The JOBS Act won a cloture vote in the Senate. There was a lot of fear that the Senate would muck it up with a lot of inhibiting requirements, but now it will go on for a vote.
Category Archives: Business
A Victory For Due Process
SCOTUS has slapped down the EPA. It’s insane that this case even had to be brought in the first place.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s Scalia’s majority (actually, unanimous, that’s what I meant by “slapped down”) opinion. It should be noted that it was not just the EPA that was slapped down, but (once again) the Ninth District.
[Update a while later]
They get their day in court, but they may still lose. As noted in comments, they need a legal fund, though I suspect they’re getting pro bono support from free-market places.
Bigelow Aerospace
…is starting to hire again. Not sure what it means.
Oil Production On Federal Lands
Salazar lied.
Shocking, I know.
SpaceX Prepares Dragon
Via Christian Garcia, who has had a change of heart:
I once told a #SpaceX investor that human spaceflight was too complex for a startup. It’s awesome that I was so wrong http://on.mash.to/AzUIQb
Now if we can just turn around Neil Armstrong. I’m encouraged, after seeing him in Palo Alto a few weeks ago. Cernan may be a lost cause, though.
Sixty-Billion Dollars Of Apple’s Money
Free-Market Health Care
It is possible.
The Rocket Isn’t The Point
An interesting interview with Jeff Greason by Irene Klotz at Space News.
What’s Wrong With American Health Care
The Small Business Administration
Like the Ex-Im Bank, this is another place the federal government could profitably be pared.