The New York Times looked at the federal student financial aid process and found bizarre results for kids from same-sex households.
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Thanks For Nothing: India’s $1 Billion Telecom Swindle
Qualcomm paid India $1 billion for thin air, and it didn’t even get that.
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‘Prepaid’ College Plans May Deliver Less Than They Promised
Some prepaid college tuition plans promised more than they can deliver. When the money runs short, who is on the hook?
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Reality Takes Down The CLASS Act
A Washington tradition lives on: burying bad news, in this case the government’s new long term care program, on a Friday afternoon.
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Producing Fair Results From An Unfair Process
Feinberg seeks fairness as he doles out BP’s $20 billion. The oversize fund leaves BP on the hook, while other parties have paid nothing.
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Why Foreign Banks Will Shun American Business
Aggressive tax law is likely to make Americans unwelcome at many foreign banks. That’s bad news for expatriates and international business.
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Desperate Times Produce Desperate Thinking
Harvard economist Ken Rogoff warned against using inflation to solve the debt problem, then changed his mind. He was right the first time.
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Good Managers Admit Their Mistakes
Why don’t more companies acknowledge errors and fix them promptly? Because bosses are human, and we don’t like to admit our mistakes.
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Better Ways To Halt Environmentally Damaging Trade
To block trade in illegal foreign goods without hurting U.S. business, Washington should tell importers what it expects them to do.
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Happy Endings That Almost Didn’t Happen
Gadhafi’s demise may seem inevitable in retrospect, but it wasn’t. The Libyan rebellion had to be rescued in the nick of time.
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