July 23, 2008

Company that Managed Cosco Busan Indicted on New Charges

By: Department of Justice

Fleet Management Ltd. Charged with Pollution and Cover-up in San Francisco Bay Oil Discharge Case

July 23, 2008

Commission Posts Agenda for Roundtable on 'FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century'

By: Federal Trade Commission

First Public Meeting Scheduled for July 29-30, 2008, in Washington, DC

July 23, 2008

Missouri Health Care System to Pay U.S. $60 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

By: Department of Justice

WASHINGTON – Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, a health care system headquartered in Springfield, Mo., has agreed to pay the United States to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the...

July 21, 2008

Working paper: A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's "How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?"

By: Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School

The movement of business activity from developed economies to developing economies—commonly called offshoring—has become the focus of heated debates. Behind these debates lies a pivotal question of scale: How much business...

July 19, 2008

'The Oxford Handbook Of Corporate Social Responsibility' Provides Clear Thinking And New Perspectives On CSR And The Debates Around It

By: Business Wire

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fd4075/the_oxford_handboo) has announced the addition of the "The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility" report to their offering.

CSR encompasses...

July 19, 2008

States' Hottest Laws Take On New Threats; The Mosaic Of Laws Passed By State Legislatures This Year Reveals A Country Grappling With Threats, From A Faltering Economy And Record-high Gasoline Prices To Global Warming And Lead-tainted Toys From China. For F

By: Stateline.org
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The mosaic of laws passed by state legislatures this year reveals a country grappling with threats, from a faltering economy and record-high gasoline prices to global warming and lead-tainted toys from China.

In a year of...

July 23, 2008

Is 'black Hole' Really A Racist Term?

By: Christian Science Monitor
Julia Gorin

Did you know "black hole" is now a racist term?

I didn't and neither, apparently, did Dallas County Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield. He told colleagues this month that the traffic ticket collection office had become a black hole,...

July 22, 2008

Supporting Minority National Banks - Remarks by John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, Before the Interagency Minority Depository Institutions National Conference, Chicago

By: Office of Comptroller of the Currency

I’m delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you today about the challenges and opportunities facing minority-owned banks in the United States.

July 22, 2008

A Housing Rescue Nears - But For Whom?

By: Christian Science Monitor
Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

- As Congress heads into a critical week of votes on how to relieve America's home-foreclosure crisis, one of the toughest issues will be how to deal with the racial and ethnic dimensions of the problem. Minorities will be...