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...John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said he planned to introduce legislation within the next week that would provide more authority to the FDA. It would likely include a user-fee similar to the one Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois-who has long lobbied for food safety reform-introduced in a bill last week. In that legislation, companies wanting to import food into the United States would have to pay a fee, the revenue of which would pay for greater inspection capabilities and research into food safety technology. If passed, it would increase the number of food shipments inspected from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filling Holes in the Food Supply | 7/18/2007 | See Source »

...reason for this disparity is that only 4% of merchants in China even accept credit, concerned that handling fees will eat into already tiny margins. Nowhere is that more clear than Luohu Commercial City. By its very nature, such a robust trade in fake products couldn't survive without cash. Shopkeepers make change from wads of renminbi stuffed in suitcases or pockets. At the few stalls that do accept plastic, it's not without an extra fee that can range anywhere from five to 20%. When, after six hours of shopping and short on funds, I couldn't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China, There's Priceless, and for Everything Else, There's Cash | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...matched reality, a shortfall that Verizon Wireless (Can you hear me now?) cleverly turned into marketing campaign. And let's not forget that there were no options if you were unhappy because you were padlocked into a two-year contract. The good news for Sprint's castoffs - no termination fee. Oh, thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Can You Hear Me Now, Sprint?" | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

Under the former "pay per use" method, academic institutions were required to request rights for each use of copyrighted material. If one annual fee covers many of those sources at once, the increased efficiency could be reflected by substantially lower prices...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colleges to Get Consolidated Copyright Fee | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

Although it's not clear whether the annual fee will decrease the price an institution pays for the participating copyright licenses themselves, it may cut the administrative costs involved in obtaining them...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colleges to Get Consolidated Copyright Fee | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

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