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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured ArticlesOctober 22, 2008 Federal Reserve announces the creation of the Money Market Investor Funding Facility (MMIFF)  By: Federal Reserve Board The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the creation of the Money Market Investor Funding Facility (MMIFF), which will support a private-sector initiative designed to provide liquidity to U.S. money market investors. Under... October 21, 2008 Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Aid Money Funds By: Bloomberg The Federal Reserve will provide up to $540 billion in loans to help relieve pressure on money- market mutual funds beset by redemptions. ``Short-term debt markets have been under considerable strain in recent weeks'' as it got... October 21, 2008 Paulson Outlines Capital Purchase Program - Sale of preferred Stock to Government – Restrictions on Executive Compensation By: Statement by U S Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Washington, DC -- Good morning. As you know, over the last few weeks we have worked aggressively to implement the authorities provided by Congress in the financial rescue package enacted earlier this month. This morning, I will... October 21, 2008 Executive Pay Curbs Go Global By: The Wall Street Journal The movement to curb executive pay in the wake of the financial crisis continued to gain momentum Monday, as Germany and Sweden joined the list of nations putting limits on financiers' compensation as part of efforts to rescue... October 21, 2008 CEO Pay Increases at Large and Midcap Firms Greatly Outpace Those at Small Companies By: The Corporate Library The rates of increase in CEO pay at the largest S&P index firms were three to four times higher than at the smallest S&P index companies. This is according to the latest CEO pay survey from The Corporate Library, the leading... October 21, 2008 U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift (Update1) By: Bloomberg Lawmakers and officials moved toward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush administration dropped its opposition. Bernanke warned legislators yesterday... October 20, 2008 CSR in a recession, what may be in, what may be out By: Ethical Corporation Conversations with managers at a series of events over the last couple of months reveal some possible trends for next year themselves, maybe. I say maybe because a conversation over coffee, dinner or a few drinks is not exactly... October 20, 2008 Finding new ways of deterring reckless execs By: Financial Times Another day, another business confesses that it has had a bad night at the casino. This time, it is Hong Kong’s Citic Pacific, which may lose up to $2bn from leveraged foreign exchange contracts. How can corporate boards prevent... October 20, 2008 Prosecutors eyeing Wall Street mess look for lies By: International Herald Tribune NEW YORK: Investigators are hunting through the remains of the stock market collapse and housing bust of 2008 for fresh signs of white-collar crime, targeting many of the same types of misdeeds that precipitated past market... October 19, 2008 Corporate directors seeing more protest votes By: Pittsburgh Post Gazette Campaigns for corporate directorships traditionally have been dull, routine affairs. Not only do the candidates refrain from the mudslinging and distortions real politicians are capable of, but the outcomes of board elections... October 19, 2008 Big storm headed for Detroit 3 By: Detroit Free Press.com Unthinkability is upon us. Or is it unthinkableness? No matter, as "W" might say, it's reallymarkable, the stuff that's goin' on today, especially in Detroit. And hold onto your helmets, dear readers, stranger days are coming.... October 19, 2008 Bush, European leaders propose summits By: MarketWatch President Bush announced on Saturday a plan for world leaders to meet to discuss the global economic crisis. In a statement after Bush met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel... October 18, 2008 Corporate governance takes back seat in bailouts By: MarketWatch The U.S. Treasury's plan to invest $125 billion in nine of the country's largest banks will do little to advance the corporate governance movement, experts said on Friday. Some of the corporate governance and executive... October 18, 2008 Time for banks to take a deep breath, start lending again By: L A Times - Tom Petruno There are signs that the global panic has eased. Now it's time for the world's bankers to get credit flowing freely again. It only took trillions of dollars of government cash and guarantees, but the fear gripping global markets... October 18, 2008 Probe of Lehman collapse escalated: NYT By: Reuters Prosecutors have stepped up the investigation into the collapse of Lehman Brothers, with at least a dozen subpoenas being issued including one to the investment bank's chief executive, Richard Fuld, The New York Times reported on... October 17, 2008 In Their Own Words: CEOs On CSR By: Forbes.com Can public companies solve the world's problems? Do they have an obligation to try? The idea that corporations can--and should--work toward solving some of the world's most challenging problems like climate change, poverty and... October 17, 2008 FDA will open inspection office in China this year By: Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration will establish its first office in China before the end of the year as part of a broader plan to assure the safety of imports from the developing world. FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach on... October 17, 2008 Slowing Inflation Opens the Door For Fed to Cut Interest Rates Further By: Wall Street Journal With U.S. consumer price inflation receding, the Federal Reserve has additional leeway to reduce interest rates further in the weeks ahead, though Fed officials currently don't see more rate cuts as a clear choice. The U.S.... October 16, 2008 Paulson Says Stock-Buying Aimed at `Regulated' Firms By: Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said his plan to inject capital into financial companies is focused on banks and thrifts, indicating unregulated firms such as hedge funds won't initially get government aid. ``We're focused... October 16, 2008 Directors Increasingly Focused On Enterprise Risk Management, According to PricewaterhouseCoopers/Corporate Board Member 2008 Survey By: InsuranceNewsnetwork,com NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the 7th Annual "What Directors Think" survey released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Corporate Board Member magazine, enterprise risk management is increasingly becoming a... October 16, 2008 California issues plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions By: LA Times Over the next 12 years, new regulations would seek to turn the climate change clock back to 1990 levels. More efficient electricity use, less traffic and cleaner cars are goals.
October 15, 2008 Bernanke Says U.S. Economy Won't Rebound `Right Away' By: Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said government efforts to calm financial markets and stem the credit crisis probably won't result in an immediate economic rebound. "Stabilization of the financial markets is a critical... October 15, 2008 Actions to Protect the U.S. Economy Statement by US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr By: U.S, Treasury Washington, DC-- America is a strong nation. We are a confident and optimistic people. Our confidence is born out of our long history of meeting every challenge we face. Time and time again our nation has faced adversity and time...
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