Mr. JOHN CASTELLANI (President, Business Roundtable): We need decisive and immediate action by our government.
It is wonderful to be back here with the men and women of the Business Roundtable.
And I appreciate the willingness of the Business Roundtable to work with us on health care reform.
But that is exactly what the Business Roundtable, representing 160 chief executives of big firms, did this month.
Umbrella groups such as the Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce are incensed.
Its implementation has been delayed by a lawsuit brought by the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce, two business groups.
In reality, the Business Roundtable quietly began backing away almost immediately.
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So does the Business Roundtable, an industry group of CEOs from a dozens of major companies including Boeing, Citigroup, FedEx and Wal-Mart.
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And they got no help from the Business Roundtable, who backed the tax increases and whose treachery we now better understand.
Campbell was head of a health care task force of the Business Roundtable, an elite group of corporate leaders that sponsored Leapfrog.
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The lobby includes associations such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Business Roundtable, the National Retail Federation and the US Chamber of Commerce.
President Obama gave a long speech Wednesday to the Business Roundtable.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable have accused the White House of undercutting the economic recovery by imposing new and onerous regulations.
O'Neill is typical of a certain Business Roundtable type--pro-business yet anticapitalist.
We were encouraged today to hear from the Business Roundtable that their survey showed greater confidence and greater potential investment coming out of the business community.
There have been countless studies, one by the Business Roundtable, on the effect that business will see in lower premiums as a result of health care reform.
Ivan Kivelidi, a banker and founder of the Russian Business Roundtable, was murdered last year by poison (an obscure nerve toxin) applied to the rim of his coffee cup.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011- HHS Region II Director Jamie Torres will provide a presentation on the Affordable Care Act at a Hispanic Small Business Roundtable in New York City.
Former domestic policy adviser Stuart Eizenstat remembers that the Carter plan, which the President enthusiastically supported, was abruptly dropped after a meeting with the Business Roundtable showed no corporate support.
Take The Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs, which recently announced their support of a plan to raise the age of Social Security and Medicare eligibility to 70.
As the Senate is considering a bill to increase credit for small businesses, the Business Roundtable has released a new report attempting to show the link between large and small companies.
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The White House also plans to send first lady Michelle Obama and an array of top White House aides to talk next week to a Business Roundtable gathering of about 60 CEOs.
So far, as a consequence, this fall we will hold a high-level U.S.-Poland business roundtable, which brings together private and public sector leaders to identify and promote new opportunities to boost economic growth.
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Working alongside him to launch the first competition were Gary Streiker, then CNN Nairobi Bureau Chief, the late Esom Alintah, then Secretary General of the African Business Roundtable (ABR) and the late Mohamed Amin.
John Engler, Dean Garfield and Gary Shapiro, the leaders, respectively, of the Business Roundtable, Information Technology Industry Council and Consumer Electronics Association, said to attract more investment, the United States needs a different legal regime.
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As a result of a 2011 court ruling that overturned Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules mandating universal proxy access, the Business Roundtable and the national Chamber of Commerce prevailed in their mistaken defence of corporations.
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Now, the Business Roundtable has always understood that in each of these instances, government hasn't stepped in to supplant private enterprise, but to catalyze it, to create the conditions for entrepreneurs and new businesses to adapt and to thrive.
The Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Business Roundtable, Big Health Insurance, Big Finance, Big Pharma and Big Oil, among others, and business leaders across the country all hoped for a mutual and lasting relationship based on trust and respect.
Frank of course helped pass the Dodd-Frank act which enabled more shareholder powers but they were after a series of compromises with Republicans, the Business Roundtable, the US Chamber of Commerce and other lobby groups who fight to keep corporate managers protected from being thrown out.
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