Diabetes breakthrough shows there’s hope! Brexit mess shows… something else Our world remains a study in contrasts, and that’s about the most that can be said for it. On the one hand, a breakthrough in the clinical understanding of diabetes promises to quietly revolutionize the way we treat one of the world’s deadliest […]
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The Shark From Denmark: Vestager is coming for Big Tech
Execs for American Big Tech companies including Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have probably been enjoying a few sleepless nights since the reappointment of Margrethe Vestager, the bare knuckles European competition supremo, to her post as European Commissioner for Competition, along with her elevation […]
With All Eyes On Crypto, Let’s Get Smart On Regulation
By George Nethercutt, Jr., former U.S. Representative (WA 5th) One of the biggest names in tech could be on a path toward entering the cryptocurrency space. At a recent event, Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey related, “We’re watching cryptocurrency. [. . .] We think it […]
Trump takes the keys back from California on auto standards
By Mike Palicz, Americans for Tax Reform President Obama’s special waiver allowing California to set and enforce its own greenhouse-gas regulations for cars beyond federal standards has been a complete disaster. California’s waiver from the federal fuel economy rules, the so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, kneecaps […]
Feds are overreaching on water rules (again)
The Federal government appears to be cracking down on agricultural water use as well as alleged pollution from ordinary agricultural activities, making it harder for farmers to cultivate or irrigate their land — and it also seems the feds are overreaching with the new […]
The EU’s Competition and Antitrust Tightrope
By Rebecca Christie and Mathew Heim, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The European Union, the world’s largest consumer market, needs a clearer vision for how it wants to manage competition and state subsidies affecting European markets and consumers. As business becomes ever more inter-connected, […]
Don’t hold your breath for EU trade carveouts, unless dying sounds fun
Brexiters still hoping the EU will somehow grant the post-Brexit UK special exemptions from its common regulations governing foreign trade are in for more disappointment, warns FT columnist Wolfgang Münchau. That rules out the possibility of a “Canada-style” trade deal which […]
If AirBnB Doesn’t Act On Criminal Rentals, You Can Bet Congress Will
By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty When new technologies come to market, there are always unintended consequences. This is certainly true when it comes to new internet applications and services—sometimes unforeseen problems occur, and sometimes these apps can be used in […]
TES Weekly Update: Diabetes breakthrough promises healthier lives for millions
Editor’s Note: And undermining IP laws promises opposite Have you ever noticed that “fake news” almost always means bad news? Of course it’s taken for granted that “real news” usually means the same. Well, here’s that rarest of treasures, a piece of news that is both real and good, which frankly everyone should be […]
Court ruling makes irrigating farmland risky business
A U.S. district court in San Francisco, in its infinite wisdom, has issued a ruling that threatens to make it virtually impossible — or just really, really expensive — for farmers to irrigate cropland. While the ruling currently only applies in California, it sets […]