Catherine Dellin is president of the Camp 5 Museum Foundation in Laona, Wis. The foundation operates the Laona & Northern Railroad, the Lumberjack Steam Train, which runs to the Wisconsin Forestry Museum and attractions on the site of an old logging camp and lumber company farm.
Fisker bankruptcy bidding heats up quickly (Update) January 8, 2014. Hybrid Technology, led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has offered $55 million in an auction of Fisker Automotive's assets, just days after a bankruptcy judge in Delaware rejected Hybrid's plan to take over the failed ...
Since deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980, more than 100 once- thriving trucking companies have gone out of business. More than 150,000 workers at those companies lost their jobs. Since deregulation of the airlines in 1978, a dozen airline companies have merged or gone out of business.  More than 50,000 of their employees lost their jobs. Since deregulation of the savings and loan industry in 1982, about 650 S&Ls have folded, with at least 400 more in serious trouble. The bailout will leave taxpayers stuck with a half-trillion-dollar tab.