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Health-Care Reform's Hidden Taxes | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:56:00 -0500

... would come from trimming tax breaks for such things as health savings accounts and medical expenses, according to fiscal watchdog US Budget Watch. ...

Will Net Neutrality Go Wireless? | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:56:00 -0400

The FCC has "the willpower to break this market open," says Tim Wu, a professor who specializes in technology at Columbia Law School. ...

Financial Regulation | BusinessWeek

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:21:00 -0400

"Had the world economy collapsed, and there was a reason to believe it could have, the leaders of this country and others may have been forced to take hugely dramatic steps," says Douglas Rediker, a former investment banker now running the New America Foundation's Global Strategic Finance Initiative. ... Original Article

Lessons from Lehman's Failure | BusinessWeek

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:06:00 -0400

"Any argument that Lehman's collapse served the positive purpose of letting the world financial system participants know there was a risk to be had, that message lasted 24 hours," said Doug Rediker, Director of New America Foundation's Global Strategic Finance Initiative and former Lehman Brothers investment banker. "We may now have the inverse message: There are banks that are too big to fail."... Original Article

Small Biz Purging: When Companies Lose Health Care | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:16:00 -0400

... may seem shocking, Len Nichols, a health policy analyst at the Washington nonpartisan think tank New America Foundation, isn't surprised in the least. ... and more »

Washington Weighs Wireless Regulation | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:19:00 -0400

"We view handset exclusivity as one part of a much larger problem of the growing power of service providers," says Michael Calabrese, vice-president of think tank New America Foundation. During the proceedings, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass. ...

Health-Care Reform: The Industry Signs On | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:35:00 -0400

"This is big," says Len Nichols, director of health policy at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. Nichols was a key member of the Clinton effort to reform health care. He says Monday's meeting should both confound health-care reform ...

G-20: Big Role for a Low-Profile Regulator | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:17:00 -0400

"It is much more serious than we anticipated," said Douglas Rediker, director of the global strategic finance initiative at the New America Foundation in Washington. Gary Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics said the ...

Health Care: Obama's Budget Skimps on Cost-Cutting | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:25:00 -0500

Obama "is signaling that he wants to move away from fee-for-service," says Len Nichols, health policy director at the New America Foundation.

Setting the iPhone Free from AT&T | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:16:00 -0500

"It is unthinkable that you could only use a Macintosh on an AT&T connection," says Michael Calabrese, vice-president at the New America Foundation, which is chaired by Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt. Google (GOOG) has helped develop phone ...