RNC - Stock options top tech lobbying list at convention
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NEW YORK - While the prime-time speeches at Madison Square Garden occupy center stage at this week's Republican National Convention, much of the event's real politicking is taking place at hundreds of private receptions scattered throughout Manhattan. At two tech-focused gatherings Wednesday, industry companies, lobbying groups and politicians came together to network and consider the IT industry's legislative agenda.
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FASB stares down the tech lobby and mandates that employee stock options must be expensed.
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Watch video of some the brighter ideas to stream through the DemoFall conference in San Diego. Also: HP in the hot seat.
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The Republican National Convention has more than 40,000 miles of cabling to operate high speed computer systems, telephone lines and live television broadcasts.
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NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures were climbing early Tuesday, back from a long Labor Day holiday and a low-volume week during the Republican convention...
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Republican delegates converging on New York for this week&#39;s convention can expect the red carpet treatment -- private shopping days at Bloomingdale&#39;s and Macy&#39;s, batting practice at Shea Stadium with Mets baseball players, free tickets to Broadway shows
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Activists are using the Internet to arrange housing for out-of-towners during the Republican National Convention in NYC, organize a mass-flash of underwear emblazoned with anti-Bush messages and tell protesters what to say if they're arrested ("I am going to remain silent. I would like to speak with a lawyer.").
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Patent reform tops the Congressional wish list of U.S. industry executives at summit.
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NEW YORK - A brokerage downgrade of several semiconductor companies pressured tech shares Thursday, but the broader market hovered near unchanged levels as a jump in jobless claims offset investors' relief over declining oil prices.    Late summer trading is known for being thin, but with the Republican National Convention set for New York next week, Wall Street is even less crowded than usual for the last week of August...
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Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans are in town. If things go smoothly at the Republican National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost this week, experts say.
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Hundreds of companies, trade associations and other lobbying groups are not about to miss the chance to entertain top members of the party in power.
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NEW YORK - Stocks fell modestly Thursday as a jump in jobless claims offset investors' relief over declining oil prices, and a brokerage downgrade of several semiconductor companies pressured tech stocks.    Late summer trading is known for being thin, but with the Republican National Convention set for New York next week, Wall Street is even less crowded than usual for the last week of August...
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A local committee helping the Republican National Committee hold its New York convention raised roughly &#36;60 million to &#36;70 million in private money for the event. Corporate donors include:
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Congress is taking a close look at suspiciously timed stock options for top company executives, a corporate practice that is a source of anger for shareholders and the subject of federal investigations.
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NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Wall Street was poised for another quiet week as many traders and money managers prepared to leave town ahead of the Republican National Convention.
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A coalition of high tech companies plays its latest gambit on trying to de-claw options expensing.
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Here's a look at some Republican National Convention facts and figures: