Archive for the ‘ Politics ’ Category
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of Citizens United v. FEC has been one of the mostly widely publicized, and talked about, judicial rulings of the past decade. And, for good reason! We’ve all heard the cries that this will further beholden politicians to big-moneyed corporations. At issue is really the idea of [ READ MORE ]
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away the mobile universe was all abuzz and basking in the radiance of openness. You remember it well, don’t you? The date was November 27, 2007. Verizon, the long-time stalwart finally drank the koolaid and agreed to open their network to any device and any [ READ MORE ]
Should an industry continue to receive government subsidies and tax breaks when its members are posting record profits? Apparently it should, when it’s the oil industry. Not only did both Exxon and Chevron, on February 1, post record profits for the quarter, but Exxon posted the highest-ever quarterly and yearly profits for a US company. [ READ MORE ]
Today, Senator Mark Pryor introduced a bill to regulate the wireless carriers. As the RCR Wireless News article points out, the Pryor bill is backed by the wireless industry and will compete for backing with a bill introduced a mere 10 days ago by Senators Jay Rockefeller and Amy Klobuchar. Consumer advocates are backing the [ READ MORE ]
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