Aging Baby Boomers - As the Baby Boomers continue to enter retirement, the U.S. faces one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in its history. The baby boom ran from 1946 to 1960, during... read more
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Antitrust Legislation - US antitrust legislation or "competition law" focuses on three kinds of activity discouraging to competition: monopoly, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and price... read more
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Carbon Trading - Carbon emissions in action, EPA Carbon emissions by sector and fuel type, EIA "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from the obsservations in... read more
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Clean Coal - Coal can be very dirty. When you pick up a briquette to put in your barbeque, your fingers turn black; when coal is burned in power plants and factories, the smoke released into... read more
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Clinical trials - Clinical trials are the process by which a new drug's safety and effectiveness are tested as part of the FDA approval process. When a company discovers and develops a new... read more
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Global Climate Change - Global warming could mean more freak storms like Hurricane Katrina, pictured above--bad news for insurance companies. For thirty years now, many scientists have been... read more
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Immigration - US Immigrant Population by Region or Origin (000s) The United States is the single largest economy and the world and arguably the most liberal. It is therefore not surprising... read more
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Interest Rates - This article describes the impact of interest rates. A related concept is the Yield Curve. An interest rate is the cost of borrowing money. Among the many industries affected... read more
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Medicare - Medicare is a government program that covers most health care costs for people 65 and older, as well as individuals undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney failure. Medicare covers... read more
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Outsourcing to China - Investors betting on the growth of business process outsourcing to China should be focused on engineering and IT investments connected China, because these job functions... read more
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Pharmaceutical patents - Pharmaceutical patents protect manufacturers of prescription drugs, prohibiting others from producing a drug during the length of its patent protection. The length of... read more
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Renewable Energy - Renewable energy refers to a subset of energy sources that are derived from constantly replenishing sources and hence, unlike nonrenewable energy, will never run out. In... read more
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The Dollar - The dollar's value refers to the purchasing power of the dollar versus other currencies, or the exchange rate between the two currencies. When the dollar is strong, foreign goods... read more
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The Farm Bill - The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is wide-reaching legislation touching farming, energy, forestry, and nutrition, among other industries. Over 90% of the funding... read more
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U.S.-China Anti-Dumping Laws - This article is about a specific legislative remedy sometimes employed to counteract a trade imbalance. For a larger discussion of trade between the U.S. and... read more
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U.S. Energy Regulations - President Bush and the Secretary of Energy review a Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility, which the Energy Policy Act of 2005 supported Untangling the web of... read more
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