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Agency: a relationship between two people or organizations in which one is empowered to act on behalf of the other in dealings with a third party; Agency definition on BNET »

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SEC Finds Shortcomings in Credit Raters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Credit rating agencies did not properly manage their conflicts of interests when assigning ratings to structured products such as mortgage-backed securities, a report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday. Rating firms have policies and...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, SEC, mortgage-backed security, liquidity, subprime mortgage, investor, agency, asset, regulator, Washington, security, volatility, standards, Thomson Reuters Corp., bond, commission, industry, sales; News items 2008-07-08
Ratings Agencies: How to Solve a Classic Conflict: That the ratings agencies labor under a conflict of interest is hardly news, but the SEC has just gotten around to declaring it so. Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings -- the dominant names in the ratings game -- failed to identify risks in...; Tags: Bond, Agency, SEC, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Ackman; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Publicis Groupe Reforms to Focus on Digital, Teams Up With Yahoo: While the continuing online stumbling of the BDAs Big Dumb Agencies is always amusing, it does my heart good to know that they still can read the writing on the wall from time to time. Yesterday, French ad giant Publicis Groupe announced they'd be starting a new digital arm, VivaKi....; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Business structures, team, Jake Swearingen, Publicis, Publicis Groupe, Yahoo! Inc., mobile, agency, advertisement; Blog posts 2008-06-27
McCreevy Says Rating Agencies to Face EU Legislation: BRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - Credit rating agencies will face mandatory new European Union regulation, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said on Monday, following criticism about their role in the U.S. subprime crisis. The new rules would affect agencies including Moody's MCO, Standard & Poors...; Tags: Agency, European Union, McCreevy, Advertising & Promotion, Liberty Bancorp Inc., McGraw-Hill Companies, Moody's Corp., US; News items 2008-06-16
Ambac Ditches Fitch, Undermines Entire Ratings System: The tortured love affair between the ratings agencies and the bond insurers took another turn as Ambac Financial Group resolved to terminate its contract with Fitch Ratings. While Ambac is not the first insurer to give a rating agency the Heisman -- not always successfully -- its ability...; Tags: Bond, Agency, Insurance Company, Insurance, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Dan Ackman; Blog posts 2008-06-19

Lane Cove Tunnel Viability in Doubt: Ratings agency Fitch has put a question mark over the financial viability of Sydney's Lane Cove Tunnel because of worse than expected traffic volumes.The ratings agency has placed Lane Cove Tunnel Finance Pty Ltd LCTF on an underlying rating of BBB minus on Rating Watch Negative.LCTF is the special...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Financial, Agency, Traffic Growth, Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, AAP; News items 2008-06-16
Making Creative Use of Employee Recognition Programs: Every employee has a need for praise and recognition, and the more often they get it the better. Supervisors are in the best position to give recognition, but few do it often enough - or creatively enough. Government agency award programs seem to do little to drive the performance of...; Tags: public sector, supervisor, agency, performance; White papers
Employment Agency Agreement: This template for Employment Agency Agreement.; Tags: Microsoft Corp., agreement; Tools & templates
Under-Floor Comfort System Helps Transform Building: Wieden + Kennedy is an international agency known for its unique consumer product advertising. In 1997, the firm decided to consolidate its operations into a single, larger facility. The agency had indicated an interest in a "loft style" building with the potential for abundant communication among project teams. The design...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, American Standard Inc., loft, agency, wall, advertisement, team; Case studies
Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado: Handling Savings One Step at a Time: Sharp increases in natural gas prices and rising electricity costs throughout the country, mean federal energy users are examining ways to reduce energy consumption without spending scarce agency funds. The project consisted of traditional building improvements, such as lighting retrofits, upgrading the heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, and installing...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Johnson Controls Inc., agency, natural gas; Case studies
How the Largest (Outsourced) HR IT Project Is Being Managed: Coordinating Enterprise Human Resources Integration, the massive computerization of human resources records of the federal government's Office of Personnel Management OPM and 214 federal agencies, served as a supreme challenge for the Center for Organizational Excellence COE, a Rockville, Maryland management consulting company. Its impact would reach across the entire...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, personnel management, agency, forecasting, outsource, workforce, information technology, tool, software; Case studies
Consumer Credit Counseling Services: Should You Use Them?: More and more people are turning to credit counselors to help them get out from under a mountain of debt. Some consumers are finding out the hard way, however, that not all credit counselors are created equal. One so called "Non-profit" counseling agency pockets a person's first month's check, which...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, consumer credit, agency, benefit; White papers
Okay First the Bad News: The Agency Selection Process is a Huge Pain in the Neck: The word leaks out that one is reviewing his or her account. Within a week the person has collected coffee mugs, gimme caps, desk toys, and other Mysterious Things Beyond the Dreams of Avarice. The person a one-inch stack of phone messages. The person is so popular. By week two,...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, agency, billing, phone, advertisement, strategy; White papers
Letter From Collection Agency: This template is for letter from collection agency.; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Corp., agency; Tools & templates
How To Borrow From The SBA: The U.S. Small Business Administration SBA in some ways serves as the cash cow for fledgling businesses through the agency's myriad loan guarantees and direct grants. Whether you're shopping for startup financing or expansion capital, the SBA should be a destination. Though the SBA is in business to help you,...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., financing, agency; White papers
Services for Defense Agencies: In today's high-stakes environment, defense organizations around the world must be increasingly flexible and efficient, and make faster, more informed decisions. Accenture helps defense organizations meet rising performance demands by helping identify and deliver cost-effective solutions that produce immediate, consistent, high-performance results. In just a few short years, the world's...; Tags: Accenture Ltd., terrorism, high-performance, environment, performance; White papers
Chicago Housing Authority Tailors Salesforce to Unique Public Agency Requirements: The Chicago Housing Authority, which is leading the City's program to rebuild and modernize the nation's third-largest public housing system, chose salesforce.com to enable case managers to track residents, support self-sufficiency and facilitate relocation. The Chicago Housing Authority retained Model Metrics LLC, a key salesforce.com implementation partner based in Chicago,...; Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc., Chicago, on-demand application, agency; Case studies
Billing and Information Systems: A Fast Turnaround for a Failing Home Health Care Agency: A home health agency had not been able to generate any billing during the last eight months and the client base had dropped from 100 to 15 due to a total information system failure to support the changes resulting from the implementation of PPS. There was a real sense of...; Tags: Strategy, Gentiva Health Services, information system, home health care, billing, agency, team; Case studies
Tips for Marketing Your Agency: Which Advertising Medium Is Right for You?: With today's fast-paced, competitive society, more and more businesses as relying on the power of marketing to increase brand recognition and elevate their companies into the public eye. To help make the best possible decisions for an agency, this paper will identify the most popular forms of advertising and weigh...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Branding, brand recognition, agency, advertisement, marketing, brand, benefit; White papers
State Agency Uses Tax Dollars Wisely: The Oregon Department of Administrative Services DAS is the central administrative agency of state government, working to, effectively implement policy and financial decisions made by the Governor and the Oregon Legislature. When DAS began experiencing high energy use in their own Public Service Building and problems with their HVAC system...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, agency, public service, tax, financial; Case studies