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Opinion: 2 Ways to Win the Future
By not in system - AOL NewsWhen the latest job numbers came out, they continued to deliver bad news. Just 36,000 jobs were added last month, far short of what analysts predicted. Fortunately, the president has finally -- and wisely -- shifted his focus away from the issues that sent his party plummeting in the polls and put it back where it belongs: on the jobs Americans need and the way to create them. "At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else," Obama declared in the State of the Union. "The first step in winning the future is encouraging American ...
Setback for Afrezza Diabetes Inhaler: 5 Facts About MannKind Founder Alfred Mann
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsShares of biotech firm MannKind Corp. (MNKD) fell today after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to approve its next-generation insulin-delivery device, an inhaler called Afrezza. Regulators are requesting two more studies to test the device's effectiveness in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. MannKind says it will comply with the FDA's request. Afrezza's approval was previously denied in March pending additional safety data, and a decision delay was announced in December. Other companies have tried and failed to get inhaled insulin products to market. If MannKind prevails, ...
Opinion: Puerto Rico Bites the Hand That Feeds It
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Few places have been as hard hit by the recession as Puerto Rico. Over the past two years, the commonwealth has seen its unemployment climb from an already high 13 percent to a gut-wrenching 16 percent. So why did Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno just sign a law that will almost certainly make this picture even worse by dismantling longstanding Puerto Rican tax law and alienating its most prosperous foreign corporations. Approved by Puerto Rico's House and Senate on Oct. 23, and signed into law by the governor the following Monday, Law 154 levies an excise tax on all offshore ...
Biotech Lab in Malaysia Raises Security Concerns, Despite U.S. Connection
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA ProPublica investigation published Tuesday raises concerns about a biotech laboratory being built in Malaysia that will handle deadly pathogens such as anthrax, plague, SARS and the Ebola virus. The stated mission of lab, developed by the Malaysian government with the Maryland-based firm Emergent BioSolutions, is to produce vaccines against fatal and contagious agents that could be used in terrorist attacks. But critics worry that the facility could be used for offensive, instead of defensive, purposes in a country that has been tied to several terrorist plots over the past decade. They ...
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