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Recent CommentaryFebruary 3, 2010 Rethinking business ethics
Source:MoneyWeb.com
DAVOS - Bright sunshine makes a ski resort like Davos come alive. People spend more time walking and appreciating the beauty of the surroundings between sessions which induces a different atmosphere and energy. You don't have the... February 3, 2010 How to Reform the Financial System: Our 10 Point ProposalSource:Tom Brown, Seeking AlphaAfter I described President Obama’s financial regulatory reform proposals as “asinine” here last week, readers squawked that I wasn’t being constructive. “So is your only mission raising counterpoints?” one wanted to know, “or do... February 3, 2010 Treasury Secretary Geithner Testimony before Senate Finance Committee on 2011 Budget
Source:US Treasury
The U.S. economy is still in the midst of one of the most challenging periods in our nation's history. We have pulled back from the brink of financial collapse and a historic recession. The overall economy grew at an annual rate...[more] February 2, 2010 The Renewed Focus On Compensation Committees: A Push For True IndependenceSource:Metropolitan Corporate CounselIn the wake of the recent market turmoil, there has been much finger pointing as politicians, the media, business leaders, and the general public have tried to determine a root cause for the greatest financial crisis in recent... February 2, 2010 What's The Rush With Financial Regulatory Reform?Source:John Tschohl, iStockanalyst.comAfter the Panic of 1907, it was six years and two administrations later when Congress created the Federal Reserve System. And whether one is of the view that the 63rd Congress left too much undone in creating the Fed, or that... February 2, 2010 Volcker Rule unabridged
Source:David Weidner, MarketWatch
Not since Lady Gaga was slated to appear at the Grammys has there been this much anticipation about a performance. With Paul Volcker expected to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Wall Street will get its first detailed glimpse into... February 2, 2010 Davos Is Done; Bankers Are Stung
Source:Forbes
Davos is done for another year. Last year, in the depths of the financial crisis, many bankers stayed away. This year they might have wished they'd never come back. Banker-bashing, and particular big-bank banker-bashing, was the... February 1, 2010 Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2009
Source:RepRisk
Companies on the list have been severely criticized by the world’s media, governmental organizations and NGOs for issues including human rights abuses, severe environmental violations, impacts on local communities, corruption and...[more] February 1, 2010 Food Sunday: Why We Poison Our FoodSource:Jill Richardson, The SeminalI just finished reading a book I highly recommend: The War on Bugs by Will Allen. Allen grew up on a farm, then studied war chemicals in the Marines, and was surprised when he returned to the farm to find out that farm chemicals... February 1, 2010 Debating SustainabilitySource:ALICE RAWSTHORN, NY TimesDAVOS, Switzerland — If you ask a designer to name the most important issues facing design today, one is bound to be sustainability, which is design-speak for helping the rest of us to live responsibly, ethically and... February 1, 2010 Volcker: How to Reform Our Financial SystemSource:NY Times - BlogPresident Obama 10 days ago set out one important element in the needed structural reform of the financial system. No one can reasonably contest the need for such reform, in the United States and in other countries as well. We... February 1, 2010 POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Court supports speech, money talksSource:State Press.comLawmakers and activists like to say, “I’m not selfish about my issues; I turn down millions of dollars because I care about regulating campaign finance.” So when the Supreme Court overruled precedent in Citizens United v. Federal... February 1, 2010 All Those Little Stuyvesant TownsSource:Gretchen Morgenson, NY TimesWHEN money grew on trees during the late great credit boom, private equity firms plunged headlong into New York City real estate. Not only did these companies snag dazzling Manhattan office towers, they also paid up for thousands... February 1, 2010 Climate Change and the S.E.C. - EditorialSource:New York TimesThere were predictable howls after the Securities and Exchange Commission told publicly held companies they should warn investors of any potential effects from climate change on their bottom lines. Representative Joe Barton,... January 30, 2010 Do Good Guys Always Come in Last? Socially Responsible ETFs
Source:NASDAQ
The financial crisis raises fresh questions about executive pay, corporate responsibility, capital stability and sustainability. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) focusing on these areas has attracted as much as $2 trillion... January 30, 2010 Believe It or Not, Existing-Home Sales Were Up in ’09Source:Floyd Norris, NY TimesWHEN prices fall far enough, buyers will appear. That seems to have been the story of the American housing market in 2009. The number of existing homes that changed hands in 2009 — 4.6 million — was up 5 percent from the previous... January 30, 2010 Who Is Blocking Health Care Reform Now?Source:Fox NewsCould President Obama be obstructing health care reform? Is it possible? I never imagined writing these words. Yet, after watching the president deliver his State of the Union address on Wednesday night, this question lingered in... January 29, 2010 Obama Short on Environmental IssuesSource:Cindy, Letchworth, Huffington PostI would like to write about what President Obama has done right for wildlife and the environment, but the good things are hard to find. This is not to say that Obama has not done some positive things. He has. For instance he has... January 29, 2010 Manpower Chief “Not Happy” About Banker PaySource:Wall Street JournalThe chief executive of temporary employment powerhouse Manpower Inc. is clear on his views of banker compensation. “I’m not happy about it,” said Jeffrey A. Joerres, chairman and CEO of Manpower, which in 2009 ranked 119 in the... January 29, 2010 Obama's banking proposals are a good first step
Source:Joseph E. Stiglitz, Los Angeles Times
In the last two weeks, President Obama finally proposed tough new restrictions on the big banks, and then he underlined them in his State of the Union speech. It's a start. The one thing economists agree on is that incentives... January 28, 2010 Corporate Governance: More Important than Ever with Supreme Court DecisionSource:James McRitchieAs the New York Times put it, “Sweeping aside a century-old understanding and overruling two important precedents, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by...[more] January 28, 2010 SEC: Companies Must Disclose Climate Risks - Fact SheetSource:CeresThe longstanding requirement that publicly traded corporations disclose material information to their shareholders is based on a simple proposition: only through the steady flow of timely, comprehensive, ...[more] January 28, 2010 What You Should Know About Program Trading
Source:Tim Quast, Managing Director, ModernNetworks IR LLC
A word on last week’s panels in KC (see Dick Johnson’s write-up at his superb blog linked below) and NYC about modern trading: Had a great time in KC and felt we effectively explained how different time horizons and purposes,...[more] January 27, 2010 Climate change: Lead, follow or get out of the way.Source:St. Louis Post DispatchThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. At the same time, Congress — a leading source of hot air — is debating a resolution that would... January 26, 2010 GM Returns to Its Roots: Lousy Corporate GovernanceSource:Blogging StocksThe New York Times reports that "General Motors ended its search for a chief executive on Monday by naming Edward E. Whitacre Jr., its chairman and interim chief, to the job permanently, a person with knowledge of the decision... |
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