Driving Down the Cost of Drugs: Battling Big Pharma in the Statehouse by Ramon Castellblanch Reviewed By Stas Margaronis San Francisco State University professor Ramon Castellblanch gives us an in-depth view of the struggle by grass-roots and labor activists to bring down the cost of pharmaceutical drugs, a major factor in high health care costs in the [...]
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DELAYS REPLACING PENNSYLVANIA – WEST VIRGINIA LOCKS & DAMS COULD COST TAXPAYERS & UTILITY CUSTOMERS $2 BILLION
DELAYS REPLACING PENNSYLVANIA – WEST VIRGINIA LOCKS AND DAMS COULD COST TAXPAYERS & UTILITY CUSTOMERS $2 BILLION BY STAS MARGARONIS Utility customers adjoining the Pennsylvania-West Virginia lock and dam system could pay as much as $1 billion per year in higher rates if the system needs to be shut down for repairs in [...]
PORT TECH LOS ANGELES SEEKS NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES
PORT TECH LOS ANGELES SEEKS NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES By Stas Margaronis Port Tech Los Angeles was started two and a half years ago and is a project of the Port of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles Clean Tech program. It is working to develop a $50 million fund to develop clean technologies [...]
SHIP FINANCE AUTHOR MCCLEERY & GREEKS BEARING GIFTS
SHIP FINANCE AUTHOR MCCLEERY & GREEKS BEARING GIFTS BY STAS MARGARONIS THE SHIPPING MAN is the saga of a hedge fund manager named Robert Fairchild who takes a plunge into the shipping business by way of the intoxicated purchase of a 35-year-old bulk carrier. The novel has become a best-seller among shipping executives, [...]
S&P: Credit Risks Mount For U.S.Vessel Carriers
S&P: Credit Risks Mount For U.S. Vessel Carriers By Stas Margaronis The U.S. domestic shipping industry, which supplies Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico as well as tug and barge carriers transporting coal, and agricultural products along the nation’s inland waterways, is facing an ageing crisis due in part to problems of finance. As [...]