By Allison Carney
If everything goes as planned, I will become a first time home-buyer by the end of next year – thanks to CEA’s new Mortgage Assistance Program (Woo Hoo)!
Gary Shaprio, our President and CEO, announced at an all-staff meeting that each employee was eligible to receive $25,000 in the form of a three year forgivable loan, to be used toward a house down-payment. Well, I’ll tell you that my stomach did a little flip flop right then and there. He continued that the loan could be applied toward …

I had the privilege of celebrating Earth Day last week with the country’s top environmentally-minded business leaders and the green movement’s brightest thinkers at Fortune Magazine’s Brainstorm: Green event in Pasadena, California.

In February, the U.S. approved a fiscal stimulus plan and it looks like Spain has taken note – recently approving their own fiscal stimulus plan.

By Colleen Lerro
My interest (or as some might call it – my obsession) in Guitar Hero began last December when listening to a really bad 80s cover band, my friends and I decided we could definitely rock better than them. Having no idea just how much time Guitar Hero would consume, we decided that it would be an easier route than learning to play an actual instrument. Since then I have played on PS2, PS3, XBox and even purchased a Wii and Guitar Hero III so I could play …

On April 7th, President Bush announced that he would be transmitting the U.S. – Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement to Congress for a vote.

CEA is partnering with America’s favorite TV mom, Florence Henderson, for our Convert Your Mom DTV transition awareness campaign.

By Katherine Rutkowski
There’s a rising tide of photos, bookmarks, emails and music files in my desktop home computer. Turns out I’m not alone. According to CEA’s March 2008 consumer research study ‘Amassing Digital Fortunes: A Digital Storage Study’ U.S. online adults own an average of nearly 1,800 digital files each, for a total of 310 billion nation-wide. Yikes!
And here’s another sad confession, though I know how to do it, I rarely back up digital files at home. That’s a common practice as well. 52 percent of the study’s respondents …

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to change the rules requiring a vote on the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.

I’m happy to announce that the Washington Forum podcasts are here.

With all due respect to Andy Williams, right now is “the most wonderful time of the year.”