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On stimulus, Sen. McCain, Bush divided (The Hill)

“Just raining cash down — which seems like what Congress wants to do—is not going to have much of an effect,” declared Kevin Hassett, a senior McCain adviser, who appeared on a panel at the New America Foundation alongside the economic advisers to the leading Democratic candidates. more

In 2002, after a nearly decade-long deadlock, Congress passed the most sweeping international trade legislation in 15 years.

By giving the president authority to negotiate new trade agreements, the United States has begun negotiating free-trade agreements with more than a dozen countries. President Bush has already signed free-trade agreements with Chile and Singapore, and he expects to sign at least two more this year.

In exchange for trade negotiating authority, Congress and the administration committed to assist those… more

At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, one of the hottest topics was WiFi, the technology that uses license-exempt (unlicensed) spectrum to share high-speed wireless Internet connections. In the United States, wireless networking is the fastest-growing segment in telecommunications, while in less developed countries it is seen as the means to leapfrog the lack of a wired infrastructure.

While the WiFi boom has been about short-range mobility, roughly 1,500 wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) already are using unlicensed… more