Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2013-01-27T12:15:30-05:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad Spreading the G.O.L.D.: U.S. to Spark Small Biz Growth tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d407e3cc1970c 2013-01-27T12:15:30-05:00 2013-01-27T12:15:30-05:00 Small businesses soon can expect a boost of support from the Obama Administration, which is launching the Growth Oriented Local Development, or GOLD, program -- in the Southeastern European nation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Steve Peacock U.S. Crafting New Economic Recovery Plan tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2016305fa77cb970d 2012-05-30T08:43:20-04:00 2012-05-30T08:45:02-04:00 The damage caused by the global financial crisis requires additional federal intervention, according to the Obama Administration, which is launching a new program to “foster growth and stability at a time of increasing economic turmoil.” Steve Peacock "The Whistleblower" (movie trailer) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20153907459c9970b 2011-08-05T11:09:26-04:00 2011-08-05T11:09:26-04:00 Though a fictional account,The Whistleblower appears to be critically relevant to some of the global contracting issues that U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor attempts to address Steve Peacock