Alcoa Inc., the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum, in a bid to buy out its largest competitor is facing anti-trust measures by the government.
Archive for May, 2007
Business: More megamergers on the horizon
Health: Possible complications with antidepressants
In a more serious follow up to my drug interactions article, last week the Food and Drug Administration ordered antidepressants such as Paxil and Zoloft to be labeled with a black box warning.
Society: Distracted driving related deaths
“Just a few weeks ago, 17-year-old East High School student Lauren Mulkey was killed by driver on a cell phone. The man ran a red light and slammed into her car. Lauren’s mother, Linda, emphasized the most important part of this is raising awareness about cell phone use while driving.”
Tech: Microsoft/Yahoo merger to corner a quarter of the market
Microsoft is back in the news again in its continuing bid to acquire Yahoo. Its 50 billion offers present an opportunity to rival Google’s current hold on the search engine market.
Society: Early warning system proposal
You sense something but you can’t tell what it is, or worse you don’t notice anything and continue on as usual. It’s that feeling of uncertainty that I propose this system.
Tech: Digg users voice their rights
These events weren’t about the DMCA notice to Digg’s management. Nor were these events really about freedom of speech. In the managements attempts at damage control they admittedly deleted and banned several accounts not related to the DRM fiasco.
Ethics: Who’s cheating who?
Reported recently by the Associated Press, Duke University has been under intense scrutiny for its recent uncovering of 34 students in its business school for alleged cheating.
Tech: Short-term future of internet radio in danger
For anyone short on time, here’s the summary of one of the largest threats to internet radio to date.
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