By Rick Manning — Settlement agreements between branded and generic drug makers have brought generic versions of some of the biggest blockbuster drugs in history, like Lipitor and Plavix into the market early saving consumers millions of dollars. In fact, one such settlement is bringing a generic […]
By Rick Manning — Fox News’ Chad Pergram has a great story , “Stalking the Super Committee”, details the challenges facing reporters trying to find out what the so-called Super Committee is considering in their mandated quest to cut at least $1.2 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. Pergram’s piece details the stake […]
By Rick Manning — Ohio Governor John Kasich faces a moment in history where his major initiative to reform the relationship between public employee unions and the taxpayers who pay for them has been soundly defeated in a state referendum. The question Kasich must answer is whether […]
By Rick Manning — The American dream of homeownership has changed dramatically over the years. People who grew up in the Depression era would often celebrate the day they owned their home free of debt by having mortgage burning parties. Later generations became more accustomed to the […]
By Rick Manning — The states of Alaska and Arizona were forged through mining. Arizona’s history of mining goes back one thousand years, and the first rush to populate Alaska was through the Klondike and Nome gold rushes in the 1890s. Now, major mining projects in both states are threatened […]
By Rick Manning — 125,000 jobs created. That’s how many new jobs our economy needs to create each month just to keep up with the normal growth of the population. That’s why President Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich termed the October unemployment numbers, “I wish there were light at the […]
By Rick Manning — The Occupy Movement which claims to represent the 99 percenters is apparently very bad at math, which might explain all the free time they have to hang out in public parks. Perhaps they are unaware that right now in America, 49 percent of […]
By Rick Manning — The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Halloween that they are providing more than $500,000 “to provide re-employment services to about 115 workers affected by layoffs at the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.” According to the Labor Department’s website, […]
By Rick Manning — Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else wondering if Harry Reid is the best the Senate Democrats can do? Of course with Dick Durbin and Charlie Schumer waiting in the wings, maybe he is. Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else […]
