Archive for October, 2008
Congress to Banks – Watch the Bonuses!
Henry Waxman, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned nine banks about their plans to provide bonuses to employees – bonuses that some stories (Bloomberg and Time magazine, both on October 27th) claim will be paid because the banks received billions in bailout dollars. The implication – without the bailout the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )DOE Patents Database – What’s In It For You?
In a June 7th, 2008 post about the US Department of Energy’s “Science Accelerator”, I briefly mentioned DOepatents. Here’s a bit more detail.
DOepatents is a searchable database of patent information resulting from DOE-sponsored research and development. Currently the database contains approximately 20,000 patent records from the 1940s to present, providing a good overview of the [...]
Cost of Government Financial Interventions Past and Present
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) Has just released a report titled “The Cost of Government Financial Interventions, Past and Present” (RS22956, September 23rd), highlighting ten interventions by the federal government since 1971. Needless to say, the CRC can’t predict how the recent “interventions” will turnout for the goverment – and the taxpayers. Thier initial conclusion?
“Depending [...]
