Sarah McCammon
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Priceline stock flight and the dot-com bubble
Aug 9, 2013
The share price of discount travel site Priceline has reached the same altitude it was at during the dot-com boom.
After BP spill, Transocean remains pioneer
Aug 7, 2013
The offshore-drilling giant Transocean is tied in with BP in the public imagination because of its involvement in the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.
Solar panel maker survives by creating its own market
Aug 6, 2013
First Solar, Inc., has branched out into planning and building large-scale solar power. That strategy has helped the American company rise above plummeting prices for solar panels.
Why only a third of our trash is being recycled
Aug 5, 2013
More than 40 years after the “Crying Indian” campaign encouraged Americans to stop pollution, a new "Keep America Beautiful" hopes to boost recycling.
Why the market won't supply lethal injection drugs to Texas
Aug 2, 2013
Texas and other states face shortages of drugs used in execution. But that demand isn't yielding a new supply.
Cutting government waste by crunching the numbers
Jul 29, 2013
What if you could apply the same techniques to government spending that investment advisers use to pick stocks? A Pew-MacArthur report looks at how states are using cost-benefit analysis.
Want better government? Use cost-benefit analysis
Jul 29, 2013
Non-profits are working with state governments to increase use of cost-benefit analyses to learn whether programs and policies are worth it.
Student loan interest rate capped at 8.25%
Jul 26, 2013
The compromise approved by the Senate puts a ceiling on the interest rates for undergraduate student loans.
Parents paying less for college: Good news?
Jul 23, 2013
A new study finds that the rising cost of higher education is shifting costs as families spend less freely.
In Nebraska, standing in the way of Keystone XL pipeline
Jul 23, 2013
Nebraska farmers worry the oil pipeline will damage their land or water. Some are putting up obstacles to the route.