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Christianity and the crash
in Sox First, on November 16, 2009
...nations have been offered for the housing bubble and subsequent crash: interest rates were too low; regulation failed; rising real-estate prices induced a sort of temporary insanity in America’s middl...
Sen. Dodd's New Banking Bill Would Reshape the Financial World
in Bizinformer, on November 11, 2009
...e Lehman Brothers.
There was little doubt that Congress would eventually begin reimposing regulation on the financial sector after a couple of decades in which a Reaganesque philosophy of deregula...
Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
...s". Soros also says he is not confident that the Obama administration will be able to bring in regulation that will control the banks. And there's a good reason for that. The banks are now bigger tha...
More Internet Regulations to Come?
in Bizinformer, on October 23, 2009
...of the online business world well recently when it discussed the general feeling that more Internet regulation could just be a matter of time... I am a proponent of net neutrality but in the pit of my...
The Green Shadow
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2009
... such as China not only offer less expensive labor, but also weak or poorly enforced environmental regulation. At the very least, certification authorities that recognize "green companies" s...
The Green Shadow
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2009
... such as China not only offer less expensive labor, but also weak or poorly enforced environmental regulation. At the very least, certification authorities that recognize "green companies" s...
The Green Illusion
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2009
... such as China not only offer less expensive labor, but also weak or poorly enforced environmental regulation. At the very least, certification authorities that recognize "green companies" s...
The Green Illusion
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2009
... such as China not only offer less expensive labor, but also weak or poorly enforced environmental regulation. At the very least, certification authorities that recognize "green companies" s...
The Green Illusion
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2009
... such as China not only offer less expensive labor, but also weak or poorly enforced environmental regulation. At the very least, certification authorities that recognize "green companies" s...
Nothing learned from Lehman collapse
in Sox First, on September 14, 2009
On the first anniversary 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 all. As Stevenson Jacobs from Associated Press reports, risk taking fo...
Michael Moore's attack on capitalism
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...ed with people's money and taken it into these crazy areas of derivatives. They need more than just regulation. We need to structure ourselves differently in order to create finance and money, support...
IVF Success Lies in the Genes
in Next Nine Months, on July 26, 2009
...quot;We found that the gene expression profiles in blood of patients at the time of pituitary down-regulation showed interesting patterns of gene clustering. Over 200 genes were differentially express...
US banks face more losses from commercial property collapse
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...hem and prolong the recession. Federal Reserve's Associate Director of Banking Supervision and Regulation Jon Greenlee says : "At the end of the first quarter, about seven percent of commer...
MFA on Obama's Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 16, 2009
...fidential.
See entire article and official legislation proposals
Here's a handy Hedge Fund Regulation Guide
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The new carbon bubble
in Sox First, on July 12, 2009
...te crash was such a colossal mess is that no one was regulating the most exotic-and most in need of regulation, many would argue-derivative instruments like the credit-default swaps that almost sunk A...
China Restricts Virtual Currencies
in China Venture News, on July 6, 2009
A number of news sources ( Metaverse Journal , CNN , Venturebeat ) are covering new restrictions on virtual currencies in China.
China's Ministry of Commerce has put an end to the exchange of virtual currencies for real money in China.
The virtual world Second Life is the most well known o...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
By the narrowest of margins, Congress has passed the "cap and trade" energy bill which will bring in tough new greenhouse gas emissions standards for US companies. Given that it passed by the narrowest of margins and business opposition, we can expect to see it open up a spate of lit...
FDA's Annette McCarthy: We Can Manage Nanotech Food Safety
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 11, 2009
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At the IFT International Food Nanoscience Conference last weekend, the FDA 's Dr. Annette McCarthy said her organization has sufficient authority to manage nanotech safety.
"In order to assist manufacturers to ensure product safety, the FDA is in the proc...
GM or Chrysler: Which one is a better option for Fiat?
in Supplychainer, on May 27, 2009
...ncies in two European companies: The distances are lower, cultural differences are less and overall regulation in EU is roughly the same.
On the other hand, even though Chrysler offers a good platfo...
Krugman, Soros and Roubini: how to fix the crisis
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
...n the short run, but we need to restore medium-term fiscal sustainability. Soros says we need more regulation, but we need to be careful. "It should be recognized that exuberance actually is qui...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
... Therefore, there might be a need for other taxes. "It may be necessary to impose some tax or regulation on energy-generating technologies that compete with carbon in order to reduce the risk of...
Why stricter laws won't work
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
... never replace integrity and that they only result in people finding ways to circumvent them. "Regulation by rules invites compliance with the rules rather than the objective of the rules, and th...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...the top 25 US originators of subprime mortgages spent millions bribing politicians to avoid tighter regulation of their industry. According to that report, they spent almost $370m in Washington over t...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...ower to hold boards accountable through the courts. Certainly, the answer does not lie in stronger regulation. As he says, you can't regulate morality. too much regulation has the perverse effect...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
...ent: markets are efficient, financial innovation transfers risk to those best able to bear it, self-regulation works best, and government intervention is ineffective and harmful. They forgot that ther...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...r? If it is indeed primarily to facilitate sales and exits, then perhaps this is where the focus of regulation should be. And of course, if the I.P.O. market is moribund, it behooves us to find out wh...
