Blog Europe’s Hypocrisy on Tobacco and Health Care By: Hans Bader 10/24/2007 The European Commission is taking Finland to court to try to force it to ban the sale of snus, a form of smokeless tobacco.
Blog Mortgage Meltdown and Raging California Fires Take Their Toll By: Hans Bader 10/24/2007 MSN says that Merrill Lynch wrote down the value of its mortgage holdings by nearly $8 billion just in the past quarter, producing a…
Blog A Well-Managed Network Is Comcastic By: Ryan Radia 10/24/2007 Comcast is under fire again, this time for spoofing network packets to stop its users from uploading using peer-to-peer software. The technology Comcast…
Blog How antitrust worsens mortgage woes By: John Berlau 10/24/2007 Hans, excellent points about the folly of a government-organized bailout. Indeed the Dow had gone back to 14,000 the week before Paulson opened his…
Blog Transportation Dept. Stop Helping Us! By: Michelle Minton 10/24/2007 I am sick and tired of waiting for my morning cup of coffee. At the joint I go to (which shall remain nameless) I can…
Blog Meat Market By: Michelle Minton 10/24/2007 A New York Times article today poses the question of whether or not regulatory oversight has been too lax on the meat packaging industry.