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Recent CommentaryJanuary 19, 2010 Restoring Faith in Financial MarketsSource:Wall Street Journal'Investing is an act of faith." So I wrote in 1999, the very first sentence of my book, "Common Sense on Mutual Funds." But as 2009 ended, writing in the updated 10th anniversary edition after the passage of this turbulent... January 19, 2010 How Europe is Killing SwitzerlandSource:NewsWeek BlogFor the evangelists of globalization, Switzerland has long been the model country. Its -image as a diverse, harmonious nation with light regulations and political neutrality is a main reason the World Economic Forum holds its big... January 19, 2010 IF We had an Undersecretary of Food Safety...Source:Food Safety NewsIF there was an undersecretary for food safety this is what they should be doing... January 19, 2010 And your definition of board diversity is…
Source:Board Member.com
One of the areas of focus that was part of the SEC’s recently expanded Governance and Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules that go into effect on February 28, 2010 was the requirement for companies to disclose whether, and... January 19, 2010 Let Wall Street run wild, without my money
Source:Allan Sloan, Washington Post
It's bonus time, Wall Street's days of wine and roses, when employees find out how rich they're going to be. But this year's bonus season has morphed into days of whines and poses. January 18, 2010 Should Google, Microsoft or anyone else divest & disengage from China?
Source:James Farrar, ZDNet
It’s beginning to become clear that Google’s push back on China has become a watershed moment in the history of industrial globalization and everyone is struggling for context. It’s important to consider the increasing anxiety... January 18, 2010 Steep Job Losses Offer Hope for Fast ReboundSource:Floyd Norris, NY TimesWILL labor markets in the United States remain weak for an extended period? For many economists, the answer is yes. They point to the “jobless recoveries” that followed the two previous recessions, in 1990-91 and 2001, and see no... January 18, 2010 Europe's Post-Copenhagen View of ObamaSource:Steve Hill, The Huffington PostThe Copenhagen summit on climate change taught Europe a hard lesson about its trans-Atlantic partner. Great hope had greeted President Obama when he replaced George W. Bush at the American helm, but a year later Europeans are... January 18, 2010 For Many Start-Ups, a Spot on the Nasdaq Is No Longer the GoalSource:New York TimesSEATTLE — Investors in technology start-ups have been trying to end the drought in initial public offerings of tech companies. But for entrepreneurs, has taking a company public lost its allure? January 18, 2010 Credit Cards and Reluctant RegulatorsSource:Gretchen Morgenson, NY TimesANYONE wondering how consumer rights might be faring in the Washington debate over financial regulatory reform has a lot to consider theses days. For example, the Federal Reserve Board published its final rules on credit card... January 16, 2010 A story for the Financial Crisis Inquiry CommissionSource:On Money, Gail Marksjarvis -Chicago TribuneI guess the hearing going on before the U.S. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is supposed to be providing some kind of catharsis for the American people, or a sense that the crisis is being dissected so it won't be allowed to... January 15, 2010 “DOOMSDAY CLOCK” MOVES ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM MIDNIGHT
Source:Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS)
Citing a more “hopeful state of world affairs” in relation to the twin threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) is moving the minute hand of its famous Doomsday Clock one...[more] January 15, 2010 CSR: Is it time to change the ownership of our best companies?Source:Ethical CorporationIt is completely impossible to prove that a commitment to corporate social responsibility has any effect whatsoever to a company's share price. I wish we would agree that, and move on to more interesting territory, argues Mallen... January 14, 2010 Ring in Year With Good Business Ethics -- The Innovators
Source:The Street.com
The new year presents a fresh opportunity for companies to make a clean start when it comes to business ethics. According to a recent survey from the Ethics Resource Center, now is a great time to do it. January 14, 2010 Will China rule the world?Source:BusinessWorldThirty years ago, China had a tiny footprint on the global economy and little influence outside its borders, save for a few countries with which it had close political and military relationships. January 14, 2010 Opinion: Despite Copenhagen, there's real progress on climate changeSource:Mercury NewsWhile the arguments that doomed the global climate summit are fated to continue, businesses and policy makers need to get over Copenhagen and get on with the business of reducing CO2 emissions. Progress is evident, including in... January 14, 2010 Economists: Interest Rates Fueled BoomSource:CBS NewsOf all the economic factors that possibly fueled the inflation of the housing bubble last decade, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said low interest rates weren't one of them. The Wall Street Journal Wednesday published... January 13, 2010 Trading 101
Source:Tim Quast, Managing Director, ModernNetworks IR LLC
Thought for the day: “Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.” – Will Rogers Speaking of chaotic action, let’s review trading basics. We tend to think trading is buying and selling stock. To quote John Kerry, would...[more] January 13, 2010 The changing face of CSRSource:Jakarta Post - IndonesiaNever mind the global crisis: In the increasingly conscientious market places of the 21st century, efforts in adopting a more “ethical” business approach continue to grow as climate change and community development issues become... January 13, 2010 Editorial: Don't stifle global warming debateSource:The Detroit NewsIf anything was settled by Tuesday's Detroit News-WJR panel on climate change and fuel economy standards, it was that the opinions on global warming aren't settled. Some smart people on both sides of the issue exchanged opinions... January 13, 2010 Beware Of The ObamaCare RevolutionSource:Forbes.com"I am not the first president to take up this cause [of health care reform], but I am determined to be the last one," President Barack Obama declared in September. But history will force the president to eat his smooth bravado if... January 13, 2010 More Questions for the Finance ChiefsSource:New York TimesToday, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which Congress established last year to investigate the causes of the financial crisis, is scheduled to question the heads of four big banks — Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs,... January 12, 2010 Recession over? Not unless we make a major shift.Source:Steven Pearlstein, Washington PostFirst column. New year. Time to take stock of where we are economically and where we're headed. At the moment, it looks to many like the recession is over. Most of the job cutting has been completed, businesses are profitable... January 12, 2010 Carbon trading faces a make-or-break yearSource:Canada.comInvestment banks had high hopes for carbon trading. Point Carbon, an energy consultancy, predicted in 2008 that the market for trading carbon emissions permits would reach 2 trillion euros by 2020. However, the failure of the... January 12, 2010 The New Rules: Globalization's Next Wave of IntegrationSource:World Politics ReviewThanks to the recent global financial crisis, we've heard much talk about the coming "de-globalization," defined by some as the reversal of the now decades-long push to further integrate trade among national economies by... |
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