Jan 15th, 2010 · The final decision on who should supervise health exchanges is critical to health plan choices available to consumers, the cost of the premiums and the clout regulators may have.
Dec 17th, 2009 · At the climate conference in Copenhagen, there's been considerable discussion over how to put a price on reducing carbon emissions. Generally, placing a price on a commodity — corn or soy or a car — is a fairly easy matter in an established marketplace. But carbon is not a commodity, and there's no established marketplace for carbon, so the effort presents particular challenges.
Dec 16th, 2009 · The FTC said Intel, which makes the microprocessors that run personal computers, has shut rivals out of the marketplace. In the process, the FTC says Intel has deprived consumers of choice and stifled innovation in the chip industry.
Nov 13th, 2009 · Two of NPR's most devoted viewers of American Idol — Monkey See blogger Linda Holmes and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson — carry on a 90-minute chat via Instant Messenger about the show, its rosters of future superstars and forgotten also-rans, and the way Idol both dominated the marketplace and remained utterly subservient to it.
Nov 8th, 2009 · The House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system Saturday night. The vote was close, 220-215, and it only included a single Republican. To pass the bill, Democrats also had to allow a controversial amendment banning abortion funding in both public and private plans in the new marketplaces the bill would create. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, passage represents a major hurdle cleared for President Obama's top domestic priority.
Nov 8th, 2009 · The House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system Saturday night. The vote was close, 220-215, and it only included a single Republican. To pass the bill, Democrats also had to allow a controversial amendment banning abortion funding in both public and private plans in the new marketplaces the bill would create. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, passage represents a major hurdle cleared for President Obama's top domestic priority.
Nov 4th, 2009 · New York's attorney general has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the marketplace for computer microprocessors. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo claims the computer chip maker paid billions of dollars in kickbacks to computer manufacturers.
Oct 20th, 2009 · Apple Inc. once again defied the gravity of high general unemployment and a marketplace where most cell phones are sold like commodities, reporting that its fiscal fourth quarter profit rose 47 percent. The announcement sent the company's stock soaring to a record high in after hours trading.