http://blog.nam.org/ Shopfloor.org is one of the top business blogs in the country discussing important issues affecting manufacturing, small businesses, free markets, outsourcing, energy prices, health care, taxes and staying competitive in the business world. http://blog.nam.org daily Copyright 2008 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:16:15 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. From the AP:LOS ANGELES �?? A federal judge has sentenced law firm co-founder Melvyn Weiss to 30 months in prison for his role in a lucrative lawsuit kickback scheme targeting some of the largest corporations in the nation. The 72-year-old... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/classaction_kin.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/classaction_kin.php Briefly Legal Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:16:15 -0500 Can we at least all agree that S. 3036, the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill, is all about raising revenues? (Specifically: Title IV, Auctions and Uses of Auction Proceeds.) Well, then, the bill should not have been introduced in the Senate... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/a_constitutiona.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/a_constitutiona.php Global Warming Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:44:49 -0500 The pro-regulation, pro-tax, pro-crush-the-economy side of the global warming issue -- supporters of Lieberman-Warner included -- want to claim the moral high ground in the debate, since inaction will supposedly lead to dead polar bears, endangered crustaceans, and every other... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/the_moral_high.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/the_moral_high.php Global Warming Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:44:49 -0500 Robert J. Samuelson, writing in The Washington Post, "Just Call it Cap and Tax": The chief political virtue of cap-and-trade -- a complex scheme to reduce greenhouse gases -- is its complexity. This allows its environmental supporters to shape public... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/two_must_reads.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/two_must_reads.php Global Warming Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:58:45 -0500 The law firm Milberg, down to one name, is close to a deal with prosecutors to settle charges the firm engaged in a various federal crimes in paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. The WSJ: Class-action law firm... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/weiss_milberg_s.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/weiss_milberg_s.php Briefly Legal Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:03:42 -0500 Congress is back from its Memorial Day recess, with the Senate setting its cap for cap-and-trade anti-global warming legislation. You know, there's an old German saying: Lieber man wärmer als Lieberman-Warner.* The Senate convenes at 2 p.m. and is scheduled... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/the_week_ahead_149.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/06/the_week_ahead_149.php Global Warming Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:41:49 -0500 From the Centre Daily Times:Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Emily Stover De- Rocco sees Penn State as a driver of innovation and the Pennsylvania economy �?? something she plans to highlight in her new role as visiting senior policy... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/penn_state_inno.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/penn_state_inno.php Sat, 31 May 2008 12:08:04 -0500 This week's "Cool Stuff Being Made" takes us to the American cigar capital of ...Scranton, Pa.? You bet. As Dominic Keating, company president, tells us on our factory tour, Avanti Cigar Company is the nation's largest producer of all-tobacco cigars,... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/cool_stuff_bein_122.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/cool_stuff_bein_122.php CoolStuffBeingMade.com (Weekend Video) Sat, 31 May 2008 10:46:17 -0500 From The National Center for Public Policy Research:Washington, DC - Just as the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act (S. 2191), a new poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/poll_public_dis.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/poll_public_dis.php Global Warming Fri, 30 May 2008 17:16:06 -0500 Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN) helped push passage of legislation that will create an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy. That agency will harness some of the best minds in America to help the nation develop solar, nuclear and other alternative... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/this_week_on_am_85.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/this_week_on_am_85.php America's Business Fri, 30 May 2008 14:41:00 -0500 While the U.S. Congress blocks trade agreements that would lower tariffs against U.S. exports, other countries busily reach deals. From Colombia Reports: The Free trade agreement between Canada and Colombia will be ready in the first week of June, Colombian... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/on_trade_the_re_1.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/on_trade_the_re_1.php Trade Fri, 30 May 2008 12:38:51 -0500 The National Review's editor, Rich Lowry, cites NAM Chief Economist David Huether to issue a bipartisan critique of the presidential candidates' position on energy and global warming. Well, mostly a critique of McCain. From The Corner:The Party of Cheap Energy?... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_costs_and_p.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_costs_and_p.php Energy Fri, 30 May 2008 11:17:49 -0500 From a Union of Concerned Scientists' fundraising letter:With the global warming crisis reaching a critical point, each of us must strengthen our commitment to meeting this threat. Please donate today to ensure your donation will be doubled. UCS is uniquely... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_bigger_the.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_bigger_the.php Global Warming Fri, 30 May 2008 10:09:30 -0500 With the Senate to begin the debate Monday on the Lieberman-Warner cap and trade, tax and spend legislation, much excellent commentary is appearing around the web. Heritage Foundation, The Foundry blog, "Lieberman-Warner is Lose, Lose":Last week the Natural Resources Defense... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/a_liebermanwarn.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/a_liebermanwarn.php Global Warming Fri, 30 May 2008 09:49:26 -0500 Investor's Business Daily today praises Exxon-Mobil for having a refreshing point of view, that is, the company is in the business of producing energy.Speaking to reporters after the annual meeting of Exxon stockholders Wednesday, CEO Rex Tillerson shoved political correctness... http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_business_of.php http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_business_of.php Energy Fri, 30 May 2008 09:23:07 -0500