Players, owners push back collusion deadline

Players and owners have agreed to push back the deadline for a collusion grievance over last winter's free agents until the end of this offseason.

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Commissioner Selig rejects owner collusion charge

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig denies that teams conspired against free agents after the 2008 season.

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Union says teams acted in concert against Bonds

The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance.

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Union Sees Possible Collusion Over A-Rod

The baseball players' union is worried commissioner Bud Selig is trying to hold down the price of Alex Rodriguez's next contract and that teams might be sharing information about their free-agent plans.

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ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Jack Bogle published "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism" four years ago. The battle's over.

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(1) Establishment journalists have a very significant impact on the world.

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Coventry Health Care Ruthless

How preposterous!

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Whistleblower website Wikileaks has published in full the Vodafone/2degrees story censored earlier this week by the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

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Collusion not likely, but definitely possible

Following the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons, the owners colluded against the players in order to short-circuit the competitive bidding process for free agents.

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While not a new trend, recently there's been a relative explosion in efforts at state legislatures across the country to introduce legislation that will impede or outlaw municipal broadband projects. I'm here to say outright that no state can afford to embark on any effort to st …

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British involvement in the mistreatment of terrorism suspects abroad is wider than previously reported, a human rights group has claimed.

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While the leaders of the world's largest economies debate stimulus and regulation in London, let us hope they do not forget about crime and punishment.

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A UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay has released alleged MI5 memos which he claims show government collusion in his interrogation.

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Malacañang is coming out with a masterpiece to divert attention from the unholy alliance between Gloria and Mike Arroyo and Merceditas Gutierrez, the Ombudsman.

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The World Bank today announced the debarment of seven firms and one individual for engaging in collusive practices under a major Bank-financed roads project in the Philippines. Two of the debarments are permanent, the strongest possible sanction.

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The European Commission has fined four car glass firms a total of more than 1.3bn euros ($1.6bn; £1bn) for running a cartel - its largest such fine.

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As apparent cooperation between lender representatives, appraisers and even, in some cases, real estate agents and lawyers pursuing personal profit contributed to the mortgage fraud problem, many have blamed regulators for not watching the situation carefully enough.

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The NRMA has launched a new online service that will track petrol prices across Sydney.

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A shocking thing happens midway through Norman Solomon's documentary film "War Made Easy".

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It should not have been a surprise when the new Democratic majority in Congress caved into the demands of ... Bush in regards to the continued funding the Iraq War.

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OK ... so I can't really say that on the air, but at least those of you who read the program notes will know how I really feel about this. The trick today is to avoid sharing this absolutely accurate word with my listeners.

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GW Bush and the U.S. Feral Government

Checks and balances, my ass [A little rant to clear the air].

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While You're Investigating...

With all due respect, which is very little, to our current Congress, I have a request for you folks.

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Gale Norton is back providing oversight of energy development issues on public lands in the American West, this time as a key legal advisor for a major global oil company.

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Of the people on this list, I think Berman was the most interesting to me. He represents sort of an anti-lobby lobbyist.

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From the article: The Old Media — giddy with excitement over the prospect of the Bush-Cheney-Rove-Mehlman machine losing, filled with guilt over complicity in an Iraq war it wants ended, flush with anticipation over two years of anti-Bush leaks from a gavel-wielding Henry Waxma …

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Price gouging is not evil

Price gouging is a fallacy, a myth. It does not exist in a free market and "price gouging" actually saves consumers and doesn't hurt them.

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Life insurance companies were recently told to repay their clients over R3 billion, the banks are now subject to a public enquiry, and Telkom is in the competition commission's sights. Could it be that the Apartheid-era protectionist big business hegemony is finally to end?

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The U.S. Department of Justice is joining New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in investigating how the big labels manipulate music download services.

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