July 23, 2008

HHS and DHS Announce Guidance on Pandemic Vaccination Allocation

By: U.S. Department Homeland Security

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) released guidance on allocating and targeting pandemic influenza vaccine. The guidance provides a planning framework to help state, tribal, local...

July 23, 2008

Joint Announcement From The U.S. Departments Of State And Homeland Security On Passport Card Production

By: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that the new U.S. Passport Card is in full production and is now being distributed. The Passport Card is a convenient, wallet-sized...

July 23, 2008

Report Absolves Oil Traders; A Task Force Says Supply And Demand, Not Speculation, Is The Cause Of Rising Prices.

By: Los Angeles Times
From Bloomberg News

Fundamentals of supply and demand, not speculative trading, explain the record rise in crude oil prices, a preliminary report by a government interagency group studying commodity markets says. "Current oil prices and the increase...

July 21, 2008

GLOBAL RISK 2008: 16 Worst Places to Do Business

By: Editor, Global Investment Watch

This is the first in a series of posts in which we discuss business risk around the world. Our focus is on those countries that we have identified as having the greatest human rights, governance and economic problems. From this,...

July 21, 2008

28 Percent Of Major Public Companies Fail To Fully Comply With Key Tax Reserve Disclosure Requirements; FIN 48 Shortfalls Highest Among Airlines, Utilities, Energy Sectors, Say Seigel & Associates Analysts; Firms Grapple With Rules Requiring 'Accounting For Uncertainty In Income Taxes' In First Annual Reporting Period

By: Business Wire

More than one-quarter of large public companies are not meeting the disclosure requirements for tax reserves required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board rule known as FIN 48.

Analysis of annual reports filed with the...

July 19, 2008

States' Hottest Laws Take On New Threats; The Mosaic Of Laws Passed By State Legislatures This Year Reveals A Country Grappling With Threats, From A Faltering Economy And Record-high Gasoline Prices To Global Warming And Lead-tainted Toys From China. For F

By: Stateline.org
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The mosaic of laws passed by state legislatures this year reveals a country grappling with threats, from a faltering economy and record-high gasoline prices to global warming and lead-tainted toys from China.

In a year of...

July 22, 2008

China Tries To Make Exxon A Pawn

By: Investor's Business Daily

Energy: Big Oil is easy to kick around -- just ask any Democrat in Congress. But China's threats to Exxon Mobil are in another league. Its bid to use Exxon Mobil as a wedge against its rival Vietnam is a case in point.

What...

July 21, 2008

ON CALIFORNIA: Essays From The Golden State; Dry Times Revive An Old Debate; In The Delta That Is The State's Water Well, Ecology Versus Usage Rises To The Fore.

By: Los Angeles Times
Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer

Here is where the straws tap into the common pool of California water, where consequence begins. Here, on the backside of the Diablo Mountains, amid a landscape of bleached-out pastures, wind farms and transmission lines, the...

July 21, 2008

We Support Free Expression; Denver Is Balancing Robust Speech With Security, Logistical Concerns.

By: USA TODAY
John Hickenlooper

When Denver hosts the Democratic National Convention next month, thousands will witness democracy in action, experience a historical event and express diverse views. Dialogues and assemblies will happen in many forums -- the...