Michael Bloomberg

President Obama Should Host a UNFCCC Climate Change Summit

Ben Carmichael | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Chicago Climate Exchange, John Kerry, Austin, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Daley, Environment, Portland Oregon, Unfccc, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Poznan Climate Change Conference, Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Obama Administration, Obama Climate Policy, Obama White House, Obama Presidency, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Green News
Ben Carmichael

President-elect Obama has pledged that his administration will mark a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change." The question is: What will open that first chapter?

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Georgina Bloomberg: Dad Michael "Was Pretty Egotistical"

Page Six Magazine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Georgina Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News

In this week's Page Six Magazine Mayor Bloomberg's daughter Georgina leads an exclusive tour of the family estate where she opened up about everything...

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"Reinvest, Don't Disinvest" in Education: Randi Weingarten Takes the National Stage

Dan Brown | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Nea, American Federation of Teachers, Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, Economy, Michael Bloomberg, National Education Association, United Federation of Teachers, Barack Obama, Nclb, Aft, Teachers, Education Reform, National Press Club, George Miller, Dennis Van Roekel, Politics News
Dan Brown

Weingarten's speech was an impassioned call to spare the hatchet -- or scalpel -- in federal funding for education.

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Mike Bloomberg: Obama's Treasury Secretary?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Mike Bloomberg, New York, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Politics News

***Check back for updates! For more speculation and up-to-the-minute information on Obama's cabinet, visit HuffPost's Obama Cabinet Big News Page!***...

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Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Meet the Press, Obama, Activist Government, Keith Olbermann, Harold Stassen, Sarah Palin, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Msnbc, The Plumber, Katie Couric, Rupert Murdoch, Joe, Ralph Nader, Herbert Hoover, Holographic Reporters, Lincoln, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Steve Doocy, Chris Matthews, CBS Evening News, Hilary Clinton, Fox News, Cnn, Tom Brokaw, Rachel Maddow, Shep Smith, Arlen Spector, Lyndon Johnson, President-Elect Obama, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Harding, Media News
Tom Alderman

For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?

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Bloomberg Thwarted In Effort To Green NYC's Taxis

New York Times | WILLIAM NEUMAN and SEWELL CHAN | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Taxis, New York City Taxis, Green Taxis, Michael Bloomberg, Environment, New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, Green News

A federal judge dealt a blow on Friday to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's efforts to improve air quality in the city, blocking a rule that all new taxis ...

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Scattered Gunshot: Shooting Voters From A Helicopter

Sherman Yellen | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Helicopters, Election 2008, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Term Limits, Smears, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

Republicans are shooting from their helicopters at any Obama target in sight. And Bloomberg is another candidate who uses that helicopter of his to shoot down dissident voters.

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Voter Fraud and Food Stamps Fraud: Two Favorite Conservative Myths

Joel Berg | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Poor, Welfare, Food Stamp Program, Food Stamps, Michael Bloomberg, Poor, Helping the Poor, Politics News
Joel Berg

Federal law, as well as extra rules piled on by states, counties, and cities, often make the process of applying for foods stamps a Kafka-esque nightmare.

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Mike Bloomberg Denies New Yorkers an Honest Election

Alec Baldwin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg Third Term, Mayor Bloomberg, Alec Baldwin, Michael Bloomberg, Alec Baldwin Bloomberg, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

New York is not Toledo. The bench is deep. Eight million people living in this city and only one can serve as mayor? New Yorkers need to get to know some of the other good people working in the five boroughs.

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Bloomberg 1 -- Democracy 0

Mark Green | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Term Limits, Nyc Term Limits, Voting Problems, Politics News
Mark Green

It's just wrong that Mike Bloomberg says it was too late to put a voter referendum on the ballot this November when it was the Mayor himself who stalled for nine months putting it on this November ballot.

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Vote Bloomberg for the Third Time

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg, Politics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Work, Michael Bloomberg, City Hall, Mike Bloomberg, New York City, Politics News
Michelle Haimoff

Even though Mike Bloomberg could be anywhere in the world, he wants to keep solving the problems of New York. I say let him. He's doing us a favor and we should thank him for it.

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Bloomberg's Pursuit Of Third Term Alienating Longtime Supporters

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Bloomberg Third Term Mayor, Michael Bloomberg Mayor, Bloomberg Third Term, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News

In his aggressive pursuit of a third term, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has begun to alienate some of his fiercest supporters, who say that his hardball...

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We Want Democracy, Mayor Bloomberg

Kevin Powell | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Michael Bloomberg Third Term, Mike Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News
Kevin Powell

Mayor Bloomberg's battle for a third term is divisive, weighted by self-interest, and is utterly unnecessary. It is Bloomberg versus the City of New York, and against the will of the people.

