Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Corporate donors give $20 million to Democrat convention-Bloomberg

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9/4/12, "Companies Pay $20 Million to Fund Democratic Convention," Bloomberg

"Companies including Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) have contributed $20 million toward the cost of the Democratic National Convention, helping fund an event that Democrats initially said wouldn’t accept corporate money, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Organizers of this year’s convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, turned to corporations after the city’s host committee struggled to reach its $36.7 million fundraising goal, according to the people, who requested anonymity."...


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