...historically the left were supportive of growth and mass prosperity, but today 'most self-proclaimed radicals emphasise the need to impose limits on consumption and economic growth'. In the preface, Ben-Ami aligns himself with the … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker: Keeping It Simple Is Complicated
Baker is also on the record in support of the immigration amendment passed by the State Senate last month. One part of that amendment would require all employers in the state to participate in a federal identification program called … [Read more...]
When You Add 2,400 Businesses And Lose Three, You’re Winning
Two weeks ago, BP America, Caterpillar Inc. and ConocoPhillips decided not to renew their membership in the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), an alliance of major businesses and environmental groups calling for federal regulation to … [Read more...]
Pirates at Home
And yet, this is how the NY Times Company is holding its workers at the Boston Globe hostage. That phrase is not just rhetoric, it really is like a loaded gun held to the head of every Globe worker, and by extension, every worker, in this … [Read more...]
Notes from Warren Buffet’s Annual Letter
Commenting on Geithner's April 2008 explanation of the Bear Stearns bailout (p17, emphasis mine): This is Fedspeak for "We stepped in to avoid a financial chain reaction of unpredictable magnitude." In my opinion, the Fed was right to do … [Read more...]
Victory? Wal-Mart Workers Unionize in Canada
Of course, there is always the threat that Wal-Mart shutters the store. But if we can successfully unionized another store, and then another, and then another... then Wal-Mart can't shut them all down, right? It's a stiff challenge, but I'm … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart Might Owe State $600M
As part of the case, first filed in 2001, an expert statistician witness analyzed Wal-Mart's paper and electronic payroll records from 1995 to 2005 and documented more than 1 million instances when Bay State employees were denied meal … [Read more...]
AIM’s 2007-2008 Legislative Scorecard Underscores Need for Improvement
Brian Gilmore, AIM's Executive Vice President - Public Affairs noted, "It is was a challenge to calculate the Scorecard this Session, since there were fewer 'clear' roll call votes taken during the session." (A clear roll call is a … [Read more...]
Make Money. Save The World. And Signing Books In Cambridge Tonight
In telling the story of the rise of Stonyfield Farms and especially of their yogurt, Gary relates the trials and tribulations that anyone who has ever started a business can relate to, setbacks, frustrations, victories and failures. Of … [Read more...]
Trade Show
The Materials Research Society fall meeting at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston has come and gone. http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.a... This materials convention features the most advanced research in the creation of tomorrows … [Read more...]