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- The Battle for The New York Times
- This is a fascinating battle where two fundamental impulses--the right of shareholders to earn the best possible returns and the role of an independent media in the American democracy--come into conflict. Disclosure: I've been writing for the Times for seven years, but think I can step back...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Transformation tensions in higher education: equity, efficiency, and development
- HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA SINCE 1994 is braided into the bargain struck by President F. W. De Klerk and prisoner Nelson Mandela--both in terms of the baggage it carried and the promises it offered. When the new government came to power in 1994 on the basis of the "implicit...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- U.S. food quality standards: fix for market failure or costly anachronism?
- Food quality regulation has been implemented through federal grades and standards for almost a century. A fundamental objective of food regulation is safety from threats to life and health, but this paper focuses on the equally longstanding attempts to combat non-lethal mischief by food purveyors. What has such regulation achieved,...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- Sustainability and pastoral livelihoods: Lessons from East African Maasai and Mongolia
- "Sustainable development" currently has a firm grip on the lexicon of development agencies from the World Bank to small nongovernmental organizations, but it offers little practical guidance for tackling diverse problems in specific places. The concept is of particular importance to pastoral populations throughout the world-those people dependent on livestock...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street Column.
- By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 8--A late buying spree pushed major stock indexes to their second straight winning session in volatile trading on Wednesday. Stocks closed up an upswing, encouraging for investors. But...
- Research articles 2002-08-08
- Boeing thrust into the midst of a tragedy; Company reels after its jets are used in assault.(Brief Article)
- When hijackers turned its aircraft into weapons of terror, Boeing Co. was forced onto a stressful new course. Its people felt the immediate impact, but the company itself will feel aftershocks for years. The shock and rage of actually seeing a second...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- The anticompetitive effect of passive investment.
- INTRODUCTION There are many cases in which a firm passively invests in its competitor.(1) For example, Microsoft passively invested in $150 million worth of the nonvoting stock of Apple, its historic rival in the operating systems market.(2) Also, in November 1998, Northwest Airlines, ...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Deputization of Indian prosecutors: Protecting Indian interests in federal court
- INTRODUCTION Chief Justice John Marshall, in his landmark trilogy of Indian law decisionsJohnson v. McIntosh,1 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,2 and Worcester v. Georgia3laid the foundation for Indian law that stands even today. Namely, Indian tribes are under the trust protection of the federal government. Most states do not have jurisdiction...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- Red Tape and Clean Air: Title V Air Pollution Permitting Implementation as a Test Bed for Theory Development.
- Theoretical examination of the Clean Air Act's Title V indicates that the provision is a likely candidate for red tape, or additional bureaucracy. By focusing on enforcement and compliance of air quality regulations with multiple goals, Title V would significantly increase documentation requirements for specific industrial polluters, and would create...
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- The Problems with Walter Isaacson's Newspaper Rescue Plan
- Today, I'm going to wade, ever so cautiously, into the discussion former Time managing editor Walter Isaacson has stirred up with his "How to Save Your Newspaper" cover story written for his former employer. In case you haven't had a chance to read all 2,200 words of it, it boils...
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
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- Why the Geithner Plan is Good Medicine for the Banking System
- One thing that has puzzled me has been why I find myself to be one of relatively few people who approves of the Geithner plan. I think that it not only has a good chance of improving the employment situation by boosting risky asset prices so that businesses have an...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Insurance Brokers on the Hunt for Acquisitions, Advisen Says
- Size matters, even when you are a mega-insurance broker, says insurance research firm Advisen Ltd., which predicts in its "The Carousel of M&As" report that the two biggest in the business, Aon Corp. and Marsh & McLennan Cos., are on the hunt for acquisitions. But here's the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- The New Merger Arbitrage ETF Is Likely to Fail
- Thomas Kirchner submits: ETFs have been encroaching on the turf of active managers for some time and are now taking hedge funds head on. The promise of hedge funds at ETF costs is very appealing but raises the inevitable question: can they do it? The upcoming IQ Arb Merger...
- External links 2009-11-10
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