Commentary & Opinion

May 19, 2010 Clients Worried About Goldman’s Dueling Goals

Source:Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story - The New York Times

Clients Worried About Goldman’s Dueling Goals By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY Published: May 18, 2010 Sign in to Recommend Twitter comments Sign In to E-Mail Print Single Page Reprints ...

May 19, 2010 Economics and morality

Source:BusinessWorld

It has been opined that economics and morality are incompatible. Economists following the tradition of Adam Smith have held the position that "the market is incompatible with ethics because voluntary moral actions contradict...

May 19, 2010 Transparency’s New Advocate

Source:Floyd Norris - New York Times

Paul Kanjorski, the chairman of a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, is going to hold another hearing. This one, his office says, will be onthe state of accounting and auditing standards in order to ensure...

May 17, 2010 School cafeteria catching up to McDonalds in safety

Source:North Country Public Radio

It's really unbelievable that the hamburger you eat at most any fast food chain is safer than the burger a child eats in the school cafeteria. Especially when you consider that young children are especially vulnerable to the...

November 3, 2009 Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

Source:Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School

"Say on pay" legislation now under debate Washington D.C. can be a useful tool for shareholders to strengthen the link between CEO pay and performance when it comes to golden parachutes, says Harvard Business School professor...

November 2, 2009 Policy Makers Miss the Mark

Source:Seeking Alpha

It was nice to see FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair endorse the Financial Services Oversight Council (FSOC) as the systemic regulator and also endorse as its head an independent director with long-term appointment. Readers might want...

September 18, 2009 Profits with principles: being socially responsible can pay

Source:INSEAD

For the sake of the environment, you shouldn’t wash your jeans each time you wear them; you should wait until you’ve worn them two or three times. This somewhat unusual advice comes courtesy of John Anderson, President and CEO of...

September 18, 2009 Bove: Wells Fargo Sitting On A Volcano About To Explode (WFC)

Source:Business Insider

As we wrote earlier this week, outside experts hired by Wells Fargo to examine its books are reportedly shocked at the bank’s exposure to derivatives trades it took on when it acquired Wachovia, fearing these may trigger huge...

September 17, 2009 Protecting shareholders' rights a must to stabilise stock market

Source:The New Nation - Bangladesh

Protecting shareholders' rights by streamlining rules and regulations is seen as a prerequisite to ensure stability in stock market, particularly in a country like Bangladesh. Making this observation, the Corporate Governance...

September 16, 2009 Internet greatly expands government accountability

Source:Island Packet

One of government's greatest tools in offering openness and accountability to the people it serves is the Internet. Many have put this tool to very good use in recent years.

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