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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured Articles January 30, 2010 Obama's call for nuclear power plants angers supporters
Source:USA Today
President Obama's call Wednesday, in his State of the Union Address, for a "new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" was panned by some environmentalists and Democratic backers. January 29, 2010 INVESTORS APPEAL TO 17 FINANCIAL FIRMS TO ADOPT ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Source:Walden Asset Management
BOSTON, MA –Approximately 30 investors, deeply involved in the issue of Say on Pay, have sent letters to 17 financial institutions urging them to implement an annual Advisory Vote on executive pay starting with the upcoming 2010...[more] January 29, 2010 Health Care Reform Hopes "On Life Support" - video
Source:CBS News
President Obama's health care appeal failed to break the U.S. congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Congressional leaders have insisted health care would get passed, even though last... January 29, 2010 Bernanke wins a second term, but it's a tepid victory
Source:Hopuston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — The Senate gave Ben Bernanke a second four-year term as the head of the Federal Reserve on Thursday after critics excoriated the bank's conduct in the years leading up to the financial crisis. The 70-30 vote was the... January 29, 2010 Davos 2010: Where would big money managers invest?
Source:BBC news
Stockmarkets are wobbly again. Global economic prospects are uncertain. So where would big money managers invest? January 28, 2010 Barack Obama commits to climate change bill
Source:Guardian.co.uk
Barack Obama put himself firmly behind the effort to get a climate change bill through Congress last night – but said it must include a new generation of nuclear power. The brief passage on energy and climate in Obama's state of... January 27, 2010 Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance
Source:BusinessWeek
The business community faces a crisis in confidence both in its own ranks and in broader society. Many are asking: How can corporations govern themselves more effectively—and truly be held accountable? January 27, 2010 Companies Pushed to Disclose Political Contributions
Source:Green Centrury Capital Management
Boston, MA – After the Supreme Court decided on Thursday to allow nearly unfettered corporate contributions to the political process, investors along with campaign reform groups are condemning the decision and encouraging...[more] January 27, 2010 Business Warns Regulation May Crimp Recovery
Source:New York Times
DAVOS, Switzerland - Global business leaders warned Western governments on Wednesday that a populist crackdown on the financial industry could crimp a fragile recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. The worried... January 27, 2010 Congress Slows Down on Health Care
Source:ABC News
Congressional leaders are taking health care legislation off the fast track as rank-and-file Democrats, wary of unhappy midterm election voters, look to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address. January 26, 2010 Democrats study Plan B for energy, climate change
Source:Hopuston Chronicle
The Obama administration's already dim hopes of passing sweeping energy and climate change legislation darkened further with last week's Republican victory in the special election to fill a Senate seat from Massachusetts. Now... January 26, 2010 EWG Study Finds Hundreds of Pollutants in Nation's Drinking Water
Source:Natural News
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released yet another report indicting the nation's drinking water supplies are being highly contaminated with pollutants. An analysis of 20 million water quality tests performed between... January 26, 2010 Dutch to support U.S. bank plan, seek EU support
Source:Reuters
Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos has backed the plan from President Barack Obama to limit the scope and size of banks and reduce their risk taking and will push to win support of the plan among EU leaders. January 26, 2010 A 'bumpy' Davos 2010 awaits world leaders
Source:BBC News
If you want to take the temperature of the global economy and world politics, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is probably one of the better places to start January 25, 2010 Bankers Face a Harsh Spotlight in Davos
Source:New York Times
Bankers are trickling back to Davos, but they will not be strutting quite the way they used to. With a global economic recovery under way, the financial elite will not be in hiding as they were last year, when only a comparative... January 25, 2010 Report cites 'Top 10' governance efforts of '09
Source:Pensions & Investments
The U.S. government's restructuring of total compensation of top executives and highly compensated employees at seven companies that received financing under TARP leads the top 10 developments in corporate governance in 2009, as... January 25, 2010 Resetting the Moral Compass
Source:Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times
IT was great to see President Obama renew his focus on financial reform last week, even if it looked like an attempt to distract voters from his party’s stunning loss of the Senate election in Massachusetts. Even so, by promoting... January 25, 2010 Populist ire softens ahead of Bernanke confirmation vote
Source:Washington Post
The outlook for Ben S. Bernanke's confirmation to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman brightened over the weekend, as the Obama administration and key senators expressed confidence in his prospects. January 23, 2010 Populist backlash puts Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke under siege
Source:Washington Post
The populist brushfire that has burned through Democratic fortunes this week threatened Friday to claim Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, imperiling his nomination for a second term and sending an unsettled stock market... January 23, 2010 Dems Vow Health Care Push; GOP Says No
Source:New York Times
President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats insist they will push ahead with efforts to overhaul health care, though they aren't explaining how they will proceed in that uphill fight January 23, 2010 U.S. Investors See Obama as Anti-Business: Bloomberg Global Poll
Source:BusinessWire
United States investors view President Barack Obama as anti-business and the world’s most influential investors say a terror threat will not change their investment strategy, according to the Bloomberg Global Poll, a quarterly...[more] January 22, 2010 Social Investment Forum: Two Thirds of Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Outperformed Benchmarks During 2009 Economic Downturn
Source:Fox Business
The verdict on SRI mutual fund performance is in: A review of 160 socially responsible mutual funds from 22 members of the Social Investment Forum (SIF) finds that the vast majority of the funds -- 65 percent -- outperformed... January 22, 2010 The real Copenhagen outcome hangs on this month’s voluntary country emissions targets
Source:Responsible Investor
On the one hand, the Copenhagen Summit (COP15) was an enormous disappointment insofar as legally binding and empirically verifiable carbon reduction pledges by the world’s major polluters did not materialize. On the other, it... January 21, 2010 Obama Moves to Limit ‘Reckless Risks’ of Big Banks
Source:New York Times
Declaring that huge banks had nearly brought down the economy by taking “huge, reckless risks in pursuit of profits,” President Obama on Thursday proposed legislation to limit the scope and size of large financial institutions. January 21, 2010 Cost of pandemic flu: experts warn it would impact more than your health
Source:Healthcare Digital
Experts from the National Center for Critical Incident Analysis warn executives that pandemic flu could have a major impact upon costs and revenues… |
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