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Sarbox Lite or the end of Sarbanes-Oxley?
in Sox First, on November 25, 2009
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At the beginning of this month, I looked at how Obama had dismantled the post-Enron reforms. Significantly, a Democratic-controlled House pushed through changes that in effect neutralize Sarb...
Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...reasury secretary who is now a senior adviser to the Federal Reserve. No wonder Obama's Wall Street reforms are useless. A big hat tip to the Little Sis blog which unearthed an article from a 1999...
Obama dismantles post-Enron reforms
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
Earlier this week, I did a blog entry on how White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was pushing wants Democrats to let small public companies worth less than $75 million avoid complying with Sarbanes-Oxley. And now the House Financial Services Committee voted 37-32 to do just that. And...
Hedge funds lied to investors
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
...e hedge funds (49%) lied and misled investors. "We find that misrepresentation about past legal and regulatory problems is frequent (21%), as is incorrect or unverifiable representations about other t...
Seen that? - NYSE Value, is in Goldman`s mind
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 9, 2009
... Pan Asian Biz is one of several sources reporting that the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved the New York stock exchange Group (NYSE). What that means i...
Seen that? - Gilead wrestles with Roche for Tamiflu rights
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2009
...nnounced favorable results for IC51 in Phase III clinical trials and the vaccine is currently under regulatory review in Europe with an orphan drug status. Further [...] Read More Novar...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-09-17
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Nothing learned from Lehman collapse
in Sox First, on September 14, 2009
... of the Lehman Brothers collapse, President Obama will be calling for quicker action on financial reforms. But will it have the desired effect? That's unlikely. Wall Street has not changed at a...
Drinking Out Of Your Soda Can? Better Read This.
in Do you like to cook?, on September 3, 2009
...e received a copy of the completed report last week from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs, which concluded the foreign matter appeared to be a frog or a toad.
Isn't ...
Tablet-Based Treatment for Diabetes
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 1, 2009
...otein which gave a boost to the all-important T cells.
Mor then theorized that if the amount of regulatory T cells in the body was increased, the progression of diabetes would diminish. "My aim ...
Healthcare: the Impact on Small Business
in Bizinformer, on August 25, 2009
... (not the most liberal rag) seems to be suggesting that this would be a good time for particular reforms. Neese's article is more skeptical......
Eco-friendly Pesticides Derived from Herbal Essentail Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 17, 2009
...entally friendly, are less likely to contribute to resistance development, do not require extensive regulatory approval and are readily available.
Photo : Natural pesticides made of spices show pro...
Liquidia Technologies Raises $7 Million
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 13, 2009
...omedicine company Liquidia Technologies has raised over $7 million in new funding, according to a regulatory filing.
"A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals the c...
Google 出价 1.065 亿美元收购 On2
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-06
Google 表示 将斥资 1.065 亿美元收购数字视频压缩技术提供商 On2 Technologies。
根据协议规定，每股 On2 股票将转换为价值 0.60 美元的 Google 普通股。交易规模大约在1 .065 亿美元。整个交易预计将在今年第四季度完成。
Google 拥有广受欢迎的视频共享网站 YouTube。而 On2 是一家数字视频压缩技术提供商，在网络视频日益盛行的今天，数字视频压缩技术已成为一个重要法宝。
Google 产品管理副总裁 Sundar Pichai 在声明中表示，"现在视频已经是 Web 体验的一个重要组成部分，我们相信高品质的视频压...
微软与 Yahoo 达成为期 10 年的搜索合作协议
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-31
微软和 Yahoo 今天共同对外宣布，双方已达成为期 10 年的搜索和广告合作协议，称该交易将为全球消费者和广告主带来更多选择，并有利于进一步加强全球互联网产业的技术创新步伐。
微软、 Yahoo 称，总而言之，通过该交易，微软将成为 Yahoo 搜索的技术提供商，而 Yahoo 将独家负责两家公司全球范围内的搜索广告销售事务。
两家公司称，对网民和广告主而言，该交易在整合双方产品资源和搜索平台后，将推动互联网产业的持续技术创新。网民们会发现，他们查找信息的速度将更快，所获得信息准确性也更高。通过微软具有市场竞争力的搜索平台，将为广告主、内容提供商带来更多价值，并提高网民们的互联网活...
The Nanomedicine Job Market
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 24, 2009
... But there are challenges. The field needs greater numbers of highly trained students, and a sound regulatory infrastructure."
