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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured Articles February 17, 2010 The Future For Healthcare Reform
Source:Robert R. McMillan
For over one year, the President, his staff, and the Congress have had a focus on healthcare and the uninsured – not the escalating unemployment statistics. Why? I have not been able to understand the President’s priorities. ...[more] February 16, 2010 Bans sought for chemical BPA in baby, toddler products
Source:USA Today
States are moving to ban the chemical BPA from food and drink containers, primarily those meant for infants and toddlers, because of health concerns February 16, 2010 Shell freezes pay of top executives after shareholder revolt
Source:Guardian.co.uk
Royal Dutch Shell has today bowed to pressure from major investors by announcing a major overhaul of its executive pay that will see the salaries of top directors frozen and new limits set on bonuses. The oil giant has been... February 16, 2010 EU States Cool to Obama Bank Trading Plan
Source:ABC News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - If President Barack Obama's plan to ban proprietary trading at some banks was applied in the European Union, it could be problematic for the bloc's universal banks, an EU document obtained by Reuters said. EU... February 15, 2010 SEC risk disclosure requirement looms
Source:BusinessInsurance.com
WASHINGTON—Most public companies must comply with federal risk management disclosure rules that go into effect in about two weeks. The risk management disclosure requirements are part of a broader corporate governance document... February 15, 2010 Series of missteps by climate scientists threatens climate-change agenda
Source:Global Warming
With its 2007 report declaring that the "warming of the climate system is unequivocal," the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won a Nobel Prize -- and a new degree of public trust in the controversial science of... February 15, 2010 Future Bailouts of America
Source:Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
AS Washington spins its wheels on financial reform, it’s becoming painfully clear that the problem of entities that are too interconnected or “too politically powerful to fail” is also too hard for our policy makers to tackle. February 15, 2010 Trial lawyers to Obama: Don’t deal on tort reform in health talks
Source:The Hill
President Barack Obama wants a bipartisan deal on health reform, but trial lawyers don’t want him to deal on a top Republican priority: tort reform. Trial lawyers defeated President George W. Bush’s push for medical liability... February 13, 2010 Number of swine flu cases in the U.S. reaches 57 million
Source:Los Angeles Times
An estimated 57 million Americans have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began last April, about 257,000 have been hospitalized with complications from it, and nearly 12,000 have died, according to estimates... February 13, 2010 U.S. to Back Loans for Reactors
Source:New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama is to announce on Tuesday a loan guarantee to allow construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia, according to administration officials. February 12, 2010 Climate's snow job
Source:Thomas Kostigen, MarketWatch
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Both global warming skeptics and climate change believers are using the snowstorms pounding the East Coast of the United States as fodder to further their debate. February 12, 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Update -SEC DECISION RAISES THE BAR FOR CORPORATE (ISSUER) DISCLOSURE ON SUSTAINABILITY RISKS
Source:Hank Boerner, Chairman Governance & Accountability Institute, BusinessWired
One more shoe drops – this one a size 15 or more – in the rising and accelerating importance of ESG & Sustainability corporate key performance indicators and ESG-related factors for investment management and financial analysis,... February 12, 2010 Poll finds most Americans are unhappy with government
Source:Washington Post
Two-thirds of Americans are "dissatisfied" or downright "angry" about the way the federal government is working, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. On average, the public estimates that 53 cents of every tax dollar... February 12, 2010 Rebate Program Gives Up to $250 for Purchase of New, Energy-Saving Appliances
Source:ABC News
Cash for Appliances is a government program through which consumers can get hundreds of dollars in rebates for the purchase of new energy-efficient appliances and certain home improvements. February 11, 2010 Internal Auditors Should Leverage New SEC Proxy Disclosure Rules to Support Governance and Risk Management, Says IIA Alert
Source:The Institute of Internal Auditors
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — New proxy disclosure rules recently issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) present chief audit executives (CAEs) with opportunities to demonstrate internal auditing’s vital role in...[more] February 11, 2010 IEA Raises 2010 Oil Demand Estimate on Economic Recovery, Asia
Source:BusinessWeek
The International Energy Agency raised its forecast for global oil demand this year as developing countries need more crude to fuel their economies. The IEA increased its estimate for world demand in 2010 by 170,000 barrels a... February 11, 2010 Ben Bernanke outlines strategy to withdraw US stimulus
Source:BBC News
The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, began on Wednesday to outline the central bank's strategy for withdrawing its stimulus money. February 10, 2010 NGOs Rush In To Fill the Void
Source:Richard Barr
Government Isn’t Everything… With President Obama’s presidency looking more like it will not be able to pull off cap and trade; any carbon tax; and any meaningful reduction of the kind that we need to make a dent in world wide...[more] February 10, 2010 China declares new national food-safety campaign
Source:AP
BEIJING — China declared a new food-safety campaign Wednesday after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the country's promise to... February 10, 2010 Paulson Tells Buffett Banks to Repay ‘Every Penny’
Source:BusinessWeek
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, responding to a question from billionaire Warren Buffett, said the U.S. government will be repaid in full for the funds it put into the country’s lenders. February 10, 2010 Corporate Governance in Sad Shape
Source:The Street.com
A new book documenting how poor the state of corporate governance is in America -- and how it was a major cause of the financial meltdown -- will make you sick. Money for Nothing, authored by former Lehman Brothers banker John... February 9, 2010 Corporate Sustainability Ranking Gets a Face Lift at Davos
Source:Bill Baue, CSRWire
Last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saw a major upgrade in the quantification of corporate sustainability with the unveiling of what I’ll call the “second generation” of the Global 100 Most Sustainable...[more] February 9, 2010 Water at core of climate change impacts-UN experts
Source:Reuters
The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. February 9, 2010 On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map
Source:New York Times
When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely... February 8, 2010 U.S.-China Friction: Why Neither Side Can Afford a Split
Source:Time Magazine
It hasn't been a banner few weeks for U.S.-China relations. In mid-January, Google announced that it was contemplating pulling out of China because of repeated attacks on its network as well as censorship constraints. In the... |
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