Business & Economics
Business & Economics
‘Facts’ cited in Steve Cohen’s attack on judicial system not credible
STEVE COHEN is no friend of West Virginia. If he were, he would stop trashing our state every time a West Virginia newspaper is willing to publish one of his slanted rants against our judicial system. His recent Gazette op-ed, which had already appeared in the U.S. Chamber-funded West Virginia ...
Allan N. Karlin
August 8, 2008
Business & Economics
China’s New Antitrust Law Crushes Competition and Harms America’s Tech Companies According to a New Report by the Pacific Research Institute
San Francisco – America’s leading tech companies are increasingly under fire from antitrust laws that are being used to crush competition, according to a new report by the Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in California. Tech Titans or Political Piñatas: How Global Antitrust Laws Spring Up, Beat ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 5, 2008
Business & Economics
The Case for Womanism
Dee Dee Myers was the first woman to serve as White House Press Secretary and the youngest ever at 31. She served under President Bill Clinton. Now she has taken on a more demanding task in Why Women Should Rule the World, a manifesto for what we might call Womanism. ...
Sally C. Pipes
August 5, 2008
Business & Economics
Tort reform: Ohio sets good example
State Sen. Larry Mumper was right to praise the Ohio General Assembly for its efforts to bolster economic growth through initiatives such as tort reform (“Legislature seeks to cut the cost of doing business in Ohio,” July 29). In fact, Ohio is setting an example that other states would be ...
Lawrence J. McQuillan
August 5, 2008
Business & Economics
Attention eBay Users: Online Sellers Facing New IRS Rules
Countless Americans selling as individual entrepreneurs on sites like eBay must now be aware that the Internal Revenue Service has modified their rules to make sure taxes are reported on private Internet transactions. As part of the housing rescue package just signed by President George W. Bush, the Internet transaction ...
Kelly O. Connell
August 3, 2008
Business & Economics
Google, DoubleClick Merger Raises Concerns
Analysts say the real worry is that government will become involved in deciding how companies store and use people’s data. Barton raised his concerns in a May 21 letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt. Barton wrote, “It is critical that Google’s and DoubleClick’s policies and procedures for handling this ...
Sonia Arrison
August 1, 2008
Business & Economics
U.S. Slipping in Tech Innovation
America’s position as a technology innovation leader–and hence a prime destination of venture capital funds–may be under threat. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey of venture capitalists at Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association. The report shows regions in Europe and Asia are becoming competitive with the United ...
Aricka Flowers
August 1, 2008
Business & Economics
Forbes ranks W.Va. last again for business
CHARLESTON – For the second consecutive year, Forbes magazine has ranked West Virginia as the worst state in the nation for business. In its annual “Best States for Business” special report, Forbes and author Kurt Badenhausen list the Mountain State at the bottom of their list. Neighboring Virginia, for the ...
Chris Dickerson
August 1, 2008
Business & Economics
The Best States For Business
Twelve years ago, the world watched as Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. It was a transformative moment for the city and the state. “The Olympics put Georgia on the map internationally,” says Kenneth Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Department ...
Kurt Badenhausen
July 31, 2008
Business & Economics
The annual budget paradox: taxes hit Dems, cuts hit Reeps
One knock against politicians is that they’re always trying to bring pork back to their districts. But when it comes to California’s annual Kabuki budget dance, a new pattern emerges: Republicans try to cut spending-often even money likely to flow to their own districts-while Democrats try to pass taxes that ...
Malcolm Maclachlan
July 31, 2008
‘Facts’ cited in Steve Cohen’s attack on judicial system not credible
STEVE COHEN is no friend of West Virginia. If he were, he would stop trashing our state every time a West Virginia newspaper is willing to publish one of his slanted rants against our judicial system. His recent Gazette op-ed, which had already appeared in the U.S. Chamber-funded West Virginia ...
China’s New Antitrust Law Crushes Competition and Harms America’s Tech Companies According to a New Report by the Pacific Research Institute
San Francisco – America’s leading tech companies are increasingly under fire from antitrust laws that are being used to crush competition, according to a new report by the Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in California. Tech Titans or Political Piñatas: How Global Antitrust Laws Spring Up, Beat ...
The Case for Womanism
Dee Dee Myers was the first woman to serve as White House Press Secretary and the youngest ever at 31. She served under President Bill Clinton. Now she has taken on a more demanding task in Why Women Should Rule the World, a manifesto for what we might call Womanism. ...
Tort reform: Ohio sets good example
State Sen. Larry Mumper was right to praise the Ohio General Assembly for its efforts to bolster economic growth through initiatives such as tort reform (“Legislature seeks to cut the cost of doing business in Ohio,” July 29). In fact, Ohio is setting an example that other states would be ...
Attention eBay Users: Online Sellers Facing New IRS Rules
Countless Americans selling as individual entrepreneurs on sites like eBay must now be aware that the Internal Revenue Service has modified their rules to make sure taxes are reported on private Internet transactions. As part of the housing rescue package just signed by President George W. Bush, the Internet transaction ...
Google, DoubleClick Merger Raises Concerns
Analysts say the real worry is that government will become involved in deciding how companies store and use people’s data. Barton raised his concerns in a May 21 letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt. Barton wrote, “It is critical that Google’s and DoubleClick’s policies and procedures for handling this ...
U.S. Slipping in Tech Innovation
America’s position as a technology innovation leader–and hence a prime destination of venture capital funds–may be under threat. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey of venture capitalists at Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association. The report shows regions in Europe and Asia are becoming competitive with the United ...
Forbes ranks W.Va. last again for business
CHARLESTON – For the second consecutive year, Forbes magazine has ranked West Virginia as the worst state in the nation for business. In its annual “Best States for Business” special report, Forbes and author Kurt Badenhausen list the Mountain State at the bottom of their list. Neighboring Virginia, for the ...
The Best States For Business
Twelve years ago, the world watched as Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. It was a transformative moment for the city and the state. “The Olympics put Georgia on the map internationally,” says Kenneth Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Department ...
The annual budget paradox: taxes hit Dems, cuts hit Reeps
One knock against politicians is that they’re always trying to bring pork back to their districts. But when it comes to California’s annual Kabuki budget dance, a new pattern emerges: Republicans try to cut spending-often even money likely to flow to their own districts-while Democrats try to pass taxes that ...
