ChiefExecutive.net 10th annual survey of 500 CEOs from across America on their views of the best and worst states for business rated California “The Worst,” and Texas “The Best.” The annual survey of business leaders asks each CEO to
AT&T Bids to Become as Big as Comcast/Time Warner Cable Should the government approve the merger between Comcast and Time-Warner (and after Comcast spent billions buying Democrats, that’s likely to happen), that would give Comcast close to 30 million pay
California Senate Bill 962, requiring that all cell phones include a “kill switch,” was defeated on Thursday. According to the Sacramento Bee, the innovation, providing owners with the ability to shut down the phone rendering it useless if stolen, is strongly endorsed
There are many ideas and proposals packed under the rubric of “Net Neutrality,” but the core principle amounts to rent control on the Internet: all web traffic must be treated equally. In its undiluted, absolute form, this idea would work
It’s not surprising to learn that various governments (not just the United States) account for the bulk of online mischief, but it’s a bit sobering to see the numbers laid out by a new Verizon investigative report, summarized by the
The left-wing site Raw Story used a headline to falsely claim that Red Eye guest host Tom Shillue said during Tuesday night’s show that “poor people smell bad.” After Shillue complained they changed the headline to the just as misleading
Sally Beauty supply, a retail chain that sells hair and beauty items based in Denton, was hacked earlier this month according to a release obtained by Breitbart Texas. The company hired Verizon’s forensics firm to investigate the incident and pinpoint exactly how
It’s not the size of the beer. It’s the shape of the cup. That’s the pricing philosophy that has governed beer sales at Boise’s CenturyLink Arena. As expected, hockey enthusiasts were too drunk to notice. But two fans–Heath Forsey and
The US Justice Department said Thursday it has launched an antitrust probe of the mega merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The $45.2 billion tie-up would unite the largest US cable companies, which also are among the largest broadband
Autumn Radtke, the 28-year-old American CEO of the First Meta bitcoin exchange, was found dead in Singapore February 28 in an apparent suicide. Toxicology test results to determine why she died have not yet been concluded. Notably, on February 10,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days before attention shifts to the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the White House is trying to create a little buzz for America’s future filmmakers. At a film festival Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama will
According to Reporters Without Borders, America dropped 13 spots on the World Press Freedom Index 2014, designed to rank 180 countries in terms of the freedoms journalists enjoy and the regulations placed on them by government authorities. The Index, published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finally started to crack down on waste and fraud in its phone subsidy program for the poor by compiling a database of subscribers. The $1.85 billion program, called Lifeline, and popularly referred to as
If you were planning on attempting to enroll on the ObamaCare website Saturday night you might want to go bowling instead. For the third time since its inception the website is going offline due to needed repairs, and will be
Curious consumers headed over to healthcare.gov on Sunday found themselves out of luck, as the fragile website was out of service. A Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said the website’s outage was the fault of a private contractor.
As the Democrats and White House watch President Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment crumble before the nation’s eyes, another rift has opened up right in the middle of late night television. While Obama has been given a pass for the past
How fitting that a documentary about a sports underdog would stand tall against the biggest movies Hollywood has to offer. Linsanity: The Movie, chronicling the improbable rise of Asian-American basketball player Jeremy Lin, scored the second-highest per-screen average at theaters
Those cynical about politicians’ inability to cut spending amid the government shutdown only need to look at the A’s and Raiders wins Sunday in the Oakland Coliseum. It used to be taxpayers might be asked to subsidize one stadium to
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the National Security Agency (NSA) so the NSA can have access to 81 percent of all international phone calls made into the United States. A secret inspector
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on Thursday wrote that American workers were “sacrificed completely” by special interest groups like the National Council of La Raza and the Chamber of Commerce in the Senate’s immigration reform bill. “The president, the Senate, and
Can the federal government legally control access to the Internet? That’s the question before a top federal appeals court this week. On Sept. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear arguments in Verizon v.
Al Jazeera America is urging customers to send letters asking cable providers to add the network to their lineups before the channel’s August 20 premiere. The fledgling news network faces the same critical issue as Al Gore’s former network; after
(AP) TV blackouts aren’t shutting out fans completelyBy RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business WriterLOS ANGELESA week into the blackout of CBS programming to millions of Time Warner Cable subscribers, viewers are finding workarounds. Nancy Keiter, a graphic designer in New York, plans
(AP) Time Warner blackout of CBS goes into 2nd dayBy TOM KRISHERAP Business WriterTime Warner Cable’s blackout of CBS continued Saturday, and neither side indicated a resolution of their dispute over fees is imminent. Time Warner dropped CBS Friday in
EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) filed an emergency petition yesterday with the Supreme Court to stop the National Security Agency from collecting phone records from American citizens. The petition asks the court to vacate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)
