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...much of the Internet would you like to purchase? This question speaks to a bleak alternate reality in which you, as a user of the Internet, are expected to pay your service provider a premium for access to different types of websites. While a basic package might include Wikipedia, The New York Times, and Ebay, a provider might charge extra for visits to CNN or Hulu, for instance. Without net neutrality—the principle that Internet providers should treat all forms of Web traffic equally—such an example could easily become reality. Recently, in a case regarding...
...playing at Broadhurst Theaters, which has room for an audience of 1,186. Of those seats, 733 are on the theater's main floor. Tickets for most of those seats will cost $121.50, but the producers hope to sell a yet-to-be-determined number of so-called premium seats for as much as $251.50 on Friday and Saturday nights. In the theater's balcony, tickets will range from $121.50 for the best views to $66.50 for the back rows. (See pictures of expensive things that money...
...market forces allow prices to fluctuate. The value of anything is subject to market forces, even a college education. In some countries’ economies, going to college is actually a disadvantageous thing to do. But because we value a university education so much in America, it is a premium. The more prestigious the school and the more degrees one racks up, the higher the probability that they are going to land that cushion job that they worked so hard...
...health-care reform. Ministers are divided over how to reform Germany's complex health system and rein in spiraling medical costs. The upstart 36-year-old Health Minister Philipp Rösler (FDP) thinks he's come up with a solution to crack the problem: a flat-rate premium for health-care contributions so all Germans pay the same, regardless of income. But colleagues from the Christian Social Union (CSU), the CDU's sister party and the third partner in the coalition, have slammed the plan, saying it is not "socially fair and not financeable...
...Edwards case crystallizes the harsh dilemma facing NASCAR. After the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. during the 2001 Daytona 500, NASCAR officials put a premium on safety. Energy-absorbing walls were installed on the tracks, and new head-and-neck restraints were introduced for the drivers. A new car design, the so-called Car of Tomorrow, offered more protection. Some of the longer tracks mandated the use of restrictor plates, which place speed limits on cars...