The entire article is available here.
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MagicJack Goes Mobile: Anticipating the FemtoJack
in The VoIP Weblog, on July 9, 2009
...ct to your cell phone the same way it currently connects to your home phone. Of course, that raises regulatory issues in the U.S., and will likely lead to the company having to work with carriers here...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...ormation in their annual reports. The report will require companies to detail a strategic analysis, regulatory risks from potential and upcoming climate change legislation, physical risks and greenhou...
Introducing Concentric Managed Backup
in On Storage, on June 21, 2009
...es small companies face with unbridled data growth, disaster recovery, offsite data protection and regulatory compliance," writes SmallBusinessComputing's Lauren Simonds . "Another chal...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...of America.
Mozilo was charged by securities regulators earlier this week with insider trading and regulatory fraud. You can read all about Mozilo's downfall in this Reuters story .
Mozilo is a...
President at the Pump
in carzz.org, on May 20, 2009
...nd state levels, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is finally coming out in favor of the new regulatory framework.
Personally I'm grinning from ear-to-ear, for I've been driving cars t...
Military joins climate change battle
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
...te supplies and increasing demand. Continuing our heavy reliance on these fuels is a
security risk. Regulatory frameworks driven by climate change concerns will increase the costs-both economic and ge...
Supply chain video: Future Supply Chain 2016
in Supplychainer, on May 12, 2009
...h team and the company collaborators.
Among the themes discussed in the video, the focus on regulatory issues and S&OP seemed to have more weight as many of the consumer goods and retail c...
Oracle 出价 74 亿美元收购 Sun
in Wangtam, on 2009-04-21
Oracle 同意以 74 亿美元或每股 9.50 美元的价格收购 Sun ，预计该次并购于今年夏季完成。
Oracle 公司总裁 Safra Catz 称，预计该并购交易完成的第一财年，将促使 Oracle 公司依非国际公认会计原则（Non-GAAP）计算的每股盈利至少增加 15 美分。
Catz 指出，预计其收购 Sun 电子计算机公司的业务在并购第一财年将为 Oracle Non-GAAP 运营利润贡献 15 亿美元 ，第二财年贡献逾 20 亿美元。而并购 Sun 电子计算机公司第一财年将实现的每股收益要高于 Oracle 并购服务器软件供应商 BEA 系统公司的计划每股收益...
Enterprise 2.0: Reality Check
in The CIO Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...ventual applicability of the concepts... tempered with a healthy dose of the realities of corporate regulatory compliance and ROI calculations. If this group is representative of the general state of ...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 4, 2009
...ctly it's going to be implemented. Another problem is whether there will be different levels of regulatory oversight in different countries. We just don't know yet. The other worry is the G20...
Interview with Warren McGregor, IASB board member
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
...pened last was an extreme form of politicization. SOX FIRST: So how would respond to pressure for regulatory arbitrage? MCGREGOR: We have established a monitoring group of the International Accou...
Greenspan wants to nationalize banks
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
...d that once in a hundred years this is what you do." Quite a nerve really coming from an anti-regulatory zealot who was one of the main perpetrators of the problem we have now. When Greenspan to...
Madoff and the conspiracy of silence
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
... in marketing materials seemed too good to be true. Like Gross, Hill did not alert her superiors or regulatory authorities. She did, however, tell friends and colleagues about her suspicions." T...
Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
...a or political changes, change.
Within a corporation, it is easy to socialize a greater perceived regulatory risk - put simply, the compliance manager calls up the COO and says that the Government A...
Therapeutic Value of Worms in Allergies and Asthma
in Allergies, on January 31, 2009
...diabetes!
Professor Rook said: "It now looks more and more likely that the development of our regulatory immune system depends on molecules that are encoded not in the genome of the human but in...
Compliance challenges
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
...nce Unit, 66% of respondents say the big problem that hinders their company's ability to manage regulatory risk is the complexity and 46% said it was the lack of regulatory harmonisation between m...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
... , VanHorne has come up with some radical ideas. First, he says there is a need to consolidate the regulatory agencies and establish a super-agency that would have broad powers to regulate investment...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 10, 2009
... of the future. Their remunerations should not come from companies, it should come from the central regulatory authority. SOX FIRST: But what's the justification for giving regulators a seat in t...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
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With President-elect Barack Obama vowing to reshape the United States financial regulatory system, something that should have been done some time ago, it is worth looking to see what lies ahead ...
