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Publications > uschamber.com Magazine > 2007 Archives > September

uschamber.com Magazine September 2007

 
Jin Chung, accompanied by his wife, Soo, holds the pants that caused the $54 million lawsuit while Institute for Legal Reform President Lisa Rickard talks about frivilous lawsuits.

Cover Story: Pants Lawsuit Fundraiser Held

The U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) and the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) hosted a fundraiser for a mom-and-pop dry cleaner engulfed in a two-year fight against a $54 million lawsuit over a missing pair of pants.
 

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on the occasion of President and CEO Tom Donohue's 10th anniversary as head of the organization, is charting a multiyear agenda to enhance America's competitiveness.
 
As classrooms open for the start of the new school year, there is good news for students and their future employers: More federal dollars are going to math and science education, which is essential to meeting the needs of America's economy and its employers.
 
There are myths about energy, trade, taxes, and other important business issues perpetuated by the media and special interest groups. As part of a new series, uschamber.com will tackle these myths and set the record straight. To kick off the series, we look at education policy-in particular, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
 
The costs associated with the turnover of hourly wage and frontline employees such as medical assistants, food workers, and cashiers can be high. In the hospitality industry, turnover costs are between $3,000 and $13,000 per departed worker.
 
Imagine you're a small retail tire business that purchases tires from a manufacturer overseas. One of your customers buys what turns out to be a defective tire from your store. Are you at fault, even though you didn't make or alter the tire? The answer could be yes.
 
It's been more than three years since President Bush announced an ambitious expansion of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) space exploration program. Uschamber.com staff caught up with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to learn about the agency's progress and opportunities for the private sector.
 
Looking for a few good men and women for your business? Look no further than the U.S. military. Hundreds of thousands of veterans return every year from deployments and enter the civilian job market.
 
Any fears that small business owner Bob Bagga may have had about expanding into faraway foreign markets were short-lived. That's because the concept behind his five-year-old business-to-business barter exchange, BizXchange, is met with much less skepticism abroad than in the United States.
 

 
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