Let me introduce myself. I grew up in a ?? suburb, spent about a decade living in the inner city, and my father's job at Chrysler funded my college education and kept food on the table. I remember my dad also watched "Dirty Harry" movie re-runs, and has always had a man's man aesthetic. I .....Read More
Instead of whoops and high-fives this morning at Chrysler Group headquarters, there?s a bit of a mad scramble going on to figure out why the carmaker?s two-minute Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood was removed from YouTube last night. Viewers who wanted to watch a video replay of the ?Halftime in America? ad were instead .....Read More
Editor's note: I'm kicking off a new feature on my Forbes blog. I test drive a new car on most weeks of the year. Here's the lowdown on what's in my driveway. The Car: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 Where I drove it: City. First Impressions: A sleeper. At first glance it's a modest sedan that looks .....Read More
? ?Everything that is man-made in this world has been designed," writes my colleague and arts editor Anna Carnick. ?And good design??can enrich and even improve our lives. Be it an innovative, multi-functional joint??system that provides an infrastructure for relief housing and high-end tables, or a??collection of charred furniture, or even an arti...Read More
Greenway Medical Technologies, a seller of electronic health records, got off to a bumpy start when its bankers re-priced last minute its IPO price downward to $10 from an original range of $11 to $13 a share. It closed today at $13, up 30%?valuing it at three times revenue, in line with competitors such as .....Read More
The first part of the health reform law to fall was not struck down by the Supreme Court, blocked by state governments, or defunded by Congress ? it was struck down by the Obama Administration itself, which stated that the program could not be implemented as passed, and therefore would simply be ignored. The Community .....Read More
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 1173, the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011, sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany (R., La.). This two-page bill would repeal the fiscal disaster known as the CLASS Act, Obamacare's new long-term care entitlement, which was "suspended" by the Obama Administration becaus...Read More
One year ago, I moved my little health-care blog from avikroy.org over to Forbes.com. And what a year it's been. There has been no shortage of things to write about???and thanks to the paramount importance of entitlement reform and health policy, that will continue to be true for the foreseeable future. So I wanted to take the chance to reflect on ...Read More
