Archive for December, 2009
U.S. Government and Business Leaders on the Financial Transactions Tax
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION 1. President Obama -- White House Press briefing, July 22, 2009: Reporter Question: Would you consider going a step further than your regulatory reform proposals and supporting a fee on risky activities that go beyond traditional lending? (more...)
Responsible Investor Alert
NEWS HEADLINES: DECEMBER 15TH, 2009 › France’s €29bn FRR goes ‘carbon neutral’ with hydropower offsets - tenders €5bn bond mandates › CalPERS joins Norway and APG in climate change asset allocation research project › Fund manager to €280bn Norway scheme in major governance hires
Plan to Rev Up Clean Tech in Poor Nations
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 14, 2009 Industrial Nations Pledge Funds to Make Renewable Energy Accessible in Developing Economies to Curb Energy Consumption (Washington Post) This story was written by Washington Post Writer Juliet Eilperin. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will announce on Monday an international plan to deploy clean technology in [...]
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U.S. Forfeiting Billions in Future Taxes So Citi Can Exit TARP
The Washington Post is reporting that the federal government has quietly decided to exempt Citigroup (C) from a large future tax bill in allowing it to exit the TARP program. This is a backdoor bailout worth billions and is an outrage that demonstrates the lengths to which government will go to gift these organizations taxpayer money. Read more...
CSR Asia Weekly Vol.5 Week 50
2010: more CSR legislation ahead? A view from Indonesia, India and the Philippines by Erin Lyon What does 2010 have in store for corporate social responsibility? One issue that keeps coming up is regulation. A recent research report states that companies want ‘regulatory consistency’ on CSR issues. When we speak to companies they say that [...]
Shaping Tomorrow Insight Newsletter
Insight Newsletter 16 December 2009 Edited by Bruce Lloyd Policing the oceans The oceans are essential to life on this planet; they cover about 70% of the surface and contain about 95% of all water; they provide millions of tons of fish every year, shipping routes, tourism and minerals. And yet they are largely un-policed and uncontrolled. [...]
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
16 December 2009 DEALS NEWS... Green Global Resources to sell Green Global Agro-Conservation Resources and Green Global Bioenergy AEP receives $334m in DOE funding to expand carbon capture facilities JA Solar Holdings’ repurchase programme gains board approval Click for the newsletter...
The Baseline Scenario: “Wake Up, Gentlemen”
Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:06 AM PST Simon Johnson is dead-on exposing this dangerously erroneous belief system! - Ed. The guiding myth underpinning the reconstruction of our dangerous banking system is: Financial innovation as-we-know-it is valuable and must be preserved. Anyone opposed to this approach is a populist, with or without a [...]
Other News: The Many Lives of the Tobin Tax
"Other News" is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. The "Other News" motto is a phrase which appeared on the wall of [...]
