Global Electronics Industry: Mid-Year Reflections

We just completed interviews with top executives of connector companies. The major topics were current connector price activity in the market place and the outlook for the second half of 2012. The consensus opinion is that connector prices are currently…

By: Ronald Bishop READ MORE

Jul 16 2012

Affordable Care Act upheld by the Supreme Court – What happens now?

On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rendered an unprecedented decision to uphold the Obama Administrations Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Not since FDR. and the New Deal have we seen such a major sociopolitical move for the United States. In the narrow 5-4 decision it was decided that the mandate for each citizen to have health insurance or pay a penalty was constitutional and within Congressional scope, if defined as a “tax.” Further it would become the responsibility of the Internal Revenue Service to collect such tax and penalty. In addition, the…