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Recent CommentaryFebruary 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... January 26, 2010 America's looming China challengeSource:ARTHUR HERMAN, NY POSTA dangerous storm is brewing over the Pacific, as America and the People's Republic of China enter what may be their tensest decade since President Richard Nixon's visit to Beijing in 1972. The latest flash is the running fight... January 26, 2010 Effecting Change Must Be Davos GoalSource:PATIENCE WHEATCROFT, Wall Street JournalThere is now such creativity of new and very sophisticated financial instruments...that we don't know fully where the risks are located. We are trying to understand what is going on, but it is a big, big challenge." January 26, 2010 Heavy-Handed Bank Regs To Hurt Middle ClassSource:Michael Pento,ForbesLike many other observers, I am disgusted with the obscene levels of debt financial institutions used going into the recent financial crisis. I am disgusted with the huge bonuses bankers are seeking at a time when the middle... January 25, 2010 A Weekend to Deal With Ifs, Ands and ButsSource:Floyd Norris, NY TimesPeople on Wall Street are in a state of shock today. It shows in the stock market, which is down 5 percent in three days. The last time the market went down that fast, it was hitting bottom in March. But this feels very different... January 25, 2010 Mr. Obama, Global Trade Needs You NowSource:Wall Street JournalAt September's G-20 Conference in Pittsburgh, presidents called on trade ministers to conclude the Doha round of global trade talks by December 2010. Soon, even more world leaders and ministers will meet in Davos, Switzerland, at... January 25, 2010 Resetting the Moral Compass
Source:Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
IT was great to see President Obama renew his focus on financial reform last week, even if it looked like an attempt to distract voters from his party’s stunning loss of the Senate election in Massachusetts. Even so, by promoting... January 25, 2010 Doing Good, but Not Always WellSource:Wall Street JournalInvesting in socially responsible funds has become increasingly popular, driven most recently by growing concern about climate change. But socially responsible investing goes back some time -- nearly 300 years if you consider... |
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