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Recent NewsMarch 3, 2010 FDA Survey Finds More Americans Read Information on Food LabelsSource:US FDAA majority of consumers read food labels and are increasingly aware of the link between good nutrition and reducing the risk of disease, according to the latest survey of dietary habits released today by the U.S. Food and Drug...[more] March 3, 2010 Colleges See Rise in H1N1 Swine FluSource:WebMDCollege campuses are seeing the first uptick in new H1N1 swine flu cases since November. New H1N1 swine flu cases are up 52% since last week -- to 4.1 cases per 10,000 students from 2.7 per 10,000 last week, the American College... March 3, 2010 Industry crackdown on salt could save U.S. billionsSource:ReutersWorking with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S.... March 3, 2010 Health Reform: Why Aren't We Talking About Prices?Source:US News and World ReportTo tame the out-of-control cost of American healthcare, we need to slash the inflated prices we pay March 3, 2010 Consumer Agency Compromise Fails to Win Backing From Lawmakers
Source:BusinessWeek
A U.S. Senate compromise to create a consumer protection unit in the Federal Reserve encountered a wall of resistance over the scope of the powers planned for the regulator March 3, 2010 EPA Chief to Testify on Hill as Dissent Over Carbon Rules GrowsSource:BusinessWeekPresident Barack Obama’s top environmental regulator will testify before Congress today amid growing opposition to her agency’s proposed limits on the pollution linked to climate change. March 3, 2010 Summers urges business to back financial reformSource:ReutersNEW YORK - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers on Tuesday urged businesses to embrace financial regulatory reform to prevent another severe economic crisis and ensure long-term health of their companies. March 3, 2010 Obama's new health care reform plan to include GOP ideas
Source:CNN
Washington (CNN) -- In a last-ditch attempt to craft a bipartisan health care reform bill, President Obama will release a new proposal Wednesday that will include Republican ideas on tort reform and health savings accounts,... March 2, 2010 Companies Exposed to Water Risks Are Providing Investors With Too Little Data
Source:Social Funds.com
Global water scarcity has become a material business risk about which investors need information, to the extent that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) included a reference to the issue in its recent interpretive... March 2, 2010 Safeway Becomes First Grocer to be Founding Member of The Sustainability ConsortiumSource:MarketWatchSafeway Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!swy/quotes/nls/swy (SWY 24.99, +0.07, +0.28%) has become the first U.S.-based retail grocery chain and manufacturer of private label merchandise to join The Sustainability Consortium in support... March 2, 2010 Feel-Good Investing With Real ReturnsSource:Minyanville.comBack in 1995, long before he was a successful mutual fund manager, Adam Strauss spent the spring and summer living out of his pickup truck in Yosemite, where he spent all his time doing what he loved: rock climbing. March 2, 2010 Ordinary stuff labeled scarySource:News Observer.comDETROIT -- At least once a day, I wonder whether the stuff in my house is killing my son. I tell myself I'm being unnecessarily anxious. (It wouldn't be the first time.) But the authors of a new book would say I'm not. March 2, 2010 Expert: Climate change effort will take centuriesSource:Las Vegas SunAdele Morris is a fellow and policy director at the Brookings Institution, which, in partnership with UNLV, runs the Brookings Mountain West think tank. March 2, 2010 Study Finds Consumers Want Their Food Labeled As Inspected For SafetySource:The Consumerist.comA Michigan State University study found the majority of consumers look for labels that signify products they're buying were inspected for safety, and that about a third are willing to pay more for such labeling. March 2, 2010 Goldman Sachs won't investigate executive paySource:APNEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Monday it has rejected demands by shareholders to investigate the Wall Street bank's compensation practices. Shareholder lawsuits filed recently in New York and Delaware charge that... March 2, 2010 An uneasy peace in a forgotten warSource:The Star.comOnce a cause célèbre, Darfur is yesterday's genocide. Overshadowed by misery in Haiti and strife in Afghanistan, Sudan can't compete in a world wearied by disaster fatigue March 2, 2010 Obama to Promote Home Energy Efficiency as Path to Job GrowthSource:BusinessWeekPresident Barack Obama plans to highlight today how making U.S. homes more energy efficient can create jobs as he presses Congress to enact a program to provide incentives for weatherization. March 2, 2010 Survey Finds Leading North American Organizations are Committed to Reporting and Reducing Their Carbon Emissions with or without Government RegulationSource:MarketWatchLOS ANGELES -- Over three quarters of the organizations surveyed by The Climate Registry said their future carbon management and reduction plans are not contingent on mandatory regulation. Instead, over 80 percent of the... March 2, 2010 Senate Climate Talks Intensify With New Carbon Pricing Draft Expected This WeekSource:NY TimesThe Senate trio at the center of talks on a comprehensive climate and energy bill will present a draft proposal this week to their fence-sitting colleagues and high-profile interest groups amid warnings from Democratic leadership... March 2, 2010 Business Ethics in China: What Would Chairman Mao Think?Source:Business EthicsOnce upon a time, China’s Chairman Mao – whose guidance often took the form of widely circulated quotations – could simply declare: “Our duty is to hold ourselves responsible to the people. Every word, every act and every policy... March 2, 2010 Human rights advocates continue struggle for corporate accountability
Source:The Harvard Law Record
As globalization has transformed the way (and where, and with whom) we do business, major steps have been taken to ensure that corporations find it more difficult to exploit international tax loopholes. But loopholes that allow... March 2, 2010 Senate talks close in on deal for Wall Street regs
Source:AP
WASHINGTON — More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for Wall Street. At... March 2, 2010 Democrats face health care hurdles amid talk of reconciliation - videoSource:CNNWashington (CNN) -- While Democrats have recently threatened to use a parliamentary procedure to pass the health care reform bill, it is unclear whether their caucus will even have enough votes to take the first step. March 1, 2010 Norway legislates against EU carbon credits fraudSource:Responsible InvestorThe Norwegian Ministry of Finance has become the latest European country to try to counter VAT fraud in connection with the trading of carbon emissions allowances (carbon credits). The news follows a series of arrests in... March 1, 2010 Report: Key senators would nix 'cap and trade'Source:Charleston Daily MailWASHINGTON - Three key senators are writing a new climate bill without a broad "cap-and-trade" approach to reducing carbon pollution, leaving behind what has been the central feature in the debate over climate legislation for... |
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