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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured ArticlesJuly 4, 2009 VANGUARD SHAREHOLDERS VOTE ON GENOCIDE-FREE INVESTING PROPOSAL
Source:Investors Against Genocide
At today’s Vanguard shareholders meeting, results were announced on votes cast by millions of Vanguard customers on adopting a policy to prevent Vanguard from investing their savings in companies that substantially contribute to...[more] July 4, 2009 N.Y. Fed's Chief Backs Preemptive Crisis Moves
Source:Washington Post
The Federal Reserve should break with past policy and try to identify and deflate asset bubbles before they can damage the U.S. economy, New York Federal Reserve President William C. Dudley said. July 3, 2009 London oil market probes alleged rogue trader
Source:AFP
Oil market officials in London have launched a probe into an alleged rogue trader who helped push prices to eight-month peaks this week, costing his company nearly 10 million dollars (6.12 million pounds). July 2, 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility: Much More Talk Than Action
Source:Forbes
A new study shows that companies want to make a difference but aren't taking the necessary steps. July 2, 2009 SEC Proposes Measures to Improve Corporate Governance and Enhance Investor Confidence
Source:SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted on three measures that are intended to better inform and empower investors to improve corporate governance and help restore investor confidence. [more] July 2, 2009 Debate Rages Over Climate Bill as Obama Eyes Global Conference
Source:Fox News
House Democratic leaders said the bill helped accomplish one of Obama's campaign promises and would make the U.S. a leader in international efforts to address climate change when negotiations take place in Copenhagen. July 1, 2009 Tomorrow's Problems and Yesterday's Solutions
Source:Robert A. G. Monks
I do not know sometimes whether I am particularly paranoid or whether others are stupid or, perhaps a bit of both. Either choice is unpleasant. And yet, most of the suggestions by “corporate governance reformers” are either so...[more] July 1, 2009 Transformation of Panama
Source:Robert R. McMillan
Panama has a new democratically elected President. The May 3, 2009 Presidential election in Panama was another extremely important event. Would Panama continue to transform into a real democracy? With four democratically...[more] July 1, 2009 How to Tell a Madoff From a Buffett
Source:The Motley Fool
As we take in the 150-year prison sentence of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, many questions remain regarding the up-to-$65 billion Ponzi scheme he masterminded. For investors, however, the episode raises one question that... July 1, 2009 Treasury spells out details of consumer financial-protection plan
Source:Miami Herald
Congress will review President Barack Obama's plan to gather consumer protection powers now spread among many bank regulators and place them under a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. June 30, 2009 Obama's Regulatory Plan: Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right?
Source:Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
For President Barack Obama, the 2008 campaign was the easy part. Angered by a global financial crisis, voters demanded that the federal government do something to rein in Wall Street -- and he promised he would. The United... June 30, 2009 Justices Rule That States Can Press Bank Cases
Source:New York Times
The Supreme Court paved the way on Monday for states to enforce fair-lending laws and other consumer protection measures against the nation’s biggest banks, striking down a rule that limited such powers to federal banking... June 30, 2009 EPA names locations of hazardous coal-ash piles
Source:USA Today
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency disclosed the locations of 44 "high-hazard" coal-ash piles in 10 states on Monday, after previously saying they were keeping the locations secret to prevent them from becoming targets of... June 29, 2009 Obama Praises Energy Bill But Critical Of Tariff
Source:CBS News
President Obama will give discuss energy policy this afternoon, just days after the House of Representatives passed landmark climate change and energy legislation June 29, 2009 Bernard Madoff Gets 150 Years in Jail for Epic Fraud
Source:Bloomberg.com
Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history. June 29, 2009 US top court allows NY state's bank lending probe
Source:Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the New York attorney general's office can investigate whether national banks discriminated against minorities seeking mortgages. June 29, 2009 Funds take greater role as activists
Source:Steve Ladurantaye, Globe Investor
Mutual funds are becoming increasingly aggressive in voting against company management and using annual general meetings to push socially responsible agendas. June 26, 2009 Corporate Directors Should Prepare for Rise in Unsolicited Takeover Offers,
Source:The Conference Board
The Conference Board Governance Center has issued a report providing board members with a checklist of issues they should consider when facing unsolicited takeover offers. The report is the fifth in The Conference Board series on...[more] June 26, 2009 Bernanke Bites Back
Source:Reuters
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke faced down his inquisitors on Capitol Hill on Thursday, insisting the Fed acted in "the highest integrity" in counseling Bank of America on its tumultuous acquisition of Merrill Lynch, today's business... June 26, 2009 A plea to President Obama - end mountaintop coal mining
Source:James Hansen of Yale Environment 360, part of Guardian Environment Network
Tighter restrictions on mountaintop removal mining are simply not enough. Instead, the Obama administration must prohibit this destructive practice, which is devastating vast stretches of Appalachia. June 25, 2009 Global warming bill still contains some smoke and mirrors
Source:Todd Darling, LA Times
The European-style 'cap and trade' provisions on emissions will fuel only failure and should be replaced by a carbon tax. June 25, 2009 U.S. Banks Fight Obama’s Consumer Agency to Protect Their Fees
Source:Bloomberg.com
U.S. banks are fighting the Obama administration plan to create a consumer agency for financial services as they seek to protect fees, such as credit-card penalties that have almost doubled to $19 billion in five years. June 24, 2009 KROLL PREDICTS CORRUPTION COSTS COULD TOTAL $500 BILLION WORLDWIDE, AS FBI BRACES FOR NEXT WAVE OF FINANCIAL FRAUD TIED TO STIMULUS SPENDING
Source:Kroll
Government stimulus funding totaling $5 trillion has unintentionally introduced new opportunities for fraud and corruption worldwide, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Global Fraud Report. The report reinforces the...[more] June 24, 2009 Copenhagen 2009: Our last chance?
Source:Richard Barr
So, when is our next big “Yes We Can” party? It’s that time when we all get to be idealists for a few weeks as we ponder whether the world’s global powers will do what it takes to slow global warming -- or whether they will...[more] June 24, 2009 House Dems Agree on Global Warming
Source:Time
The headline would seem simply enough but it was harder than most people could have imagined reaching consensus amongst Dems in the House on a bill to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But, six weeks after House Energy &... |
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