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US-EU must put back faith into TTIP deal

  The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and European Union (EU) has apparently been hit by trust deficit and there are signs that will be dragged out. Germany and France have showed a joint front to oppose the proposed deal as it stands today. The most stinging remark came from France’s junior trade minister Matthias Fekl, ...

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Geographic equality benefits whole economy

  I argued last week that the high cost of housing in cities such as New York and San Francisco has a bright side for the larger U.S. economy: As people who would like to live in these highly desirable but dauntingly expensive areas are priced out, they choose instead to settle in upwardly mobile communities that benefit from the ...

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A bad ruling for those who want to throttle AT&T

  Ma Bell came back from the grave Monday, saving AT&T from the supervision of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC had sued the company for intentionally “throttling” the mobile internet for its unlimited data customers when they passed a certain usage. A federal appeals court rejected the suit on the ground that as a common carrier, AT&T is exempt ...

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