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Recent NewsMarch 8, 2010 Intel Honors 16 Companies with Preferred Quality Supplier AwardSource:TTKN.comIntel Corporation today bestowed 16 companies with its Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. In the past year, these companies demonstrated commitment to quality and exceeded high expectations and tough performance goals,... March 8, 2010 IMF working on $100bn ‘green fund’ – Strauss-KahnSource:Engineering news.co.za.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “working on the idea of a green fund” to raise $100-billion a year by 2020 to mitigate the impacts of climate change on developing economies, IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a... March 8, 2010 How agencies will shrink their carbon footprintsSource:Fedetral Times.comThe federal government's carbon footprint is big: 51.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. That's roughly twice the size of Walmart's carbon footprint and about one-ninth that of California. And with a new Obama... March 8, 2010 Businesses should explain lack of women on boards, says BrownSource:People Management - UKGordon Brown has called the lack of women in UK boardrooms “completely unacceptable” and called on business to explain its lack of progress on the issue. As equality campaigners mark International Women’s Day today (8 March), the... March 8, 2010 The fantasy of wind power for MarylandSource:Baltimore SunAn Abell Foundation report recently trumpeted the supposed "potential" of offshore wind to provide two-thirds of Maryland's electricity needs. Talk about hot air. With about 100,000 industrial wind turbines in operation around... March 8, 2010 After errors, global warming gets a cold shoulder
Source:Boston Globe
A series of highly publicized errors in a landmark report about manmade global warming - and lingering controversy over hacked e-mails between climate scientists - is eroding public confidence in the research and could further... March 8, 2010 KB Home backdating case has high stakes for prosecutorsSource:LA TimesTwo months after the federal government's criminal cases against Broadcom Corp.'s top executives collapsed, the U.S. attorney's office is taking aim at another stock-options backdating target: former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz. March 8, 2010 April Elections in Sudan: Democracy or Dictator's GrammySource:Salem-News.comSudan is expected to participate in the country’s first elections; some say the first in 24 years, many Sudanese declare the first EVER. To pronounce these elections free and fair is as far from humorous as it is from reality.... March 8, 2010 Scientists develop worldwide food alert systemSource:Flesh and Stone Health and Science NewsCountries producing food containing harmful bacteria and toxins could be named and shamed more quickly using a worldwide alert system devised by a team of scientists from London’s Kingston University. March 8, 2010 Climate change science: the evidence is clearSource:ABC - AUThis afternoon ABC Science broadcaster Robyn Williams delivered the 2010 Commonwealth Day address at a lunch organised by the Commonwealth Day Council of NSW at the NSW Parliament. The theme was Science, Technology and Society.... March 8, 2010 Is that SAFE for your Child?Source:Telegraph-Herald - IAWarning: Your children are at risk. Toys, clothing, furniture, so many of life's basics can hurt kids due to poor design or operator error. Emergency room doctors see everything from fingertip amputations to choking to lead... March 8, 2010 XBRL : a matching challenge towards simplificationSource:EurActiveToo few finance professionals have sufficient knowledge of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) – a tool designed for the digital communication and presentation of financial and business data – which is why FEE (The... March 8, 2010 Volcker Says Euro to Survive as Greek Budget Crisis ManageableSource:BusinessWeekFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said European officials are lucky that the euro region’s first major crisis was sparked by one of its smaller members and he’s confident the currency will survive March 8, 2010 Bloomberg Says a Soda Tax ‘Makes Sense’Source:NY TimesAs the battle over the state budget and the looming multibillion-dollar gap becomes more intense, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has stepped up his call for the Legislature to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on soda to stave off major... March 8, 2010 Senators wrestle with Fed bank oversight issues
Source:Reuters
The Federal Reserve could retain oversight of large bank holding companies under a scaled-back regulatory reform plan being considered by key senators, but important questions remained unanswered, lobbyists said on Sunday March 8, 2010 Healthcare overhaul comes down to Pelosi and Obama
Source:LA Times
The fate of healthcare legislation turns on the endgame skills of two Democrats who bring vastly different assets to the task: President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama's signature ability to inspire fellow Democrats... March 6, 2010 A Fresh Look at Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Source:US News and World Report
Most socially responsible mutual funds are born of a desire to help the environment, slow the spread of violence, or boycott certain practices. Parnassus Workplace (PARWX), on the other hand, sprang from between the covers of... March 6, 2010 Three States Sue EPA Over Global Warming Ruling
Source:Fox News
The bitterly contested fight in Washington over global warming and pollution is also taking hold at the state level. The Environmental Protection Agency, which is threatening to regulate carbon emissions if Congress won’t, is... March 6, 2010 General Electric's Immelt forgoes bonus againSource:MarketWatchGeneral Electric Co. Chairman Jeff Immelt has opted not to take an annual cash bonus in 2009 for the second straight year as he aimed to steer the industrial conglomerate out of a deep recession. March 6, 2010 Biggest swine flu regret for U.S.: vaccine chaosSource:ReutersFirst, people were clamoring for H1N1 vaccines, but there were not enough to go around. By the time vaccines were available in any quantity, most of the public had lost interest March 6, 2010 Obama Turns up the Heat for Health Care Overhaul
Source:ABC News
Facing a tough political environment, President Barack Obama on Saturday turned up the heat for the health care overhaul that has been his top priority for a year yet has not been passed by Congress March 5, 2010 EU To Propose Carbon TaxSource:Bernama.comBRUSSELS -- The European Commission said on Thursday it would soon present a legislative proposal to introduce a carbon tax across the European Union (EU), reports China's Xinhua news agency. March 5, 2010 Women still under-represented in the boardroom: Survey
Source:Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — A survey pointing to a dearth of female corporate directors suggests it's high time Canada's top companies opened their boardroom doors wider to women. As the 100th anniversary of the first International Women's Day is... March 5, 2010 $100 Million in Stimulus Funds for Green TechSource:NY Times - blogThe Department of Energy announced this week that $100 million in stimulus funds would be distributed to help accelerate innovation in green technology. March 5, 2010 A Game of Resisting the I.R.S.Source:Floyd Norris, NY TimesIf ever there was an area of taxation that needed simplification, it is the American corporate income tax. Companies end up filing tax returns containing thousands, or even tens of thousands, of pages. |
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