Heflin honored by taxpayer group for tight fiscal policies
area state legislators have been recognized by a statewide organization for their conservative fiscal efforts as members of the Texas Legislature. Recipients of the first Friend of the Taxpayer…
How would breaking up Microsoft Corp. affect the economy? Consumers Would Be Hit Hardest
More than a year ago, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., which is based in my home state of Washington. While I believe the lawsuit was…
Cato Institute’s Call to End U.S./Canada Softwood Lumber Quotas Adds to Growing Chorus Citing Harm to U.S. Consumers
A summary report issued (today) by the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies calling for the end of the U.S./Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement adds to a growing chorus of…
Chilean brings support for private Social Security system at Grams’ invitation
If Chile could successfully privatize its Social Security system in 1980, it should be easier for the United States to do so now, Jose Pinera, the architect of Chile's highly…
Correction
Koch legal work A report Sunday about Washington lawyer Robert Bennett's work for Koch Industries incorrectly said its executives were spending up to $1 million on an ad campaign…
Correction
In a story in Friday's A section, the number of Texas members of Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy was misstated: It is 48,000. Also, information about the Center for…
Easley ads OK, auditor decides
The state auditor said Thursday that state Attorney General Mike Easley's use of television public-service announcements over the past two years was acceptable under state laws and regulations. Easley's…
In AP Interview, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison defends Microsoft probe
With an estimated $47 billion personal fortune, Oracle Corp. chairman Larry Ellison will never be mistaken for a humble civic servant. But the flamboyant chief executive did his best…
Oracle ‘out to expose’ Microsoft
WASHINGTON - The chairman of Oracle yesterday admitted hiring detectives to investigate Microsoft and defended the effort, including a cash-for-trash offer, as a means to force "full disclosure" of Microsoft's…
ORACLE HAD DETECTIVES SNOOP ON MICROSOFT
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer, Larry Ellison, on Wednesday defended the business software maker's decision to investigate Microsoft, saying the software giant's "covert" activities needed to…