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House Ethics Investigation Leaked via P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
...dly also had Gnutella file sharing software," writes CBS News' Charles Cooper . "One congressional source familiar with the inquiry says that she saved the document on her home PC but fai...
Michael Moore's attack on capitalism
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...l collapse with his latest film Capitalism: A Love Story. In the film, you can see him asking a congressional regulator a very simple question: "Where's our money?" Or you can see him marching int...
Goldman Sachs in the gun
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
...e Bank in relation to possible fraud connected to the market meltdown. The WSJ reports: "The congressional investigation appears to focus on whether internal communications, such as email, show...
US banks face more losses from commercial property collapse
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
... is the tanking commercial real estate market, and that will damage the banks. Earlier this month, Congressional Economic Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney told reporters the $3.5 trillion c...
Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
... place to stop the panic, not to fix the banks. More a political ploy than anything else. Now, the Congressional Oversight Panel has put out a report saying that the stress tests need to be repeate...
Gorton: LimeWire Is Secure
in P2P File Sharing, on May 11, 2009
In response to a government investigation, Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton has sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform stating that LimeWire 5 is "the most secure file-sharing software available."
"The main investigative committee in t...
One more step to bank nationalization
in Sox First, on April 25, 2009
...be the only way to fix the toxic assets. What's needed is a full and open debate, possibly even Congressional approval. Doing it by the back door to avoid that debate is wrong....
Going to Cuba... Maybe Soon
in Latina Viva, on April 2, 2009
...Hotel Nacional de Cuba may once again be a legal travel destinations for U.S. citizens, thanks to a congressional bill unveiled yesterday that would lift the 47-year ban on travel to the country. A si...
Asian-Americans Looking for Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on March 18, 2009
...The Agence France Press on a letter from Mike Honda, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, who wrote President Obama a letter saying that immigration reform "must remain an ...
TARP shortchanged taxpayers $78 billion
in Sox First, on February 8, 2009
.... The upshot is that it's likely to mean taxpayers' money is going down the drain. Now the Congressional Oversight Panel has put out a report showing that the bank bailout program short-cha...
Congress Intros Nanotech Safety Bill
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 18, 2009
...both nanotechnology's enormous promise and possible problems. The legislation reflects mounting Congressional interest in understanding potential risks in order to protect the public and to encour...
Bailing out General Motors
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
...could start to run short of cash within 12 months. br />"The auto makers and Michigan's congressional delegation have proposed at least three plans in recent weeks to unlock federal money ...
The Lehman legacy
in Sox First, on October 7, 2008
...by inflating the values of their firms' assets is difficult. Lehman declined to comment, but in congressional testimony on Monday, Richard Fuld, Lehman's chief executive, said the firm didn...
Mixed messages on the economy
in The CIO Weblog, on October 3, 2008
...ment from General Counsel Brad Smith on the economic bailout package passed and enacted today:
Congressional passage of the financial recovery package is a critically important step to bringing b...
Can the bailout fix things?
in Sox First, on September 29, 2008
...ilout and socialism for the rich, the well-connected and Wall Street. And it is a scandal that even Congressional Democrats have fallen for this Treasury scam that does little to resolve the debt burd...
Healthcare Legislation
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 13, 2008
...ess owners group together to get lower rates.
I recommend small business owners head over to the Congressional website and take a look at the legislation. Like any legislation there is good and bad ...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
...tion by the FBI, internal investigations by the State Department and the Pentagon, and high-profile Congressional hearings, the people at Blackwater walk free with reports that it won't face cri...
Who's to blame for Bear Stearns? It's the media's fault
in Sox First, on April 5, 2008
...zilo who targeted the "left wing anti business press". In his prepared testimony for the Congressional hearing, Schwartz assigns blame on how "the unprecedented speed at which rumors a...
Going... Going... Gone! for $19,592,420,000.00!
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 18, 2008
...notes, was "more money than any auction in the agency's history and almost double original congressional estimates."
"The C-block, which must be open to all applications and devic...
