Miner Discovers Lithium in Them Thar Hills (of Waste Rock) FT today has an interesting piece on the serendipity of resource exploration. Major multinational Rio Tinto, a world-class copper and iron ore producer, uncovered an unexpected find at its long-running California boron mine – […]
“Online petitions as an indicator of current polarization tendencies” By Dr. Armin Mertens and Dr. Ruth Maria Schüler, courtesy of IW Koeln The COVID-19 measures of the federal and state governments have massively affected public life in Germany. The ban on contact has temporarily restricted the freedom to pursue a profession, the freedom of trade, […]
In case anyone was wondering, it’s never good to be identified as a “middleman.” That’s the label being applied to pharmacy benefits managers who are being blamed for jacking up pharmaceutical prices through opaque agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers and insurers, which allow the PBMs to negotiate substantial discounts without passing the savings along to […]