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Bloomberg Enlists His Charities To Make The Case For A Third Term

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Michael Bloomberg Third Term, Michael Bloomberg Charities, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News

Michael R. Bloomberg, who says he strictly separates his philanthropy from his job as mayor of New York, is pressing many of the community, arts and n...

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Who Will Be The Next Treasury Secretary? Brief Profiles Of The Possible Picks

AP | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Meg Whitman, Andrew Cuomo, Jon Corzine, Treasury Secretary, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, New Treasury Secretary, Jamie Dimon, Business News

Brief profiles of some possible candidates to be the next Treasury secretary: NAME -- Michael Rubens Bloomberg AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION -- 66; Feb. 1...

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How Bloomberg Lined Up Support Of New York's Papers Before Announcing Third Mayoral Run

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, New York Post, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg Third Term, New York City, New York Daily News, Media News

Before Mr. Bloomberg took this controversial step -- remember when Rudolph W. Giuliani got clobbered for seeking three more months in office after Sep...

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Mike Bloomberg, There's a Job Waiting For You in the Bronx

Daniel Holloway | Posted 10.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, New York Mayoral Election, Baseball, George Steinbrenner, New York City, Major League Baseball, Michael Bloomberg, Yankee Stadium, Entertainment News
Daniel Holloway

What Bloomberg needs is not another term as mayor, but another job -- a bigger job. There's only one move that makes any sense at all: Michael Bloomberg needs to buy the New York Yankees.

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Monocle Presents Its Dream Cabinet

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Steve Jobs, Mickey Drexler, Jeffrey Sachs, Samantha Power, Russell Simmons, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Holbrooke, Amory Lovins, Monocle Dream Cabinet, Indra Nooyi, Tyler Brule, Monocle, Media News

Monocle, the international briefing on current affairs, recently put together its recommendations for the next President's ideal cabinet. In a vide...

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Bloomberg Should Come to Terms and Resist a Self-Dealing Power Grab

Mark Green | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Term Limits, Rudy Giuliani, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News
Mark Green

Bloomberg has come to his fork in the road: One route ends with his legacy intact as an accomplished, nonpartisan mayor. The other leads to a dead end where no one can ever again believe him.

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First We Kill the Teacher Unions!

Gary Stager | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Public Schools, Dnc, Cory Booker, Teacher Union, Education, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Daley, Mayor Fenty, Eli Broad, Politics News
Gary Stager

Then What? Slate recently reported on the latest public demonstration of enmity towards public schools and their teacher. Teacher bashing is hardly n...

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An Anonymous Blogger Superhero is Unmasked!

Dan Brown | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media

Read More: New York City Public Schools, Jennifer Jennings, New York Sun, Ed Week, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Education Reform, Education Week, Elizabeth Green, Blogging, Eduwonkette, Media News
Dan Brown

In the past year, the national discussion on education has been elevated and informed by an anonymous blogger known as Eduwonkette. Her daily updated ...

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Reversing Churchill's Blunder

Carl Pope | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy, T Boone Pickens, Al Gore, National Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas, Michael Bloomberg, Green News
Carl Pope

It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.

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Why "Radio Silence" Can be a Good Thing in VP Selection

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Richard Gephardt, Veep, Joseph Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Christopher Dodd, Don't Ask Dont' Tell, Sam Nunn, Vice Presidential Selection, Kathleen Sebelius, Wesley Clark, Joe Biden, Intrade, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, William Cohen, Ed Rendell, Tom Daschle, Georgia, John Edwards, Russia, Vice President Nominee, Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama Running Mate, Barack Obama Vice President, Barack Obama VP, Obama Vice President, Obama Vp Pick, Obama VP, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Obama Biden, Biden, Biden VP, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."

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Sam Stein

Bloomberg Set To Be On Presidential Ballot In Virginia

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg Obama, Virginia Ballot, Virginia President, Bloomberg Virginia, Bloomberg Election, Michael Bloomberg, Ron Paul, Independent Greens, New York City Mayor, Bloomberg President, Bloomberg Mccain, Carey Campbell, Indy Greens Bloomberg, Politics News

The state of Virginia is, for the first time in many decades, a toss up in the presidential election. And with its 13 electoral votes and polls showin...

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Exporting NYC's Education "Miracle": Buyer Beware!

Dan Brown | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, John McCain, New York Sun, Michael Bloomberg, Achievement Gap, Bloomberg, Joel Klein, High-Stakes Testing, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Green, Politics News
Dan Brown

Since his election in 2001, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made narrowing the white-minority achievement gap in New York City his signature issue. After ...

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