The European Union is planning to tax all airlines that travel to and from the 27 EU nations based on the amount of carbon emissions they produce.  The tax, to be collected beginning in 2013 for prior year emissions, will be calculated based on the length of each flight. The farther the airlines travel, the heftier the tax.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

In his new book, “Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines,” Roger Bate explores the underground trade in illegal medicines that kills over 100,000 people per year and supplants billions of dollars of real products.

How much does early childhood education really cost?

Competition can help get technology--and other needed resources--into the hands of the world"s poorest children.

From the perspective of the corporate profit and loss statement, a trading loss is one expense item in the context of all revenues and expenses. So $2 billion should be compared to the bank's $26.7 billion in pretax profits for 2011, suggesting a reduction of something less than 10 percent in annual profit.

By year's end we hope to see a historical enlargement of the European Union and of NATO--bolstered by a strong partnership across the Atlantic, united by common values and beliefs.

If the nation truly wants to address the wild roller coaster of price swings, it's important to understand the factors that affect prices.