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Commentary & OpinionNovember 4, 2008 Financial Leaders Go AWOL in the Meltdown: Ben W. Heineman JrSource: Bloomberg.com Government leaders around the globe have dominated the economic and business news as they struggle with the credit, solvency and housing crises. Where are the chief executive officers, top management and corporate directors of... November 1, 2008 Editorial - A Flawed Assessment of BPASource: New York Times After reports of a possible conflict of interest, we worried that a scientific advisory panel might pull its punches in evaluating the Food and Drug Administration’s judgments on the safety of bisphenol-A, known as BPA. It... October 30, 2008 It Pays to Go Green in a Down EconomySource: Bill Roth, Entrepreneur.com As I write this column the stock market has fallen more than 30 percent in a year, the Dow below 9,000 points for the first time since 2003 and in Times Square, a sign that clocks the U.S. national debt ran out of digits when it... October 28, 2008 Remember Who We Are  Source: Institute for America's Future We are the children and grandchildren of Americans who confronted the Great Depression, and beat it. We are the children and grandchildren of Americans who built a new democracy and a new prosperity from the ground up. October 28, 2008 Richard Grasso, Voice of Reason on Wall Street BonusesSource: Wall Street Journal Blogs Of all the Cassandras and soothsayers on the dangers of executive compensation, you might list Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, perhaps, or corporate gadfly Nell Minow. But former NYSE chief Richard Grasso? The man whose $187... October 27, 2008 Wall Street bailout: a win for Main Street?Source: The Christian Science Monitor Turmoil in the US stock market, born initially from the subprime mortgage lending crisis, has battered financial markets around the world, eroding investor confidence. Seeking to stabilize the situation, Congress approved a hefty... October 24, 2008 Does Increased Shareholder Participation Mean A Better Company?Source: Mondaq Corporate governance has been put under the spotlight globally with the spectacular failure of a number of well known listed companies including HIH Insurance Limited, Enron Inc. and WorldCom Inc. In Australia the importance of... October 24, 2008 Working Paper: Conversational Blindness—Answering the Wrong Question the Right WaySource: Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School Individuals frequently attempt to avoid questions they do not want to answer, from politicians dodging reporters' requests to clarify their position on when life begins, to employees sidestepping their bosses' questions as to why... October 23, 2008 Backdating and You: What You Need to Know If Your Company Comes Under ScrutinySource: Computerworld.com At last count, over 135 companies were being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission for backdating and other alleged manipulative practices in connection with stock option... October 22, 2008 We’ll Rescue You on Four ConditionsSource: NY TIMES - GRETCHEN MORGENSON YOU may have been wondering what it takes to get overpaid executives to rein in excessive compensation. Well, now you know. It takes a historic financial market conflagration and hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars in... [What would you find useful here?]
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