Rep. Barney Frank, an influential lawmaker now in the fight of his political life against a Republican challenger, has loaned his own campaign for reelection $200,000. Frank, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, raised more than $316,644 last quarter and has more than $1 million on hand for the stretch run in [...]
The Obama Administration Tuesday announced a $4 billion, three-year commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The amount is 38 percent increase over the last three years and the first time that the U.S. has given a three-year grant over a year-to-year pledge. “Our pledge allows needed grants to save lives,” [...]
He is one of the brainiest, most outspoken, most liberal members of the U.S. House, but even Democrat Barney Frank, the powerful chairman of the Banking Committee, is in a competitive race for reelection in his Boston-area district. Frank is campaigning aggressively against Republican Sean Bielat, so much so that he has cut back drastically [...]
So what happened? Up until a few days ago, even advisers to Barnes & Noble’s board thought it was going to lose a proxy fight with the billionaire investor Ronald W. Burkle. Instead, the board pulled a victory out of a rabbit hat, fending off Mr. Burkle’s effort to replace three board members, including its [...]
To many, Barnes & Noble is a company and a name laden with history and a deep association with books. That’s never been more true than for Betty Noble Turner (pictured), a former mayor of Corpus Christi, Tex. and a real estate agent — and a granddaughter of the “Noble” enshrined in the company name. [...]
What do Shakira, Annie Lenox, Bono, Sir Bob Geldof and Antonio Banderas have in common? They are all goodwill ambassadors, or, really, foot soldiers in a battle that most Americans aren’t aware has been fought since the turn of this century. Starting Monday, those celebs — along with almost 150 heads of state, former heads [...]
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