Your Patent Has Turned Six. Apparently Questions Are Now Rude.
The government should protect inventions. It should not confuse an old patent with a patent that has answered the questions.
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Follow the donations, contracts, tax breaks and promises of prosperity. Our satire examines corporate influence, technology companies and economic policy, asking who gets the benefit and who gets the bill. The earnings-call enthusiasm is optional; reading the fine print is the point.
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Uber Has Calculated The Price Of Treating You Better
A proposed rideshare bill gets a precise fare warning. The benefits to passengers and drivers deserve a number too.
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The Supermarket Merger Has Reached The Customer-Is-Not-You Stage
Albertsons wants more than $8 billion over its failed Kroger deal. The shareholder premium, unlike cheaper groceries, comes with a very precise number.
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Renewable Energy Is Welcome, Provided It Dresses Like Oil
Geothermal power has found bipartisan friends. Apparently clean energy’s political problem was insufficient drilling equipment.
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The Whiskey Can Age Without The Law Doing The Same
A home-distilling ban from 1868 deserves scrutiny. That does not require smashing the government’s taxing power to open the bottle.
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