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Chemistry World February 4, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Obama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016 President Obama has outlined his ambition of growing R&D funding by 6%, to $146 billion in his 2016 budget proposal.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Mark Miller	New Law Could Mean Benefit Cuts For Retirees If you have clients receiving a defined benefit pension - or who will in the future - here's what you should know about this legislation.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	SIFMA Questions The Numbers in White House Research on Broker Conflicts Investors could be losing 10 to 15 percent of their potential retirement savings because of conflicted advice from brokers, according to a memo written by White House economic advisors that could galvanize presidential support for new rules governing advisors of ERISA accounts.
Information Today February 3, 2015 George H. Pike	New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues.
Fast Company Jane Porter	Lessons From The Leader Of "The Peace Corps For Geeks" When Jennifer Pahlka started Code For America in 2009, she knew government websites needed to be a lot simpler for people to navigate.
Chemistry World January 30, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Billion dollar package unveiled to fight antibiotic resistance President Obama has made a huge investment in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria
HBS Working Knowledge January 28, 2015 Dina Gerdeman	Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections In the last few presidential elections, personal selling -- not mass advertising -- has tipped the difference for Democrats. But that's not always the case.
Fast Company E.B. Boyd	Getting Out Of Afghanistan Leaving Afghanistan has become one of the most difficult operations the U.S. military has ever undertaken.
Chemistry World January 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Obama talks up research, announces personalized medicine initiative President Obama has highlighted the importance of research and innovation to the health of the US economy and its citizens.
Chemistry World January 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	'Research bank' idea floated to support US science agencies A proposal to create a 'research bank' that would be administered by a public -- private partnership is being floated as a way to bolster US research agencies funding in times of austerity.
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