Feeding The Birds
in Do you like to cook?, on February 21, 2008
.....)
In January 1994, Illinois' 10th District Congressman John Porter read a resolution in the Congressional Record making February "National Bird-Feeding Month". This observance was est...
Duncan Hunter: The Anti-China Candidate
in China Venture News, on November 29, 2007
...te. According to The Hill , Hunter is "pressing President Bush to call a meeting with several congressional committees to discuss policy towards China in the aftermath of Beijing's refusal t...
Chase Won't Hike Your Credit Card Rates If You Screw Up On Another Bill
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on November 19, 2007
...grasp or has to spend hours sifting through to find the important points. And it appears the recent Congressional threats against the industry in general have been the impetus for some of the self-pol...
Its Ok To Play... as long as its legal
in Internet Poker, on November 15, 2007
Annie Duke was on hand recently during the judiciary hearing concerning online gambling and online poker to offer some insight into the skill based information that poker players use while making wagers:
Duke also made a strong argument for the skill aspects of poker when asked the possibilitie...
Yahoo: evil in China
in Sox First, on November 15, 2007
...nese journalists who were jailed after the company ratted on them. It comes after a savaging from Congressional representatives but this case is not going to go away. As Bloomberg's Ann Woolne...
New rules for lunch
in Sox First, on November 6, 2007
... will have to pay the full share of their use of private planes. The genesis of the law, drafted by congressional Democrats, is obvious. It's in response to lobbying scandals that landed two forme...
Watchdogs warn about funds
in Sox First, on November 4, 2007
...he message that the way to success in getting taxpayers' money is to put your facilities in key Congressional districts, give campaign donations to those Congressmen, and hope the Congress rewards...
PPA October Updates
in Internet Poker, on October 13, 2007
...ng place Oct. 22-24 . I have been promoting this event to select PPA members who reside in targeted Congressional Districts. I am pleased to announce that more than 100 PPA members and professional po...
Interview with David Rosenthal, md of Curtis-Rosenthal on subprime
in Sox First, on September 20, 2007
...se securities and I think it's extremely healthy that Congress has pushed back, that there is a Congressional oversight committee that is pressuring the ratings agencies to tighten up their underw...
Damaging the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
in China Venture News, on September 10, 2007
...With the Ways and Means holding Congressional hearings on how to simplify America's tax code, several members of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) have testified recently before Co...
Congressional Testimony: What Venture Capitalists Actually Do...
in China Venture News, on September 8, 2007
...I was sitting around last night reading the Congressional Record because, well hey , it's so much fun to do, and I came across a description of what venture capitalists actually do tha...
Raymer Speaks on the UIGEA Fight
in Internet Poker, on August 12, 2007
...porting the "Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act".
The early support of many Congressional Representatives is crucial to the success of this bill. Please call your Representativ...
P2P On the Hill - U.S. Witch Hunt
in P2P File Sharing, on July 31, 2007
...P2P developers say their policies and software are improved and they can't stop ignorant users. Congressional Committee members recognize that there was value in the technology, express alarm at a...
Officials Looking to Increase Compensation for Bumped Flights
in The Aviation Weblog, on July 25, 2007
...pensation changes are unrelated to that issue, which mainly focuses on flight delays and has led to congressional scrutiny.
One proposal would increase the $200 compensation to $290 and the $400 maxi...
House Probes P2P File Sharing
in Networking for Pros, on July 25, 2007
...ls including Mark Gorton, CEO of The Lime Group, maker of LimeWire.
The hearing was called to air congressional concerns regarding the privacy of confidential data held by the Federal government an...
Halliburton's dodgy numbers
in Sox First, on July 4, 2007
...9;s not true. This case could get worse for Halliburton. Apart from the September court hearing, a congressional committee has requested more information on the case, reports the Houston Chronicle ....
Neteller's Lawrence Agrees to Cooperate for Guilty Plea
in Internet Poker, on June 30, 2007
...o stare behind various baby pictures and avatars at our computers. Unfortunately, due to late night congressional wrangling the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came into play and Neteller h...
