International Business News - Candidates http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Turns out Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wasn't the only candidate with donor-financed duds. At least five candidates used campaign money for clothing, according to a complaint that a watchdog group filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/group-other-candidates-used-donor-money-on-duds.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:49:43 EST Battered by the financial meltdown, America's business community is anxiously calculating how Tuesday's presidential election will affect it. Energy, pharmaceutical and telecommunications companies could face tax and other policy changes no matter who wins the White House. The outcome also could determine how well alternative energy developers, generic biotechnology companies, stem cell researchers and others fare. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/election-to-benefit-some-industries-harm-others.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:39:46 EST It's lunchtime, and Mary Goode is leaning toward voting for Republican John McCain. By dinner, she admits she might be for Democrat Barack Obama. But there's no chance that on Election Day she will be for any candidate from a third party. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/third-parties-unlikely-to-spoil-presidential-race.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:09:45 EST Taking to the airwaves Saturday, Barack Obama said his election would mean global change while John McCain said he has the experience needed to tackle terrorism and the faltering economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081101/last-minute-appeals-on-radio-by-obama-mccain.htm Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:06:00 EDT A look at Barack Obama and John McCain's proposals for the auto industry: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/obama-and-mccains-auto-policies-at-a-glance.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:52:14 EDT In Rust Belt states home to thousands of autoworkers, Barack Obama and John McCain have offered plans to develop advanced vehicles key to rebuilding U.S. automakers. But the next president may face decisions that run to the domestic auto industry' very core: their survival. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164726-candidates-auto-industry.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ailing-auto-industry-a-concern-for-both-candidates.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ailing-auto-industry-a-concern-for-both-candidates.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:01:26 EDT Heading into the local Wal-Mart at the dinner hour, Janel Forster buries her face in her hands as she talks about the upcoming presidential race. "It's so hard this time!" she says, shaking her head. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163512-candidates-north-dakota.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/presidential-choice-tough-for-north-dakota-voters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/presidential-choice-tough-for-north-dakota-voters.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:15:37 EDT Despite both presidential candidates' belief that aggressive action is needed to reduce the country's carbon emissions, talk of climate change has amounted to a mere whisper in the final weeks of the campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/in-campaign-economy-overshadows-climate-change.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:55:54 EDT Mayor Michael Bloomberg has put his money behind a presidential candidate in every election going back to Bill Clinton's first run, but the billionaire says he's staying out of this race. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/nyc-mayor-not-backing-presidential-candidate.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:13:40 EDT When they talk about Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama and John McCain speak with the certainty of men who know what they believe and what they plan to do. Good luck on that: Reality is sure to tangle and vastly complicate the next president's job no matter who wins. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/161910-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/next-president-faces-unknowns-on-iraq.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/next-president-faces-unknowns-on-iraq.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:16:55 EDT Barack Obama's presidential campaign claimed Tuesday that comments by a top adviser to John McCain reinforced Obama's contention that millions would be worse off if they lose employer-sponsored health coverage and end up buying it themselves. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/obama-jumps-on-mccain-advisers-health-remarks.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:13:26 EDT Forget Joe the Plumber. Joe the teacher wants to know what happened to education as an issue during the presidential campaign. "The country, if education is something they're concerned about, they've got to seek it out," said Joe Post, a 17-year-veteran language arts teacher at a middle school in the Cleveland suburb of North Ridgeville, Ohio. "It's not going to be on the front page of the newspaper in this election." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/economy-knocks-education-out-of-campaign-spotlight.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:17:56 EDT Move over, Tina Fey, there's a new Sarah Palin impersonator in town. Four one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kids dolls crafted in the likeness of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Palin will be auctioned on the eBay.com Web site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/sarah-palin-doll-to-be-auctioned-for-charity.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:30:13 EDT Barack Obama, John McCain and their running mates are granting the overwhelming majority of their media interviews to local television stations in hotly contested battleground states where they can stick to their own message. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/presidential-candidates-prefer-local-interviews.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:11:35 EDT Statements by the presidential candidates on the government's latest report on jobless claims. ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/candidates-statements-on-jobless-claims.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:14:43 EDT Barack Obama, John McCain and their running mates are granting the overwhelming majority of their media interviews to local television stations in hotly contested battleground states where they can stick to their own message. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/presidential-candidates-prefer-local-interviews.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:33:19 EDT Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama united to help narrate an opening to the World Series telecast Wednesday highlighting how baseball--America's pastime--has drawn the country together in challenging times. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/mccain-obama-record-quotes-for-series-telecast.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:48:22 EDT In an outbreak of class warfare, John McCain and Barack Obama swapped sharply worded charges over tax cuts on Saturday, each accusing the other of shortchanging middle-income Americans at a time of economic hardship for millions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155361-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/in-swing-states-mccain-and-obama-spar-over-taxes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/in-swing-states-mccain-and-obama-spar-over-taxes.htm Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:22:53 EDT In an outbreak of class warfare, John McCain and Barack Obama swapped sharply worded charges over tax cuts on Saturday, each accusing the other of shortchanging middle-income Americans at a time of economic hardship for millions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155229-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/in-swing-states-mccain-and-obama-spar-over-taxes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/in-swing-states-mccain-and-obama-spar-over-taxes.htm Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:55:26 EDT The Great Lakes are ailing, scientists warn, on the verge of ecological ruin from big-city sewage and invasive species. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama promise to support restoration and cleanup, yet the nation's financial crisis calls into question how those efforts will be funded. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/154383-candidates-great-lakes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/restoring-great-lakes-becomes-a-campaign-issue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/restoring-great-lakes-becomes-a-campaign-issue.htm Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:01:35 EDT