Climate change chain of command
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
... out: who actually takes responsibility? Business faces the prospect of increased legal action and regulatory burdens. But companies are still in the process of formulating the job to handle climate ...
The relational company
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...ictive? The writers argue that such companies could operate under a significantly reduced legal and regulatory burden. Why? Because their accountability would not rely primarily on laws and enforcemen...
IP infringement is the new risk category in SCM
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
...r product quality failures
6. Lower consumer spending
7. Supply failures
8. Rising labor costs
9. regulatory compliance
10. Internal product quality failures
However, nowadays, the fuel cost is m...
China's growth slows down
in Sox First, on November 26, 2008
...e pricing; health, education, and the social safety net; financial sector reform; and institutional reforms". Now, 7.5% is not bad in itself but growth in China falling and the question is wheth...
Flood Tolerant Rice Varieties Passes Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 23, 2008
...1 varieties are NOT genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and are therefore not subject to the regulatory testing that can delay release of GMOs for several years....
UK Raises Nanotech Health Fears
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 13, 2008
...d of development in the field of nanotechnology 'is beyond the capacity of existing testing and regulatory arrangements to control the potential environmental impacts adequately,'" writes...
Is Microsoft showing Google the legislative ropes?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 20, 2008
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There is an article in the Seattle Times this morning discussing the ongoing regulatory fight over the Yahoo-Google deal, a fight which the reporter points out would probably never have happened...
Prosper.com: No New Loans
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 16, 2008
...make new loans, saying it needed to wait while the Securities and Exchange Commission evaluated its regulatory filings.
Monthly loan volumes at the company have been declining since the credit crisis...
For a While, No More IPOs in China...
in China Venture News, on October 12, 2008
... China Briefing News and The Edge Daily both reported on Friday that the China Securities Regulatory Commission has stopped looking at IPO applications in an effort to boost stock prices.
The...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
...n trading and short selling on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission proposed the new rules and China's State Council has approved the proposal...
Can the bailout fix things?
in Sox First, on September 29, 2008
...the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversee banking institutions ... More important, a stiffened regulatory regime across Wall Street following the crisis is likely to reduce the use and abuse of i...
Boxing Cox
in Sox First, on September 23, 2008
...pull any punches. "During his tenure as SEC Chairman, Christopher Cox blunted any stockholder reforms, thus continuing the enervation of company owners. He promoted principles-based accounting s...
American Medical Association and the Voice for the Uninsured
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 20, 2008
...s choices to select the appropriate coverage for themselves and their families.
To promote market reforms that enable this new approach.
Read the entire AMA proposal and find our how you can ...
McCain to Cox: You're fired!
in Sox First, on September 19, 2008
...ws points out, the US President does not have the power to sack the commissioner of an independent regulatory commission. Of course, populism and looking for scapegoats is part of politics. But what...
Exenatide Once Weekly for Type-2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on September 13, 2008
...) and saw reductions in body weight.
The new once-weekly treatment is expected to undergo Canadian regulatory review as early as 2009.
Source: SLRI (doc)...
HP seals EDS deal
in The CIO Weblog, on August 27, 2008
... purchase it services company EDS, initiated in May , has finally born fruit after clearing regulatory hurdles in both the US and EU.
One of the largest mergers in the industry, and a close s...
Zero2IPO Raises Second Fund
in China Venture News, on August 26, 2008
...rge as the grops original fund.
According to PE Hub, "The only limited partner listed on the regulatory filing is British Virgin Island-based Inter Private Equity. The managers listed on Zero2I...
Jasmine Flower-Derived Substance, Potential New Anti-Cancer?
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 26, 2008
...te compound is used widely in agriculture and in cosmetics. Proven to be non-toxic, it has the same regulatory status as table salt. That and the fact we are working on a natural chemical gives us a g...
US taxpayers subsidize CEO pay
in Sox First, on August 26, 2008
... No doubt, this will get worse with neither John mccain nor Barack Obama endorsing all the big reforms needed to change this situation.
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PokerTek Hits the Strip at Excalibur
in Internet Poker, on August 21, 2008
...l automated poker tables and the official field trial site for PokerPro in the state. Pending final regulatory inspection and approval, Excalibur plans to open the new room Friday, August 22 at 6 p.m....
'Harry and Louise' Ads on Healthcare Are Back
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 20, 2008
This 1994 'Harry and Louise' political ad on healthcare helped trump President Clinton's move for a universal healthcare.