Allergy Results from Malfunction of Respiratory Epithelium
in Allergies, on April 4, 2009
... samples taken during winter; and of these genes several were connected with protein transport and regulation of cytoskeleton. An astonishing finding was that the immune response of in healthy control...
A good crisis for George Soros
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
...that they ought to be injecting money into the good banks." While others are calling for more regulation of credit default swaps, Soros goes one step further. He says they so toxic that they sho...
Coal and the New EPA
in IfEnergy, on February 28, 2009
...tive and can't supply enough energy to meant much of the demand for electricity in America. New regulation on pollution from from coal-fired power plants could make wind and solar energy more comp...
Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
...mental costs.
In outsourced or offshored relationships, suppliers are asked to meet all applicable regulations and mitigate risk at all times, an effort that most client companies rarely undertake. T...
Canada to Require Companies to Disclose Any Use of Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 1, 2009
...ials reporting requirement for companies - is an important step toward ensuring that nanotechnology regulation is driven by accurate information and high-quality science."
More here from NanoT...
Obama's options
in Sox First, on January 26, 2009
...steries. What we can be certain about is the new Government will move quickly to tighten financial regulations. We can expect stricter rules particularly on derivatives, like credit default swaps. Th...
PE Hub Interviews NVCA President Mark Heeson
in TJ's Weblog, on January 25, 2009
... to put its own ideas up for consideration as the new Obama Administration begins looking at future regulation of the financial markets. Today we've seen a perfect storm of investors sitting on th...
Network Neutrality: The FCC Faces Off with Comcast
in Web 2.0, on January 24, 2009
...Administration takes over the FCC, legislation may cease to be necessary to enforce net neutrality. Regulation and enforcement of current rules just by itself may resolve many net neutrality issues.
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Hedging the bets
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Christopher Cox could never do: usher in strict new regulations for hedge funds. "This is an Enron moment for hedge funds," Peter Rup, chief i...
New Visa Rules Impact Golfers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 12, 2009
...onerous, the trick is being aware of it in the first place. Travel agents are familiar with the new regulation - or they should be if they're any good at their jobs - but caveat emptor.
If you...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 10, 2009
... trends, particularly the investment banks and those that deal in the financial markets. Given that regulation is going to come about, and it's inevitable, it would be sensible to build this regul...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...s who have lost 40% of the value of their equities. The one certain bet is that we are in for more regulation. Academics from Emory University's Goizueta Business School have forecast the Obama...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
...h for long had peddled the line about free markets so perfect that there was no need for government regulation and the general public which has been hammered badly. On Steffy's list of winners ar...
New era of regulation
in Sox First, on December 29, 2008
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The new world order with regulation is now emerging. Gone are the days when the so-called "free market" was the only game in town. We are now seeing a reappraisal of the "free mark...
About PureVia™ Sweetener
in Daily Diabetic, on December 20, 2008
Recently, the FDA issued a "no objection" letter for stevia-based sweeteners in the U.S.
Speaking of stevia-based sweeteners, Whole Earth Sweetener Company 's new PureVia™ - an all natural, zero calorie sweetener made from stevia - will be in stores nationwide in the comin...
Lou Dobbs, the Auto Bailout and Outsourcing (and Outsourcing Contracts)
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 13, 2008
...ly, many outsourcing contracts contain provisions allowing termination in the event of a government regulation or finding which is adverse to outsourcing. It remains to be seen if these provisions can...
Bush Administration Expresses Opposition to Free Wireless
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 11, 2008
...igned around unproven business models.'"
In other words, sayeth the Bush administration, regulation is always, always, always a bad idea...
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Why did the housing meltdown happen in the US?
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...e US tax system encourages people to take on monstrous amounts of debt. Secondly, all the financial regulation in the US was totally useless when it came to preventing riskier loans. And finally, ther...
Lack of Sleep Is Genetically Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on December 8, 2008
...ture Genetics .
The said findings discovered a surprisingly clear connection between sleep and the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
The findings fill in some of the molecular details of ho...
Obama slams "tone-deaf" business leaders
in Sox First, on November 26, 2008
...the Treasury is getting now is a stake in a stinking pile of instruments no one can value much less wants to buy. That pile was built by bankers in tailored suits out of Harvard Business School who sa... ...money. The public sector pays small sums to overworked lawyers - some of them emasculated by the no-regulation Bush administration - to try to keep up. Guess who wins?" Maybe the new President m...
The hypocrisy of Bush
in Sox First, on November 14, 2008
...ree market principles. It also comes at a time when
hedge funds are saying they want Government regulation. Felix Salmon at Portfolio.com calls it "a mixture of free-market platitudes,...
Ratings agency crackdown
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
... States with Bloomberg reporting that three out of four chief executive officers want to see more regulation for credit rating agencies. And while we are on the subject of credit ratings, we can...