Hedge Fund Report by Congress Research Team
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 25, 2007
... West Palm Beach ( HedgeCo.Net )- The Congressional Research Service recently published a report to Congress on pension fund investments in hedge funds.
The report indicates that pension fun...
BAE: the scandal that won't go away
in Sox First, on June 14, 2007
...empt to head off a US investigation. There's already talk about the company being hauled before Congressional hearings to answer questions about whether it made illegal payments to win a multi-bil...
PPA Announces New VP
in Internet Poker, on June 1, 2007
...e him a natural choice to fill the new role, with regulation of online poker an increasing topic of Congressional debate, already included in
discussions of the proposed Frank and Berkley bills. Wi...
Senators Reached Agreement on Immigration Bill
in Latina Viva, on May 19, 2007
...worker program.
Representative Xavier Becerra, Democrat of California and a former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said the proposal would create "a permanent underclass of import...
Hedge Funds Look at Scrap Metals
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 11, 2007
...y with experts on taxes and hedge funds at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, according to four congressional aides who were present.
In a Reuters article; " Scrap and waste metals tempt hed...
Fixing the leaks at HP
in Sox First, on April 25, 2007
...
It was a corporate spying scandal that led to congressional hearings and an enhanced state privacy law. But with the criminal case against former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and thre...
U.S. Rep Frank Not Seeking Poker Carve Out
in Internet Poker, on April 16, 2007
...ached to an unrelated but "certain to pass" Port Security Bill last October just before a Congressional adjournment for electioneering, and made it illegal for financial institutions to hand...
Wolfowitz and World Bank nepotism uproar
in Sox First, on April 9, 2007
.... As associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Cleveland helped secure congressional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kevin Kellems, a former spokesman for Vi...
Congressman Frank Joins Fight Against UIGEA
in Internet Poker, on March 31, 2007
...ed on the PPA train to assist with the lobbying efforts. Sorely needed in the efforts to turn a few congressional heads towards online poker player's plights of having to go through multiple new f...
Young Latinas In Crisis? - Congressional Briefing
in Latina Viva, on March 21, 2007
... The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute and the Girl Scouts of USA (GSUSA) are hosting a congressional briefing on "Young latinas in Crisis?," which will be held on Thu...
The IRS' Dirty Dozen Tax Scams
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 1, 2007
...omoters have been known to make the following outlandish claims: the Sixteenth Amendment concerning congressional power to lay and collect income taxes was never ratified; wages are not income; filing...
The Rebirth of the Outsourcing Issue
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 19, 2006
...t is about to change as the political situation in the US have altered a little.
The recent 2006 Congressional elections showed the Democrats having control in the US Senate which could be ...
Hedge funds, politicians and insider trading
in Sox First, on December 9, 2006
... it might be inside information, it's best not to use it, even if it is legal.' "Some congressional staffers say they now receive nearly as many phone calls from lobbyists asking about t...
Election Results Won't Change Lack of Money to Invest in Science and Tech
in Philoneist, on November 9, 2006
...New York, including, Utica, New Hartford and Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame . (His congressional office is replete with murals of ballplayers from the area, memorabilia and autographs...
Campaign contributions and share price
in Sox First, on November 7, 2006
...urns found that the share price performance of companies that contributed to the largest number of congressional candidates was better than those of other companies. The bigger the spread of candidat...
The Skilling sentence: response and analysis
in Sox First, on October 25, 2006
...s in illegal gifts from lobbyists (despite the criminal conviction, Ney will be able to collect his Congressional pension of about $30,000 a year when he turns 62 next decade). The analysis has promp...
The Rich Cry for More Protection
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 18, 2006
...sue needs to be moved up on the agenda of every business leader, every trade organization and every congressional office."
He cited a study that claimed the economic costs of motion picture pira...
The Rich Cry for More Protection
in P2P File Sharing, on October 18, 2006
...sue needs to be moved up on the agenda of every business leader, every trade organization and every congressional office."
