Archive for the ‘Dorry’s Daily Digest’ Category
September28
By: Dorry Samuels
Flickr photo by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Energy
- Panel wants BP fines to pay for Gulf restoration (NYT)
- Spill panel presses BP on response plan (WP)
- Initial spill estimates criticized by oil panel (WSJ)
- Modesty is out as lawyers vie for spots in BP litigation (WSJ)
- Energy fund largely passed oil-spill test (WSJ)
Campaign Finance
- ‘Super PACs’ alter campaign (WP)
Health and Safety
- Seat-belt use rising, saving lives, studies show (WP)
- Whooping cough makes a comeback (WP)
- Simple steps can limit risk of cancer (WP)
- New data for the mammogram debate (WP)
- Health insurers finally get some oversight (WSJ opinion)
- Glaxo aims to snuff out ‘dissolvable’ tobacco items (WSJ)
- Cancer-targeting drug shows promise in study (WSJ)
Financial Reform
- Treasury working on AIG exit strategy (WP)
- FDIC delays on ‘next Lehman’ issue (WSJ)
Trade
- Brazil warns of global trade war (WSJ)
Posted in: Campaign Finance, Dorry's Daily Digest, Energy, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Trade
September24
By: Dorry Samuels
Flickr photo by *Climate Ride*
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Health and Safety
- U.S., Europe move to restrict use of diabetes drug Avandia (WP)
- Health insurance changes take effect (WP)
- Safety seats credited with reducing child deaths in vehicle crashes (WP)
- Encourage whistleblowers, Metro told (WP)
- DC: One in five sexually active gay urban men has HIV (WP)
- Still trying to cut health-care costs (NYT)
- A wave of addiction and crime, with the medicine cabinet to blame (NYT)
- FDA to restrict Avandia, citing heart risk (NYT)
- Regulators scuttle drug for diabetes (WSJ)
Campaign Finance
- Senate Republicans launch $1 million ad buy in W. Va. (WP)
- Senate Democrats again fail to pass campaign disclosure law (WP)
- Under a tax-exempt cloak, dollars flow to political causes (NYT)
- Small-business bill advances; campaign finance bill stalls (NYT)
- The privacy of donors – A Group states its case (NYT opinion)
Energy
- Mary Landrieu to block Jack Lew’s nomination to serve as OMB chief (WP)
- California toughens energy standards (WSJ)
Consumer
- Airlines hit plan on rights for fliers (WSJ)
Posted in: Dorry's Daily Digest
September22
By: Dorry Samuels
Flickr photo by isafmedia
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Elections and Campaign Finance
- Tight Campaign Budgets May Hinder G.O.P (NYT)
Health
- U.S. Joins Pfizer Suit Over Drug’s Marketing (NYT)
- Warning labels on cellphones proposed (WP)
- Itching for a bite of bedbug trade (WSJ)
- Rate increases denied to some private Medicare plans (WSJ)
Financial Reform
- Fed sets stage for action, waits to take it (WP)
- Summers to step down (WSJ)
- Obama, Warren and the imperial presidency (WSJ opinion)
- A settlement for Lehman and SocGen (WSJ)
- CFTC says new rules will get vote next week (WSJ)
Workplace Safety
- Report Blasts OSHA Efforts to Protect Whistleblowers (WP)
- Merit Systems Protection Board Weighs National Security Powers Against Employee Rights (WP)
Ethics
- Bell tolls for officials in California pay scandal (WSJ)
Energy and Enviroment
- Kerr-McGee loses royalties ruling (WSJ)
- Solar-subsidy spat flares between companies (WSJ)
Posted in: Campaign Finance, Consumer Protection, Dorry's Daily Digest, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Health, Pharmaceuticals
September21
By: Dorry Samuels
Take a number. Flickr photo by riekhavoc.
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Campaign Finance and Politics
- Donor names remain secret as rules shift (NYT)
- Corporate political giving swings toward the GOP (WSJ)
- All about Murkowski (WSJ)
Climate Change and Energy
- Extreme heat bleaches coral, and scientists see global threat (NYT)
- Kerr-McGee is penalized in oil case (NYT)
- BP to pool spill-containment resources with other oil giants (WP)
Health and Safety
- Enforcement called key to curbing distracted driving (WP)
- Some insurers to halt new child-only policies (WP)
- Higher drug prices feared after ‘doughnut hole’ plan (WP)
- Paying a high price for losing pounds (WP)
- FDA scrutinizes diabetes drug (WP)
- A little extra weight may not be a big deal as time goes by (WP)
- New law may give people more reason to come back home for non-emergency care (WP)
- FDA reviewing safety information on Actos (WSJ)
- New details on defective Motrin (WSJ)
- Blood drug gets nod (WSJ)
Transportation
- High-speed rail stalls (WSJ)
Financial Reform
- Obama hints at high-level changes (WSJ)
Posted in: Campaign Finance, Dorry's Daily Digest, Energy, Environment, Health, Pharmaceuticals
Former president of Botswana Festus Mogae. Flickr photo by World Trade Organization.
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Trade
- In the form of a study, a salvo from the left questions Obama’s trade goals (NYT)
Energy and Environment
- New ruling on claims for spill damage (WP)
- Ocean energy director outlines the task ahead (WP)
- U-Turn on Global Warming? Hardly (WSJ)
Health
- A first step in health-care suit (WP)
- Diet Drugs Face FDA Scrutiny (WSJ)
- Herbal Supplements Get New Scrutiny (WSJ)
Ethics
- Despite ethics cloud, Rangel easily wins primary (WP)
Financial Reform
- Bank regulators once bamboozled, now emboldened (WP)
- Consumer bureau conundrum (WP)
- How a Street Watchdog Got its Bite (WSJ)
- Bill to Aid Small Businesses Advances in Senate (WSJ)
- The Case for an Infrastructure Bank (WSJ)
- New Bank Rules Good for Everything Except Bankers’ Bonuses (WSJ)
Posted in: Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Dorry's Daily Digest, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Health, Trade
