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Commentary & OpinionDecember 27, 2008 Ponzi Schemes: The Haul Gets Bigger, but the Fraud Never ChangesSource: Eduardo Porter, Editorial Observer, New York Times One hears anguished commentary about how Bernard Madoff’s gargantuan fraud epitomizes the self-defeating excess of high-tech finance — his fall the embodiment of the fall of modern capitalism. But while $50 billion is a lot of... December 23, 2008 Sarbanes-Oxley RevisitedSource: Brian Doherty, Reason On Line - CA In January 2006, reason interviewed four businesspeople and financial professionals to assess the costs and benefits of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act—the last big federal response to fears of chaos, greed, and fraud in financial... December 22, 2008 The Anti-GreenspanSource: Michael Hirsh, Newsweek He's probably the least-noted member of Barack Obama's new financial regulatory police, but Dan Tarullo may end up having the most impact. Think of Tarullo as the anti-Greenspan, or perhaps as a pro-regulation virus planted in... December 18, 2008 Commentary: Where was the SEC?Source: CNN Politics Seventy years ago in 1938, Richard Whitney, the chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), was sentenced to 40 months in Sing Sing for embezzling funds from clients, including the widows and orphans benefit fund of... December 18, 2008 Ben Bernanke's Failure To CommunicateSource: Forbes The Fed has no road map for talking about its foray into unconventional policy measures. It needs to find one, fast. December 17, 2008 News Corp.’s Stock Listing Shifts to a Higher BidderSource: Floyd Norris, New York Times The Wall Street listing war appears to have opened a new source of revenue for media companies: list with the stock exchange that will pay the most. December 17, 2008 The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Community Investing Withstands Attack, Honors Exemplary PractitionersSource: Bill Baue, CSR Wire The race to blame the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for the subprime meltdown marched on last week with a New York Times op-ed by Howard Husock of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative, market-oriented think tank. Defenders... December 15, 2008 Down to the 'needy greedy'Source: Morman Times Capitol Hill's most recent grilling of auto company executives has just multiplied questions about how those who earn multimillion salaries and bonuses can so quickly find themselves stacked up, hat-in-hand, at Washington's... December 14, 2008 Blank Check for Banks, Pink Slips for DetroitSource: Gretchen Morganson, New York Times HERE in Bailout Nation, you’ll be surprised to learn, some of us are more equal than others. December 12, 2008 Why 2 of the "Big Three" CEOs Should GoSource: The Motley Fool On Tuesday, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca issued a statement that the sitting auto CEOs "are the only ones with the experience and the in-depth knowledge and understanding of how the car business really works. They're by far... |
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