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May 23, 2013, 5:30 pm
By
Cedric Leighton
The $20 billion proposed merger between U.S. cellular carrier
Sprint/Nextel and Japan’s SoftBank seems like a good match. Sprint would
partner with one of the most dynamic cellular companies in the world,
whose latest claim to fame is the Advanced Extended Global Platform
(AXGP), the fastest mobile broadband network serving Tokyo and other
Japanese cities. But Sprint has another suitor, the TV satellite
provider DiSH Network. DiSH would actually offer Sprint shareholders
more money than SoftBank, and offer significant synergies that benefit
consumers.
Yet there is more to this than innovative platforms,
synergies and returns for shareholders. There is the potential for a
SoftBank-acquired Sprint cellular network to serve as a convenient
transmission path for malware and spyware, courtesy of SoftBank’s
Chinese business partners or their government.
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May 23, 2013, 4:30 pm
By
Ed Black
The Senate began its confirmation hearings for Commerce Secretary
nominee Penny Pritzker Thursday. If confirmed, it is vital that Pritzker
promote growth in our ever-evolving, fast-paced innovation economy. It’s
been reported that the Internet economy accounted for approximately
$68.2 billion in 2010. By 2016, that number could pass $100 billion. But
there are many challenges to maintaining and growing this success, and
this is where Commerce needs to focus its efforts.
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May 23, 2013, 3:30 pm
By
Melissa Roseboro
Every year, I serve thousands of tourists and residents of the
Washington, D.C., area who are visiting the Air and Space Museum, one of
the most popular attractions maintained by the federal government. But this week, I went on strike, and I’d like to tell you why.
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May 23, 2013, 2:30 pm
By
Tracy E. Greene
In these times of budget cutbacks and sequestration, knowing how each tax dollar is spent is more important than ever.
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May 23, 2013, 2:00 pm
By
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.)
Americans don’t expect us to agree on every proposal to address the
student debt crisis, but they certainly want us to be honest in staking
out our positions. Sadly, that’s not what they’re hearing in
Washington. Many of my friends on the other side of the aisle have
started to play a cynical game. Today the House passed a Republican
proposal that will actually make college much more expensive for
borrowers.
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May 23, 2013, 1:30 pm
By
B. Douglas Hoey
Independent community pharmacists are not just a source of prescription
drugs and medication counseling, as important as those are. They also
offer patients an access point to healthcare, particularly in
underserved rural and low-income, inner city areas.
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May 23, 2013, 12:30 pm
By
Randall A. Oyer, M.D.
“You have cancer.” Those are powerful words that unfortunately
far too many people have heard. Thanks to preventative screenings and
medical advances, we are seeing a decline in deaths related to certain
cancers. However, melanoma is not one of them and in fact; it is on the
rise and has been over the last 40 years. As we recognize May as Skin
Cancer Awareness Month, we must also recognize that according to the
American Cancer Society, 9,480 people are expected to die of melanoma by
the end of this year. That is unacceptable.
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May 23, 2013, 11:30 am
By
Linda Gustitus
Even an act as terrifying and damaging as 9/11 is no excuse for engaging in torture.
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May 23, 2013, 10:30 am
By
Mike Paranzino
It’s a stunning admission: the Internal Revenue Service targeted
conservative groups for special scrutiny in the run-up to the 2012
election. But equally stunning is who the IRS wasn’t targeting: a
federally funded labor union front group that was boasting publicly of
its lobbying activities while failing to report them to the IRS’s
bookkeepers.
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May 23, 2013, 10:00 am
By
Mark Merritt
While preferred physician and hospital networks have long been used
to reduce costs, there is a growing realization that pharmacy networks
can also save money.
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