈥檚 shortlist for running mate. 聽Despite being only 41 years old, he has worked in the George W. Bush Administration as an advisor to the Secretary of Health [...]
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Next up in our series looking at the potential Republican Party vice presidential candidates is the freshman U.S. Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio. 聽Even before he arrived in Washington in 2010, Senator Rubio was already seen by many as a rising star in his party and national politics. 聽Let鈥檚 look at where he stands on issues of importance to the tech community. Senator Rubio has been an outspoken [...]
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AMD, a semiconductor design company with growing operations in Brazil, recently hosted ICT Brazilian ministers and officials at its Silicon Valley headquarters to discuss emerging computing market trends. Attendees discussed the importance of open standards and regulatory policies to drive innovation, and today鈥檚 data center, cloud, embedded, client and ultra-low power technology solutions. Initiated [...]
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The House of Representatives sent a strong signal to the rest of the world today that we must preserve a free and open Internet.聽 In December, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) will meet to update the United Nations鈥� International Telecommunication Union (ITU) treaty-level telecomm regulations.聽 As we鈥檝e discussed here before, preliminary proposals by some other governments [...]
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