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B Lab with the release of the third annual ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list
WAYNE, Pa., Mar. 19 /CSRwire/ – Today, 92 companies worldwide were recognized for creating the most positive, overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the third annual ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list. The ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list honors …
A Dangerous Game Of Us vs. Us Played With Our Life Savings : AltEnergyStocks.com
A Dangerous Game Of Us vs. Us Played With Our Life Savings Posted: 15 Mar 2014 07:22 AM PDT Tom Konrad CFA US law requires that money managers put their clients’ interests first. Investment advisers and money managers almost universally assume this means that they must try to make as …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI: EU Parliament Votes For Public Registries of Company Ownership
From the Financial Transparency Coalition Blog: European Parliament Gives Overwhelming ‘Yes’ Vote to End Secret Corporate Ownership Millions of Euros Left Ukraine: Why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is Common Sense As Europe Tightens Oversight, Spotlight Must Remain Why Russia No Longer Fears the West: It’s the Offshore, Stupid Understanding …
Bank of England talks about money creation for the first time
We have some seriously big news to announce! 1) Huge milestone in our campaign When we launched the Positive Money campaign 3 and half years ago and started talking about the fact that banks create money, we were faced with disbelief and shock. A common response was: ‘I don’t believe you. I …
The Stone that Brings Down Goliath? Richmond and Eminent Domain
In a nearly $13 billion settlement with the US Justice Department in November 2013,JPMorganChase admitted that it, along with every other large US bank, had engaged in mortgage fraud as a routine business practice, sowing the seeds of the mortgage meltdown. JPMorgan and other megabanks have now been caught in over …
Who Benefits from the TPP Trade Agreement?
Fair Trade or Free Trade: Who Really Benefits from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Join us for a discussion with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) on the environmental, labor, and small business concerns of the TPP. We will also be joined by Leanne Krueger-Braneky, Director, Fellowship & Alumni BALLE and Jeff …
Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014 :
February 2014 Please find below the highlights of the Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014, including: A Comment piece on the World Bank’s mechanisms by Andrea Rodriguez Osuna and Astrid Puentes; An At Issue briefing on the new brics bank by Sameer Dossani; A Guest Analysis piece on the IFC’s much-criticised investment in Tata’s Assam …
Better Markets: New Fed rules will protect U.S. taxpayers and the global financial system.
banks to comply with the same capital standards as U.S. global financial system. While the EU criticized the Fed for a rule that will impact a few large European banks, the wall street Journal argued that the vote “could be a race to the top of the regulatory tree,” with the …
More Wisdom from David Cay Johnston on Flawed Economic Theory
Some More Wisdom from David Cay Johnston on Flawed Economic Theory : Not every opportunity to profit because of above-market prices is filled by a competitor. Indeed, in my books I have shown how rules discourage this in many markets. In some markets, notably electricity, the rules tend to …