Now the 'Harry and Louise' ad is back in time for the Republican and Democratic Party Conventions with an appeal to whoever is the next President: &quo...
FICO Relents; Credit Card Authorized Users Can Boost Their Credit Scores
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on August 12, 2008
... to discontinue crediting authorized users, but there was resistance:
Lenders, meanwhile, raised a regulatory concern. They told Fair Isaac that they used FICO scores to comply with the Equal Credit ...
No Monopoly on Innovation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 11, 2008
...y. In both arenas, the brilliance of these engineers, combined with a developing economy with fewer regulatory constraints (but many political ones) could unleash development in such cutting-edge area...
Climate change: companies at risk
in Sox First, on August 7, 2008
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Some of the world's biggest companies are at serious risk of cost blowouts, regulatory burdens and reputational damage, according to a new report from the London-based Ethical Investment Rese...
Four New PE Firms Approved in China, Regs to Come Soon
in China Venture News, on August 6, 2008
...stainability in the industry's development." It will also streamline the approval process, regulatory powers, and list requirements for investors and investment managers coming to the industr...
Bodog Says Payments Are A-OK
in Internet Poker, on August 4, 2008
...outsource payment processing functions to third parties and these payment processors are subject to regulatory constraints wherever they operate, and, occasionally in the US, are subject to legal acti...
SEC comes up short
in Sox First, on July 24, 2008
...ue our vigorous commitment to investors by working within the SEC and in close cooperation with our regulatory counterparts to promote the continued health and vibrancy of our markets." That sou...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
...echnical support.
Adding to the uncertainty in the outsourcing markets are questions about tax and regulatory policy changes that may result from the 2008 presidential election , potential for ...
微软响应 Icahn 称愿与 Yahoo 新董事会进行收购谈判
in Wangtam, on 2008-07-08
激进投资者 Carl Icahn 周一在致 Yahoo 股东的公开信中，援引微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 的话称，如果 Yahoo 在8月份的股东大会上选出新董事会，微软将会重启全部或部分收购 Yahoo 的谈判。
伊坎在公开信中称，过去一周，他曾与鲍尔默多次沟通，鲍尔默仍有意全部收购 Yahoo 或仅收购 Yahoo "搜索业务"，但不会与 Yahoo 现任董事会谈判。
受微软有意继续全面收购 Yahoo 影响， Yahoo 股价开盘大涨 8.8％，报 23.32。微软股价开盘微涨 0.46％，报 26.10 美元。
以下是 Carl Icahn ...
Global corruption and water
in Sox First, on June 27, 2008
...as corruption hot spots. Transparency International has a number of recommendations including more regulatory oversight although it is hard to see how this is going to change. And that means billions...
Nokia 完整收购 Symbian
in Wangtam, on 2008-06-25
Nokia 原本就拥有 Symbian 47.9% 的股权，数个小时之前， Nokia 正式宣布 ，出资 4.1 亿美元，全面收购 Symbian 余下的 52% 股份。Nokia 表示，将使 Symbian OS 成为一种免收专利费的产品，很明显，这是用以应对 Google Android 等日益增长的竞争威胁。
Nokia 将以每股 3.647 欧元的价格收购 Symbian 余下的全部股份，Nokia 正从日本松下、西门子和爱立信等公司手中收购这些股份， Nokia 还称，预计韩国三星公司将接受自己的出价。
本次交易将使 Nokia 获得这家世界最大的高档手机操作系统开发商的控...
The Biomarkers Consortium at the BIO 2008
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 18, 2008
...eating will be bringing together industry leaders to accelerate the identification, development and regulatory qualification of biomarkers in four key areas: cancer, inflammation and immunity, metabol...
The Biomarkers Consortium at 2008 BIO International Convention
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 17, 2008
...s conducted by bringing together industry leaders to accelerate the identification, development and regulatory qualification of biomarkers in four key areas: cancer, inflammation and immunity, metabol...
Yoogle?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 14, 2008
...be doomed from the outset precisely in order to force Yahoo to seek refuge with Google and create a regulatory problem for Google (the real target all along) in the process, as I first outlined in th...
Like They Could Ban Skype
in The VoIP Weblog, on May 30, 2008
...ike an opaque blob. That's what good encryption is supposed to do!
Certainly, there are some regulatory requirements that Skype doesn't meet, and in those regulated environments, Skype migh...
