Advice To The Next President: Taxes And Spending The power to tax and the power to spend are two of the most important tools the federal government has to affect the broader economy. What direction should the next president take? More spending or less? Higher or lower taxes? And for whom? Longtime friends and colleagues — and economic advisers to presidents from different […]
Nextgov DHS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS BUILD A BETTER SHOE BOMB . . . DETECTOR The Homeland Security Department has funded a $1.1 million project at Northeastern University to advance the technique of using medical CT scans for bomb detection.
Access to Doctors’ Notes Aids Patients’ Treatment Patients who have access to doctor’s notes in their medical records are more likely to understand their health issues, recall what the doctor told them and take their medications as prescribed, according to a study published Monday.
High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he’s still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the White House. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September.
Will The Debates Determine The Outcome? History Says It’s Debatable The candidates have gone through the primaries and caucuses, the delegate counts and the conventions. At this point, they’re traveling the country, trying to make their case. Now comes the most widely anticipated event in the race for the White House: the presidential debates.
Politico Obama vs. Obama at debates President Barack Obama’s most dangerous opponent in the trio of upcoming presidential debates isn’t Mitt Romney.
Boston.com PHOTOS: Northeastern celebrates naming of business school Northeastern University students faculty and staff celebrated the official naming of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business Friday.
World Wide Learn 20 Law School Websites That Set the Bar High If you’re thinking of attending law school, where do you start? A good place might be law school websites. These sites can give you a valuable look inside the school along with practical information including admissions and financial aid. Even if you’re not interested in law school, you may still find the stories on faculty, […]
Mass. loses its edge over US in economic growth The Massachusetts economy, which had been expanding faster than the national average, thanks largely to the state’s strengths in technology and medical research, is now barely growing at all because of economic problems around the world, according to a group of nearly a dozen local economists. “It’s a little ugly,” said Northeastern University economist Alan […]
The Chicago Tribune Illinois company in final stages of bidding to make high-speed rail cars for Amtrak A rail manufacturer based in Illinois is in the final rounds of bidding to build 130 high-speed passenger rail cars for use on Amtrak routes in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and California. “This is good use of federal money,” said Joan Fitzgerald, interim dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University […]
The Phoenix You’re doing it wrong: International Travel Ever thought about how awesome it would be to quit your job and backpack around the world with your buddies? The founders of new local travel company Off the Grid Excursions — a group of friends who met at Northeastern University — did the next best thing: they made globetrotting their job. The twentysomething travel […]
The American Lawyer Daily Reports Suggest NFL, With Proskauer Advising, Close to Deal with Locked-Out Refs As the simmering controversy over the botched call that marred Monday’s Packers-Seahawks game appeared to be moving National Football League management and the referees’ union toward a new collective bargaining agreement, the head of the NFL players union said Wednesday that his members would consider pursuing legal action against the league over what he called […]