Obama's to-do list
in Sox First, on November 8, 2008
...lizes a substantial element of the US economy? Will he raise or lower taxes? Will he expand banking regulation to other investment instruments? What will he do about oil dependency and debt consolida...
Diabetes and Your Pet
in Daily Diabetic, on November 6, 2008
...ing portions
Removing snacks and table food from your pets diet as they interfere with the proper regulation of glucose levels
Consistent exercise for your pet
Checking your pet's urine gluc...
Is Microsoft showing Google the legislative ropes?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 20, 2008
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 without some outside instigation, since the arrangement is merely as business deal rather than a co...
The crash and deregulation
in Sox First, on October 18, 2008
...integrity. Others blame it on cheap money and low interest rates. But the most obvious culprit is deregulation. As I pointed out in a blog entry last month, the tough regulations introduced after t...
Hedge Fund Conferences
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 17, 2008
... Among upcoming hedge fund conferences are the IFSB Seminars on the Regulation of Takaful, themed "Challenges in Maintaining Solvency for Takaful Undertaking.
Takaful is an Islamic insur...
FCC Okays Free Nationwide Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 15, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Wojtek Kryczka
The FCC has published the results of a study [PDF file] finding that there's little chance of a free wireless broadband service interfering with established carriers' offerings, clearing the way for the eventual launch of such a ser...
Can the bailout fix things?
in Sox First, on September 29, 2008
... Wall Street won't go back to its freewheeling, profit-spinning ways of old. After years of lax regulation, Wall Street firms will face much stronger oversight by regulators who are looking to tig...
The end of capitalism as we know it?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2008
... (Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley). In which institutions under stress accept pervasive government regulation in return for insurance against failure. In which the advantages of free trade are sacrif...
Protecting Yourself Against Scams
in Home Based Business, on August 29, 2008
...y promise is the company behind the scam. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of regulation in the infomercial industry. It seems like anyone with a scam and enough money to make an...
What Does Hypoallergenic Mean?
in Allergies, on August 28, 2008
... - hypoallergenic. But what does it really mean? Apparently, not much .
In 1975, the FDA issued a regulation governing use of the term hypoallergenic, stating that a cosmetic product could be labele...
Piracy in Context: There Are Bigger Challenges in China
in China Venture News, on August 10, 2008
I found a great blog post last month at BizCult that puts the problem of piracy in China into context.
Sure, intellectual property rights (IPR) are a big deal - and a problem in China. China Success Stories has a recent piece on how to secure your IPRs in China ( Part 1 and Part 2 ). But I...
Sprint Loses Early Termination Case, Owes $73 Million
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 29, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Denise Torres
This is gonna cut into the $670 million the company stands to make from the sale of its cell towers ... a California court has ruled that Sprint 's early termination fees are unlawful, and has ordered it to refund $73 million to its former ...
Immune-based Treatment to Alzheimers Disease on Video
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...uthors hypothesize that elevated levels of TNF-alpha in Alzheimer's disease interfere with this regulation. To reduce elevated TNF-alpha, the authors utilized a unique perispinal delivery method t...
Verizon to Pay $21 Million to Settle Early Termination Lawsuit
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 10, 2008
...ds, have been in the sights of the Federal Communications Commission, where Chairman Kevin Martin wants to construct a national framework for the way they are assessed," note the WSJ's Rog... ...the WSJ's Roger Cheng and Fawn Johnson . "Mr. Martin has been pushing to establish federal regulations that would pro-rate or otherwise limit the termination fees charged by wireless carriers...
The Death of 56.Com?
in China Venture News, on July 9, 2008
...t the disappearance of 56.com back on June 3rd is an example of the Beijing government's strict regulation of video sites. The 56.com site was the closest thing in China to YouTube.
On June 4th ...
Maintaining a bootstrapping culture
in BootStrapMe, on June 17, 2008
... The fruit of this culture includes high-profile corporate failures, a new wave of burdensome regulation, and public mistrust of the business community.
In a day and age when getting funded has repl...
Enter the Anti-Trust subcommittee
in The CIO Weblog, on June 16, 2008
... least of either party's worries, however; the EU has been much more aggressive with anti-trust regulation of late. For the most part, however, everyone in the game has been busy kicking Microsoft...
Glucose Levels-Regulating Gene, Identified
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2008
...ic of diabetes. This finding demonstrates there are gene variants that are important for day-to-day regulation of glucose, but they do not appear to play a significant role in disease risk.
The ident...
Yoogle?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 14, 2008
Did anyone coin that yet? Am I the first? I don't know who came up with the whole "Microhoo" thing but I am sure they got their fifteen minutes of fame and I hope to emulate their monumentally trivial achievement in this venue with my own contribution on the impending Yahoo/Google ...
The audit cartel
in Sox First, on June 4, 2008
...ny accounts, corporate governance or freedom from frauds and fiddles. Without effective independent regulation, public accountability and demanding liability laws, the industry cannot provide value fo...
REACH regulations and its effects on the supply chains
in Supplychainer, on May 5, 2008
... I don't know how many of you have heard about REACH regulations which has come into place recently; probably not too many, but the fact is that REACH is going to seriously affect the supply ch...
