19 Jun Federal Push for a 12-Cent Gas Tax Boost for Highway Bill
Sens. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., are proposing a 12-cent increase in the gas tax to pay for a renewal of...
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17 Jun DC Politics: House GOP Leadership Shuffle
From his perch at the RSC, he’s agitated for leadership to take a more conservative line. Price was named vice chairman of both the Budget...
17 Jun Phil Knight revisits U.S. customs battle that nearly ended Nike
Nike co-founder and board chairman Phil Knight on Saturday delivered the Address to the Graduating Class at the Diploma Award Ceremony for the Stanford Graduate...
30 Apr Target hires DeRodes as CIO, speeds tech enhancements
DeRodes will begin work at the Minneapolis-based retailer next week. He succeeds Beth Jacob, a Target veteran who resigned in early March, little more than...
29 Apr Nike sues ex-employees, others in sales of allegedly stolen limited-edition sneakers
He claimed he would order the footwear from a Nike factory in China, have the items shipped to him and then would either sell them...
25 Apr Protestors ask Walmart for more aid on anniversary of Bangladesh factory collapse
Donors Trust Fund and another $1.25 million to create job opportunities for 250 Rana Plaza garment workers. Foxvog's group is calling on Walmart to...
28 Mar MI Senator Stabenow to Lead Trade Subcommittee on Senate Finance
The Michigan Democrat confirmed in an interview she planned to exercise her seniority to take the gavel that had been held by Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,...
20 Mar Nike receives approval to build 160-foot buildings on its campus
The Nike campus, including the Jenkins woods, spans 250 acres, said Julia Brim-Edwards, senior director of global strategy and operations at Nike. The company wants...
14 Mar Sanctions against Russia would hit Nike, Adidas
With reports that Western nations are considering "Iran-style sanctions" against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, officials at Adidas and Nike must be recalibrating their...
22 Feb Nike names 2 more architecture firms for World Headquarters expansion
The company said it has selected two architecture firms to join Portland-based ZGF Architects LLP: Pelli Clarke Pelli, led by co-founder Cesar Pelli, and SRG...