Out in West Texas on Highway 10, there’s a whole lotta nothin’. I know, because on a family trip to New Mexico and Colorado in August, we had …
Articles By Patrice Sarath
Green technology isn’t clean — but companies are trying
by Patrice Sarath, July 30, 2010, 12:11 pmThe vision of the environmentally conscious shining city on the hill – the Emerald City, perhaps? – might be clouded by all …
How does the PPACA Affect the Healthcare Sector?
by Patrice Sarath, July 6, 2010, 7:00 amThe Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010 (PPACA) has been signed into law. New requirements of the law include the expansion of healthcare insurance coverage to all Americans, including approximately 45 million …
Starring Cadmium
by Patrice Sarath, June 4, 2010, 12:29 pmThe law of unexpected consequences hits again. With the restrictions on lead in children’s products that went into effect in 2009 under the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), some manufacturers are …
Will the Myriad Gene Patent Ruling Change the Face of Biotechnology?
by Patrice Sarath, May 17, 2010, 6:30 amOn the face of it it defied common sense. How could genes be patented? Yet it’s estimated that around one-third of our genes have been patented by biotech companies. Once the human genome was sequenced in 2000 by …
All flash and no cash; money is going the way of the dodo
by Patrice Sarath, May 4, 2010, 6:00 amForget Mars colonies and jetpacks – when the future finally gets here, it’s always a lot more prosaic than the visionaries would believe. Take cash for instance, or rather, why bother? Nowadays, you can transfer …
Oh Tata! Say it ain’t so!
by Patrice Sarath, March 25, 2010, 11:40 amToyota may just be happy it doesn’t have Tata Motor’s problems. Seems the company’s celebrated Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, has on …
