Daily column – 14th September 2021

Last week, President Biden’s vaccination demand for major employers dominated the news. However, another initiative that has gone largely unnoticed might be critical in slowing the spread of Covid-19: the rapid proliferation of inexpensive at-home testing. The Biden administration plans to spend over 2 billion US dollars on 280 million quick Covid tests, which will be distributed … Read more

Automobile sector looking at a rejig

The highways in the United States are going to get a lot quieter. President Biden issued a non-binding executive order Friday mandating that half of all new automobiles sold in the United States by 2030 be all-electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen-powered. Simultaneously, the Environmental Protection Agency recommended stricter fuel-efficiency rules for automobiles, reversing a Trump-era … Read more