April, 2012
Intrepid Mines Limited: Divestment Regulations, Indonesia
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, Mar 20, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Intrepid Mines Limited /quotes/zigman/36666 CA:IAU +2.33% (asx:IAU) (“Intrepid” or the “Company”) provides further commentary on Indonesian Government Regulation number 24 of 2012 (the “Regulation”), publicly released on 6 March 2012, which has had a severely negative impact on the Company’s share price. Following extensive analysis of [...]
Deregulation by another name
The loss of federal food safety inspectors — coming just after a controversy over a beef producers use of a meat filler known as pink slime — sounds about as palatable as a salmonella sandwich. But USDA officials say theres no reason to get queasy: The inspectors will be shifted to other tasks — microbiological [...]
Fracking-Linked Earthquakes Spurring State Regulations
With scientific evidence emerging that wastewater from oil and gas drilling is the possible cause of earthquakes, states are adding new requirements for disposal wells. Researchers think an increase in wastewater injected into the ground by drilling operators may be the cause of a sixfold increase in the number of earthquakes that have shaken the [...]
He prosecuted Prince of Pot: Now wants to legalize pot
Then-US Attorney John McKay brought charges that put Vancouver, BC, based Prince of Pot Marc Emery behind bars for selling marijuana seeds advertised by catalog to customers in the United States. On Wednesday, McKay sat beside wife Jodie Emery at a Stop Violence BC press conference to call for legalization of cannabis. McKay has championed [...]
Former Citigroup Chairman Blames Deregulation For The Financial Crisis
Richard Parsons, the former chairman of mega-bank Citigroup (who stepped down from his post just a few days ago), said yesterday that the repeal of Glass-Steagall the Depression-era regulation separating investment and commercial banking helped precipitate the financial crisis of 2008: Richard Parsons, speaking two days after ending his 16-year tenure on the board of [...]
Deregulate wheat: Sidebottom
FEDERAL Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Sid Sidebottom says abolition of the single desk has generated improved productivity and created new global export markets for Australian growers. In introducing the proposed Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 legislation into parliament last month, he said deregulation had sparked improved job opportunities in rural and regional centres. “There [...]
Tapping Benefits of Electricity Deregulation
When the Federal Government deregulated the electricity sector recently it was greeted with applause from many quarters because many believed it would lead to improved services and value for money paid as electricity bills. The applause appears to be short lived, as most state governments and private investors who touted to have the wherewithal to [...]
Cough Syrup, Dead Children, and the Case for Regulation
Kathleen Hobson was eight years old when her mother unknowingly dosed her with poisonous cough syrup. Shed only taken a couple spoonfuls but when investigators came round, they still found nothing left to test. After the little girl died, her mother had set the bottle on fire and then thrown it into the trash. Charlene [...]
State regulators hold hearing on Charleston cruise terminal
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (AP) — State regulators have scheduled a public hearing on one of the more heated issues in Charleston – the year-round cruise industry. The states Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management is set to hold a hearing in North Charleston on Wednesday on permits to allow the State Ports Authority to [...]
LHD akin to Obamacare
To the editor: Anyone who thinks they would like Obamacare will love the proposed massive Local Historic District (LHD), letters, March 26 and 28. Both have in common the propagation of progressive ideals by way of increased government regulation and the trampling of individual rights by an omniscient advisory panel. And, oh yeah, like Obamacare [...]