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9/20/2007
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Privatization of toll roads is a growing trend. During 2007, sixteen states had some privatized road project formally proposed or underway. In the last two years Indiana and Chicago signed multi-billion dollar private concession deals for public roads for 75 years and 99 years respectively. As a result of these deals, toll rates on these roads will increase steadily and revenues will be paid to private company shareholders rather than to the public budget. |
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7/19/2004
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Colorado, like all states, is plagued accounting problems that lead to inaccurate corporate audits, an upsurge in "earnings restatements," and a loss of investor confidence. |
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3/6/2006
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By almost any measure, the cell phone industry is one of the real market-expansion success stories of the digital age. As of the end of 2004, there were 182 million wireless phones and related devices operating in the United States, up from 24 million in 1994. |
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1/29/2004
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With student and faculty complaints about the price of college textbooks on the rise, the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) and the OSPIRG Foundation conducted a survey of the most widely assigned textbooks in the fall of 2003 at 10 public colleges and universities in California and Oregon. |
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03/13/2008
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America’s automobile-centered transportation system was a key component of the nation’s economic prosperity during the 20th century. But our transportation system is increasingly out of step with the challenges of the 21st century. Rising fuel prices, growing traffic congestion, and the need to address critical challenges such as global warming and America’s addiction to imported oil all point toward the need for a new transportation future. |
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02/13/2008
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In Colorado, staff at all five national
retailers we surveyed provided inaccurate or
misleading information about the digital
transition.
94% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about converter boxes.
81% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about the coupon program.
19% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about the transition date.
1% of sales staff tried to up-sell us to more
expensive, unneeded products.
44% of the stores surveyed still had analog
TVs on their shelves.
86% of the stores with analog TVs had tags
that were mislabeled or hard to read. |
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