United States

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United States.

Old Articles: <Older 3491-3500 Newer>

BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Lorraine Woellert	Can Online Betting Change Its Luck? The feds are keeping the heat on offshore Web sites, but a global backlash is building. And the $7.4 billion online industry is fighting back against what execs say is a heavy-handed and possibly unconstitutional assault on a free-market enterprise.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Mike France	Taking The Fear Factor Out Of E-Mail An obscure committee is proposing controversial rules for digital evidence -- which includes spreadsheets, databases, memos, letters, PowerPoint presentations and, most important, the e-mail messages that have recently plagued so many companies in court.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004	Tightening Israeli-Egyptian Ties Four free-trade zones will be created in Egypt as a result of a deal to be signed by Israel, Egypt, and the U.S. on Dec. 14.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004	"American Citizens Want To Gamble On The Internet" And they do. One off-shore gambling Web site claims that last year Americans accounted for 98% of its $1.25 billion in revenue. In this Q&A, BetonSports CEO David Carruthers speaks out against the Justice Department's move against him.
InternetNews December 9, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Approves Last Minute Telecom Package Legislation includes spectrum relocation funds and reprieve for stalled E-Rate funds.
InternetNews December 8, 2004 Roy Mark	Inter-Tel Pleads Guilty to E-Rate Fraud The company agrees to pay $8.71 million to settle charges of bid rigging and wire fraud in dealing with the E-Rate program. E-Rate helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.
ifeminists December 8, 2004 Wendy McElroy	NYC Must Come Clean on Foster Kids AIDS Scandal Power without accountability is an invitation for abuse. Nothing short of transparency on the part of New York City's Administration for Child Services and drug companies, such as Glaxo SmithKline, will make the hideous accusations raised by the BBC's documentary "Guinea Pig Kids" go away.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Spitzer for Governor? Crusading prosecutor takes aim at New York's governor's mansion.
InternetNews December 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Execs Call for Tighter Cyber Security Control Security alliance claims White House and DHS are not doing enough to protect against cyber attacks.
Geotimes December 2004 Laura Stafford	Yucca on hold The Department of Energy likely will not meet its 2010 deadline to open up the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage site.
<Older 3491-3500 Newer> Return to current articles.