He cited a study that claimed the economic costs of motion picture pira...
Bob Wright urges leaders to attack piracy and counterfeiting
in The Digital TV Weblog, on October 3, 2006
...sue needs to be moved up on the agenda of every business leader, every trade organization and every congressional office."
And the hyperbole just continued on-and-on-and-on. I edited it out...
Fixing holes in SOX
in Sox First, on October 3, 2006
So change is ahead. The question is whether it will be real change, or just a band-aid. Michael Oxley, the SOX co-author, has come out saying that he expects some changes next year in the way that Sarbanes-Oxley will be enforced, according to news reports . Oxley is trying to have it both way...
HP's chain of command and conspiracy charges
in Sox First, on October 1, 2006
The question coming out of the hearings into Hewlett-Packard's pretexting scandal is to what extent executives were working together to subvert the law. If that's the case, then we could be looking at conspiracy charges. It's a subject explored in more detail by Professor Peter Henn...
HP's apology not Hurd
in Sox First, on September 23, 2006
In the latest weird instalment to the Hewlett-Packard spying-pretexting scandal , Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who was scheduled to step down in January, has left the company and chief executive officer Mark Hurd says he has taken full responsibility and has apologized to ...
Senator Frist Still Pushing Anti-Online Gambling Bill
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 6, 2006
... of Tennessee, is widely seen as a potential presidential candidate. Last week, Frist appeared at a congressional field hearing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- the state that holds the first presidential nom...
Bosses' pay and America's reputation
in Sox First, on June 24, 2006
...tely, some policymakers admit that the recent trends have them worried, and not just because of the congressional Elections in November. The statistics suggest that the economic boom may fade. ...
Gore: Apocalypse Now? Or When?
in Sox First, on June 20, 2006
Interesting commentary now coming up on the challenging polemic on climate change An Inconvenient Truth starring the once and maybe future presidential candidate Al Gore. The film has profound implications for everyone, including business, which is why the Exxon Mobil -backed Competitiv...
Untangling SOX: the post-Enron debate
in Sox First, on May 31, 2006
Now that Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling are set to spend the rest of their lives in the slammer, questions are being asked (again) whether it's time to unwind Sarbanes-Oxley. Apparently the system has been shown to work so well that we don't need it.
Think Tank tells entertainment biz to keep their hands off
in Digital Music - The Future, on April 21, 2006
...ls as configured today.
Enforcement costs for protection of old models-encouraged and calcified by congressional expansion of the length of copyright terms-are mounting. Some rights holders are now d...
Think Tank tells entertainment biz to keep their hands off
in P2P File Sharing, on April 21, 2006
...ls as configured today.
Enforcement costs for protection of old models-encouraged and calcified by congressional expansion of the length of copyright terms-are mounting. Some rights holders are now d...
Washington Policy Makers Seek Great Wall Trade Balance
in China Venture News, on April 20, 2006
...pe.
Hu may need more than charm to ease the increasing protectionist pressures mounting inside the congressional corridors....
SEC's Moves On SOX: The Big Guns Come Out
in Sox First, on February 23, 2006
...ppearance of reform. It would be unfortunate now if the SEC and PCAOB undercut the effectiveness of congressional legislation through misguided regulatory action." Meanwhile, WebCPA editor ali...
Google To Cooperate With Chinese Govt For Censorship
in Philoneist, on January 25, 2006
...y, allowing them direct access to China's growing Internet user-base of 100 million people. The Congressional Human Rights Caucus will meet Febuary 1st to discuss legislation requiring U.S.-based ...
Audio flag would hurt innovation
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 25, 2006
...lout of Digital radio - also known as HD Radio - is underway," noted Shapiro. "Any Congressional nod toward the RIAA limits could stop the rollout of this exciting new technology in i...
Audio flag would hurt innovation
in P2P File Sharing, on January 25, 2006
...lout of Digital radio - also known as HD Radio - is underway," noted Shapiro. "Any Congressional nod toward the RIAA limits could stop the rollout of this exciting new technology in i...
