Music Industry Wises Up
by Perhaps the music industry is starting to wise up when it comes to the virtues of the Internet. Read about it on MSNBC.com Or perhaps …
Month: August 2002
401k Losses Frustrate Investors
401k investors have lost a bundle lately. But is it a problem with the 401k plans themselves? Jane Bryant Quinn of NewsWeek thinks so. “We …
Slavery Reparations
Attempts to secure reparations for blacks to “compensate” them for the effects of slavery are in the news again. Read Kristen Mack’s article in the …
Replacing the World Trade Center
CNN has a site dedicated to ideas to replace the World Trade Center in New York. Link to it. Why not rebuild it exactly as …
Securing Chemical Plants
The rest of the nation is catching on to something Houstonians have known all along: gulf coast chemical plants make tempting target to terrorists. Read …
MS Passport
Microsoft settled a dispute with the government over its Passport identification service today. Read about it. Chief among the issues the software giant was chastised …
Digital TV Mandate
Anyone who has ever seen a true HDTV picture wants that technology to become ubiquitous. The FCC may be making that happen. Read the AP …
ImClone CEO Convicted
ImClone chief executive Samuel Waksal was indicted on several securities violations today. Perhaps this will be a first step in bring over-paid, under-controlled CEOs to …
The case against U. of North Carolina I commented on some time ago is in the news again. Read the MSNBC/Washington Post article It seems …
Old-fashioned Work
Today I go back to work. Not that I’d been out of a job; instead, I had been working via the tele-commuting route for the …