Archive for April, 2008

Feeding the bears

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

A former Fed official Vincent Reinhart has slammed the Fed’s bailout of Bear Stearns, describing it as the "worst policy decision in a generation"

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Climate change dilemmas

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Finance and risk managers say global warming will force them to change their business models

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Will say on pay cut it with investors?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Us investors are making the most of say on pay proposals but that hasn’t stopped boards cranking up pay

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The business of corruption

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

The Us Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is turning into a hold mine for lawyers

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The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

How important is image at work? How is that there are some people with heaps of talent that seem to go nowhere? Are their presentation skills, or for that matter their dress sense or crass manners stopping them from getting ahead?

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Rogue trader’s new job

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, who cost Societe Generale billions of dollars, has landed a new job - with an IT consultancy!

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Beijing Olympic sponsorship: pros and cons

Monday, April 28th, 2008

What are the ethics of corporate sponsorship of China’s "Genocide Olympics"?

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PCAOB’s fifth birthday

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

In case you missed it, the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board had its fifth birthday last week. Let’s celebrate by looking at the numbers

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The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Here is why the best ideas happen in the shower

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Organized crime and markets

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Organized crime syndicates have penetrated financial markets

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