TechBytes

There is a growing tendency for federal agencies to make policy through the antitrust merger review process whether at the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, or the Justice Department—extracting policy commitments from companies while they are at the mercy of a regulatory agency during a merger review.

Going to meetings, to class, or engaging customers in person has gotten much more expensive—to the tune of $4.

Those famous lyrics from “New York, New York” just might have to be changed, at least for online retailers.

The apparent collapse of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round of trade talks is indefensible.

One current intellectual property debate is whether or not radio broadcasters should be required to license the music they play over the air.

Since the annual meeting of the G8 is one of the most significant policy events of the year, it was a positive sign that “Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” was prominent on the list of global economic issues discussed by G8 leaders in Japan.

A new proposal, currently called the “Organized Retail Crime Act of 2008,” is floating around the US Senate these days—a proposal to fight organized crime that involves “the theft and interstate fencing of large volumes of stolen retail merchandise.

The need to achieve technological breakthroughs to provide cleaner, more efficient sources of energy may indeed be the race-to-the-moon for this generation of American inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs.

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