THE seeming wild card is Senator John McCain, the Republican from Arizona, who has called for business regulations beyond those sought by President Bush and Democratic leaders while calling business leaders "morally challenged".
Both Tony Blair and Chuka Umunna wrote articles in the Guardian immediately after the election claiming that Labour lost because it was not 'business friendly' enough, with both calling business the 'wealth creators', a term later repeated by Liz Kendall.
The Robertsons, a down-home Louisiana family and the stars of the A&E reality series "Duck Dynasty," may have earned millions of dollars from their duck calling business, Duck Commander, but now they can also claim to have drawn in a far more elusive prey: television viewers.
Over all, the Internet calling business is booming.
Take it away, and these countries will look for the second-best revenue source, which is stealing international calling business from American carriers.
Revenue from its consumer operation, which is dominated by the long-distance calling business, is shrinking at an annual rate of more than 15percentt.
