Britain Deregulating to Stimulate Job Growth
The Liberal-Conservative government’s announced labor market reforms are a step in the right direction and will likely boost employment.
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WikiLeaks Should Target Conflict Minerals
The whistleblowers’ website should expose the intricate and secretive supply chain of conflict materials from Africa, says Peter Mellgard.
Obama Calls for Closer Business Ties in India
The president says increasing commerce between India and the United States is a “win win” for both.
Barack Obama Denies Vilifying Business
The president maintains that he wants government to “get out of the way” of innovation and job creation.
Speaking Up for American Capitalism
Amid all the anticapitalist rhetoric espoused by policy and opinion makers alike, few businessmen dare rise up to the challenge and defend the free market outright. Gregg Sherrill, Chairman and CEO of Tenneco, Inc. is a notable exception. With capitalism under persecution worldwide, the business community has in part itself to blame. As accusations of […]
Apple, AT&T and Antitrust
In California, a federal judge has ruled that an antitrust class action suit can proceed against Apple and AT&T. What have those companies done to warrant being hauled into court? Basically, they agreed to sell only “locked” iPhones. A locked phone is one that works only on a specific mobile network — in this case, […]
Obama’s Disastrous Energy Policy
Obama insists that drilling “cannot come close” to meeting America’s energy needs.
White House Wants Business to Stop Complaining
The Obama Administration is pushing back against the notion that its policy is hostile to business.
Lawmakers Hammer Out Financial Reform Bill
The United States Congress has enacting “the toughest financial reform since the one we created in the aftermath of the Great Depression,” said President Barack Obama on Friday. The sprawling legislation promises transparency and oversight while providing government with new tools that it can use to liquidate failing firms. In spite of calls to break […]
Even Spill Won’t Convince Tea Partiers
As the Democrats are expected to use BP’s oil spill to push for stricter regulation of business in the United States, left-wing commentators are wondering why even the disaster in the Gulf won’t convince small-government conservatives. The Obama Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — which rarely urges passage of specific legislation — both […]
Tax Relief for Japanese Business
A corporate tax cut would improve Japan’s competitiveness among industrialized nations.
Brits Urge Obama to Stop Bashing BP
British leaders are concerned about the American president’s criticism of the oil company.
Who’s to Blame?
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, the question has been asked in media both left and right: who’s to blame? From Time magazine to The Washington Independent to cable news, journalists seemed more obsessed about wondering who is responsible than reporting on the actual catastrophe. In all […]
America’s Last Free Market Under Threat
Amid all the public scrutiny and government regulation that befell American industry throughout the past decades, one sector notably remained relatively untouched by the state. That very sector, at the same time, expanded enormously and revolutionized business and private lives alike at prices that continue to decline up to this very day. But even ICT […]
The Political Disaster of the BP Oil Spill
The BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, still spewing after more than a week and several failed mitigation attempts, is certainly an environmental disaster, the extent of which will likely not be known for many weeks to come. But it is also a political disaster. First of all, though the initial accident was […]