Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

EPA Proposes Tougher Emissions Standards For Trucks

The Biden administration today proposed the first emissions standard upgrade for heavy duty trucks, vans, and busses since 2001.

Plastic Waste Treaty: Expert Q&A on the Promise of a Global Agreement to Reduce Pollution

Details of a proposed global plastic treaty, plus a Q and A.

Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe? Biden Retreats from Bashing Looting, Um, Buybacks

Yet another Biden hypocrisy: refusing to curb stock buybacks when he flagged it as an abuse when he was Vice President.

AG Merrick Garland Outlines Corporate Crime Prosecution Priorities

AG Merrick Garland outlined corporate crime enforcement priorities in a speech last week before an ABA group.

Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It

A Biden plan to improve nursing home care looks like too little, too late.

Pfizer February 2021 “Post Marketing” Vaccine Side Effects Tally Raises Alarms

A troubling Pfizer document has managed to go under the radar.

Fog of Financial Sanctions: Visa and Mastercard Shutdown in Russia Whacks Consumers

Russia is scrambling to deal with being shut off Visa and Mastercard.

The Private Equity Industry in the New Interest Rate Environment

Private equity has been a big winner thanks to a long-term trend of falling interest rates. What happens in a less favorable environment?

“Bankruptcy For Moderna, Definitely Pfizer”

Pfizer and Moderna stocks have tanked over liabilty worries. The case made by vocal critic Edward Dowd.

Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise

Sadly, finacialization is still very much with us, even though policy-makers know better by now.

Shareholder Activism: Icahn Targets McDonald’s Pig Pens

Carl Icahn seeks to force McDonald’s 2012 pledge to cease to use gestation crate to confine pregnant pigs within a decade.

Banning the Promotion of Soft Drinks Could be More Effective Than a Sugar Tax

Banning sales promotions of sugary drinks could lead people to cut back on their consumption.

“Just Scandalous”: CDC Withholding Most of the Covid Data It Gathers. What Is It Trying to Hide?

We predicted the new CDC head, Rochelle Walensky, would do badly. A New York Times story shows how she’s underperforming our low expectations

Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act: Power Without Responsibility?

After weeks of inaction against truckers, Trudeau invoked the After weeks of looking impotent, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Ac to end the truckers’ protests. Was this a winning move?

EU Chief Defends Vaccine Patents as ‘Precious’ as South Africa Demands Waiver

Failure to grant patent waivers under the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement has stalled ramping up of production in Africa and other developing countries of coronavirus vaccines.