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- The Business Council on the Rudd Stimulus Package | BTalk Australia
- (14min 55) After some argy-bargy in the Senate, the Australian government has passed a $42 billion fiscal stimulus package. About a third of the money will go in cash handouts to low and middle income earners, with most of the remainder allocated on infrastructure projects. There’s been...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Why Does Walker Want Bank Boards To Be Different?
- "I'll tell you about the banks. They are different from you and me." I misquote F Scott Fitzgerald to paraphrase Sir David Walker's report on our financial institutions. But is he right? Aren't the banks just companies that happen to deal in money? If so, why so...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
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- -THE WHITE HOUSE: President Clinton names David Walker as Comptroller General at the GAO.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 October 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton names David Walker as Comptroller General at the General Accounting Office C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:051098 The President today announced his intent to nominate David M. Walker...
- Research articles 1998-10-08
- Eyes on Shareholder Rules as Walker Sets Out Stall
- By Kirstin Ridley and Raji MenonLONDON (Reuters UK) - City of London grandee David Walker risks opening a Pandora's box if he turns shareholder rights into duties and requires investors to explain why they have sold shares as part of a review of bank pay and practices.Some experts argue that...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Brown Says Ready to Respond Swiftly to Walker Review
- LONDON (Reuters UK) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week.Walker, who will next Thursday publish the final report of his government-sponsored review, has outlined 39 recommendations on how banks should be...
- News items 2009-11-21
- Brown Ready to Respond to Walker Review
- LONDON (Reuters UK) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week.Walker, who will next Thursday publish the final report of his government-sponsored review, has outlined 39 recommendations on how banks should be...
- News items 2009-11-21
- Morgan Stanley brings Walker out of retirement.
- Byline: Jeremy Adams Morgan Stanley has brought Sir David Walker out of retirement to give him his old role as chairman of Morgan Stanley International.Walker, who is stepping back into a role he left four years ago, is to chair Morgan Stanley's executive committee...
- Research articles 2004-04-23
- MAXIMUS F2Q08 (Qtr End 3/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Charles Strauzer of CJS Securities. Charles Strauzer – CJS Securities The divested businesses in the Systems segment, beyond the gain that you recorded in Q3 what is the impact on that segment in terms...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-08
- New Banking Regulations Will Hit All Boards
- The US reaction to the Enron collapse was the stifling Sarbanes Oxley legislation. Britain does things differently, preferring the soft law of best-practice guidelines, but we do it more often. It is just six years since the Higgs code was imposed on UK companies but already it is being reviewed...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- At the Bell; Social Security phase-ins proposed.(Late News)
- Changes to the Social Security system could be phased in over time so that "everybody will get more than they think they're going to get,'' Comptroller General David Walker told a gathering of employee benefits officials in Washington on Frida Changes to the Social...
- Research articles 2005-01-17
- GAO chief rallies government
- WASHINGTON -- United States Comptroller General David Walker called on government auditors to assume a lead role in restoring the accounting profession's tarnished image. WASHINGTON -- United States Comptroller General David Walker called on government auditors to assume a lead role in restoring the...
- Research articles 2002-10-07
- Pelosi, House Democrats Request GAO Oversee Spending for Relief and Reconstruction of Gulf Coast to Avoid Waste and Fraud
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and senior House Democrats sent a letter today to GAO Comptroller General David Walker requesting he immediately establish a team of experienced auditors and investigators to monWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and senior...
- Research articles 2005-09-13
- GAO Releases 3 New Reports on Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina; Report Includes Recommendations for Disaster Preparedness, Response
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In connection with the Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 anniversaries, U.S. Comptroller General David Walker today released the Government Accountability Office's GAO summary report of its Hurricane Katrina work to date,WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In connection with the Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 anniversaries,...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Fed workers' rights in job competitions at issue.
- Comptroller General David Walker, who heads the General Accounting Office, said he believes federal employees should be allowed to file bid protests over the outcome of sourcing competitions in some cases. Comptroller General David Walker, who heads the General Accounting Office, said he believes...
- Research articles 2003-07-11
- U.S. Comptroller General Resigns for More 'Aggressive' Policymaking Position
- To: ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Contact: Mia White of Agora Entertainment, +1-410-454-0403, mwhite@agorafinancial.com BALTIMORE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO, has announced his resignation in order to accept the position of President and Chief Executive...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- David Zucker to Join Walker Digital; 'Henk' Hanselaar Appointed DIVA's New CEO; Zucker Pursues New Venture After Establishing DIVA As Video-On-Demand Leader
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 6, 2000 Telecommunications Technology Executive, 'Henk' Hanselaar, Named Successor DIVATM, a leading provider of interactive video-on-demand VOD products and services, announced today that Chief Executive Officer, David Zucker, is leaving the company to assume a CEO position at Walker...
- Research articles 2000-09-06
- Long-Term Fiscal Burdens Continue to Pile Up
- "The most serious threat to the United States," U.S. Comptroller General David Walker has warned, "is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan but our own fiscal irresponsibility." Walker, the federal government's chief auditor, has been traveling across the country like a modern Paul Revere encouraging ordinary...
- Research articles 2007-07-16
- Could the U.S. Lose Its AAA Rating? Would It Matter?
- Kathy Lien submits: In Wednesday’s Financial Times, there is an op-ed article by David Walker, the CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation pondering the possibility of the U.S. losing its prized AAA credit rating. The paper focuses on a warning that was issued by rating agency Moody’s...
- External links 2009-05-13
- Players.(interview of Mary Ellen Walker)(Interview)
- Interview by David Hannon Player: Mary Ellen Walker, purchasing agent, Hagemeyer North America, Coppell, Texas Background: Walker's celebrating her 25th anniversary in purchasing. She started out as a buyer for the Hallowell Steel Shelving division...
- Research articles 2006-10-19
- Walker says what he sees
- 'Just say what you see'--Roy Walker used to urge contestants on the show Catchphrase. Well, another Walker, this time Sir David, has said what he sees in the private equity market, which will be an awful lot more once his recommendations are put in place. His call for more...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
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