Solar sector set to shine through credit crunch

Solar power will be a bright investment prospect as the appetite for green energy grows, even though the global credit crisis is making banks more wary of providing financing.
In the short term, the sector will also have to contend with a shortage of silicon, a key ingredient for solar cells that turn sunlight into […]

Blowing the whistle on Merck

A sales manager who "just couldn’t abide" by the way Merck wanted him to market the drugs Vioxx and Zocor to doctors took the lonely step of filing a whistleblower suit against his employer.
Seven years later, Merck will pay $671 million to settle complaints it overcharged government health programs and gave doctors improper inducements […]