The law required ATMs to advise users of transaction fees both through stickers and through on-screen or printed
The signals from the anonymous sources have changed. Until recently, the predictions were that the Federal Trade Commission would settle its case against Google this month with only relatively mild restrictions on Google’s ability to rain benefits on its users and make a profit for itself—and those restrictions wouldn’t be backed by a court order.
Yawn! The world ended again, this time on December 21, 2012, as predicted by the Mayan calendar. Seems few of the actual Mayans in the
In this talk, delivered at the 2012 Atlas Summit, Professor Stephen Hicks presents an Objectivist perspective on entrepreneurship and
As we approach the end of 2012 we continue to see the scenario that Ayn Rand dramatized in Atlas Shrugged playing out in our world. As
Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says Google’s tax strategy is capitalism—and Google is “proudly capitalistic.”
Atlas Summit 2012 -- In her book, The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand exhorted readers to put the word "selfishness" to its true and proper
We’ve all been warned about the dangers ill-advised Facebook posts can pose to our reputations. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is now learni
In his book I Am John Galt, Donald Luskin argues that Nobel-winning economist and op-ed writer Paul Krugman is the perfect living embodiment
November 1, 2004 -- Ten years ago last May, a new type of lawsuit was filed against the tobacco industry. That industry was no stranger to lawsuits; since the 1950s, it had been subjected to more than eight hundred lawsuits, and it had won practically every one of them. It had never paid a penny in court-ordered damages to a smoker or to the estate of a smoker. But this suit was different. It didn't involve smokers; it involved a state—the state of Mississippi—and it involved a new legal theory.
Merriam-Webster has announced that "capitalism" and "socialism" were the most looked-up words of 2012. That's unsurprising in a year when
As Congressional leaders and the Administration try to negotiate a deal to stop the government from marching over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” some officials are considering putting new limits on the tax deduction for donations to charities and other nonprofit organizations, such as The Atlas Society.
Religious fundamentalists in the Republican Party scare away sensible voters when they inject their superstitions into public forums
Americans face automatic tax hikes at the start of 2013 that would cripple a barely limping economy. But the federal government is running astronomical budget deficits, borrowing 40 cents for every dollar it spends. What to do?
For a moment, it was exciting: InTrade seemed to be shrugging. Yesterday, U.S. regulators sued InTrade —and InTrade responded by requiring
Aaron Day, the CEO of The Atlas Society, will be speaking at the 2013 New Hampshire Liberty Forum . The libertarian forum will be held...
Some of “the most serious antitrust allegations” against Google may not make it to court this year, anonymous sources tell Bloomberg News :
This Thanksgiving, take a moment to thank one of the greatest benefactors in your life: the entity who shows you the way so that you don’t
The venerable Hostess Brands company, maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, Wonder Bread, and other baked delights, is shutting its doors, bankrupt...
