08 Aug 2007
Ethanol Is Feeding Hot Market for Farmland

This bit should be retitled "Government Policy as an Economic Barrier to Entry".

Skyrocketing farmland prices are stirring new optimism among established farmers, but for young and small farmers, the news is grim.

(link) [New York Times]

06:30 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link

Ruling Allows Cell Phone Unlocking, but Telco Sues Anyway

Another example of what's become a modern business principle: just because you buy something doesn't mean you own it.

Tracfone, a prepaid-wireless provider, drops its legal challenge to a regulatory decision allowing Americans to unlock their cell phones and move them to other carriers. It has successfully sued cell phone unlockers anyway and it's making plenty of money.

(link) [Wired Top Stories]

06:29 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link