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Boomer Setback
March 25, 2012 | Columbus Dispatch
For most of their lives, baby boomers knew an America on the rise, a nation that incited their occasional fury but rarely let them down. Then came the Great Recession, a calamity emerging as another defining moment for a fabled generation. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression hurt young and old, delivering a harsh blow to children of the baby boom, the demographic bulge of Americans born between 1946 and 1964.
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JOBS Act: The Good, the Bad, the Irrelevant
March 22, 2012 | Fortune
Champions of the JOBS Act legislation, including a large number of venture capitalists, argue that it will increase capital access for emerging businesses. Critics believe it is a dangerous rollback of investor protections, including some put in place following the Enron and Worldcom accounting scandals. So who's right?
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Why Entrepreneurship Is Declining
March 22, 2012 | Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The startup rate for new businesses declined in 2011 and new entrepreneurs were more likely to go it alone than hire employees, new data from the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity show. We’ve got a tale of ups and downs: Self-employment is near all-time highs, but larger business starts still haven’t recovered from before the recession.
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O'Brien: IPO Reform Spells Disaster for Investors
March 21, 2012 | San Jose Mercury News
If you're nostalgic for the good old days of the dot-com bubble, then this column contains nothing but good news. Congress at this very moment is laying the groundwork to make it easier than ever for Wall Street to take public any company with a pulse. If, on the other hand, you happen to care about preventing financial fraud, then this is not such a good week for you.
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U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence
March 23, 2012 | New York Times
Declining oil consumption and new energy production have brought the United States closer to a goal that has tantalized presidents since Richard Nixon. The desolate stretch of West Texas desert known as the Permian Basin is still the lonely domain. But the roar of scores of new oil rigs and the distinctive acrid fumes of drilling equipment are unmistakable signs that crude is gushing again.
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Supreme Court Ruling Throws Doubt Over Countless Life-Sciences Patents
March 21, 2012 | Chronicle on Higher Education
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously declared a company's patents on a medical-testing process invalid, a decision that could affect the patentability of countless numbers of life-sciences inventions developed at universities and other research institutions.
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