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Recent CommentaryDecember 23, 2008 Sarbanes-Oxley RevisitedSource: Brian Doherty, Reason On Line - CA In January 2006, reason interviewed four businesspeople and financial professionals to assess the costs and benefits of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act—the last big federal response to fears of chaos, greed, and fraud in financial... December 22, 2008 The Anti-GreenspanSource: Michael Hirsh, Newsweek He's probably the least-noted member of Barack Obama's new financial regulatory police, but Dan Tarullo may end up having the most impact. Think of Tarullo as the anti-Greenspan, or perhaps as a pro-regulation virus planted in... December 22, 2008 XBRL Victory! SEC Mandate Of XBRL Extends Benefits Of Financial StandardsSource: Diane Mueller, Just Systems The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission mandate of XBRL is great news! It's a triumph for SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, who played a pivotal role in ensuring the modernization of IT infrastructure of the EDGAR filing system... December 22, 2008 Just Call This Deal Hoosier BaroqueSource: Gretchen Morganson, New York Times COLLATERAL damage from the credit crisis continues to crop up in the most unlikely places. Consider southern Indiana, where the Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, serving 800,000 farm, small-business and residential... December 22, 2008 Foreign Investors Trade Safe for SafestSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times AS foreign investors pour cash into United States securities, particularly short-term Treasury bills, they are pulling it out of the higher-yielding bonds issued by the government supported-entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. December 19, 2008 Ethics @ Work: Madoff's 'perfect storm' of misconductSource: Asher Meir, The Jerusalem Post The revelation that for years New York financier Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme, which is shaping up to be the biggest swindle in world history, displays a frightening array of ethical failures - a veritable... December 18, 2008 ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPENSATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT  Source: Eleanor Bloxham Besides the standard reasons, i.e. unfairness and misalignment, for conflagrations over executive compensation payments and perks, if we dig deeper, compensation is a torch point because at its core, compensation is a public... December 18, 2008 Opinion: We need to prepare for climate change that's inevitableSource: Mercury News The state has taken historic steps to combat global warming. But even if our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are successful, there is growing scientific evidence that some climate change will nevertheless take place.... December 18, 2008 How and When Will Obama Approach NAFTA?Source: ThomasNet- Industrial Newsroom Trade and globalization policies played an enormous role in the latest presidential election. Now that Barack Obama has been elected the next president of the U.S, how and when will the president-elect address trade -... December 18, 2008 Commentary: Where was the SEC?Source: CNN Politics Seventy years ago in 1938, Richard Whitney, the chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), was sentenced to 40 months in Sing Sing for embezzling funds from clients, including the widows and orphans benefit fund of... December 18, 2008 Ben Bernanke's Failure To CommunicateSource: Forbes The Fed has no road map for talking about its foray into unconventional policy measures. It needs to find one, fast. December 17, 2008 News Corp.’s Stock Listing Shifts to a Higher BidderSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times The Wall Street listing war appears to have opened a new source of revenue for media companies: list with the stock exchange that will pay the most. December 17, 2008 The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Community Investing Withstands Attack, Honors Exemplary PractitionersSource: Bill Baue, CSR Wire The race to blame the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for the subprime meltdown marched on last week with a New York Times op-ed by Howard Husock of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative, market-oriented think tank. Defenders... December 17, 2008 Risk Management Watch: Firms Realize Strategic Importance of Risk ManagementSource: AE Feldman The outlook for mighty investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley is growing bleak. Money.com reports that industry analysts have slashed their fourth-quarter expectations for the two Wall Street firms in recent weeks as... December 16, 2008 Domini Honors the Life and Work of Joan BavariaSource: Domni The untimely death of Joan Bavaria, Founder and CEO of Trillium Asset Management, has greatly saddened all of us at Domini Social Investments. Among those privileged to work with Joan at Franklin Research & Development Co.... December 15, 2008 Commercial Real Estate...the next bust?Source: Examiner.com NY In the last year we have bore witness to economic corrections resulting in the folding of a housing market, a credit lockup, a failing financial sector, a recent oil pop, insurance and rating agency scandals, forced redemptions,... December 15, 2008 Free Trade Agreements = Evaporated Jobs WorldwideSource: Seeking Alpha Free trade agreements allow consumers access to the cheapest goods whether made in the USA or overseas. It allows products which America produces best to permeate distant shores, and displace local products of less value.
December 15, 2008 Down to the 'needy greedy'Source: Morman Times Capitol Hill's most recent grilling of auto company executives has just multiplied questions about how those who earn multimillion salaries and bonuses can so quickly find themselves stacked up, hat-in-hand, at Washington's... December 15, 2008 TIAA-CREF Continues Action on Socially Responsible Investing and Corporate GovernanceSource: TIAA-CREFF Since the Annual Meeting of participants in the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) last July, TIAA-CREF has continued to promote social responsibility and sound governing practices at companies in which it invests. December 15, 2008 MORE THAN 60 INVESTORS, GROUPS URGE OBAMA TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURE BY U.S. CORPORATIONSSource: President-elect Barack Obama President-Elect Encouraged to Work in First 100 Days to Reverse Recent SEC Roadblocks to Shareholder Proxy Resolutions Inquiring About Risks. President-Elect Encouraged to Work in First 100 Days to Reverse Recent SEC Roadblocks... December 14, 2008 Younger Job-Seekers Have It WorseSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times IN the first year of the rBut younger ones lost them.
ecession, older Americans gained jobs at an impressive rate. December 14, 2008 Blank Check for Banks, Pink Slips for DetroitSource: Gretchen Morganson, New York Times HERE in Bailout Nation, you’ll be surprised to learn, some of us are more equal than others. December 13, 2008 Safety of food supply deserves higher prioritySource: Tennessean.com As the year of the worst U.S. food emergencies in recent memory nears an end, Americans are still far from assured that their food supply is safe December 12, 2008 Why 2 of the "Big Three" CEOs Should GoSource: The Motley Fool On Tuesday, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca issued a statement that the sitting auto CEOs "are the only ones with the experience and the in-depth knowledge and understanding of how the car business really works. They're by far... December 12, 2008 Will bankers be prosecuted?Source: The International Herald Tribunre - Paris The Wall Street backlash is under way. If it grows strong enough, it could end with some bankers facing criminal trials.
As with most searches for scapegoats, the process will not be entirely fair. But efforts by the big banks... |
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