Government and Taxes

The public in many countries around the world are enduring the pain of ever-spiraling prices of commodities, starting from high prices of oi...

( Posted today in h ttp://www.thelobbyist.biz/column_detail.php?id_article=784&id_category=25 ) People want cheaper food, cheaper oil,...

The Financial Times reported yesterday that oil may hit $150 a barrel by end-2008,  "Shortage fears push oil futures near $140" h...

In a discussion over the earthquake tragedy that happened in China just recently, killing more than 30,000 people, an Indian friend, Barun M...

news report yesterday in one Philippine newspaper about an interesting lecture last week, May 14, by the Director of the Institute of Biolog...

Politicization of pricing is where political processes like street rallies, media releases, and political horse-trading among political grou...

As rice and other food prices were spiking in many parts of the world, governments were making matters worse by constraining what farmers an...

Among the recent news this week about China, these 2 stories caught my attention: 1. China arms shipment to Zimbabwe. 2. Chinese move to...