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- Targeting a Just-in-Case Supply Chain for the Inevitable Next Disaster
- Natural disasters, wars, and political upheavals occur regularly around the globe, playing havoc with the flow of parts and goods. Such disruptions are as old as commercial trade itself. But the dramatic terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon a year ago brought supply chain risk into...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Protecting Your Employees And Shareholders From Terrorist Threats
- A year after September 11, many corporate leaders have become complacent about the threat of another terrorist attack. This article tells how to protect employees and shareholders from terrorist threats. Companies are starting to recognize the need for corporate governance around these issues, and they see that unless they have...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance
- This paper focuses on insurance, which is only one part of an overall system for managing risks created by the possibility of terrorist attacks and compensating losses caused by terrorist attacks. Disaster assistance, the tort system, and charities can also play a role in this system. This paper should be...
- White papers 2004-10-13
- September 11: Recent Estimates of Fiscal Impact of 2001 Terrorist Attack on New York
- In 2002, GAO reported that the New York budget offices estimated that from the terrorist attack, New York City sustained tax revenue losses of $1.6 billion for 2002 and $1.4 billion for 2003, New York State $1.6 billion for 2002 and $4.2 billion for 2003. GAO found some limitations to...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Insurance Sector Preparedness: Insurers Appear Prepared to Recover Critical Operations Following Potential Terrorist Attacks, But Some Issues Warrant Further Review
- The insurance sector is a key part of the U.S. financial sector, particularly following a terrorist attack or other disaster where there has been loss of life and damage to property. To determine the insurance sector's preparedness to protect and recover critical insurance operations, this paper describes the potential effects...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- TRIA and Beyond: What Would Be the Most Effective Way for the Nation to Recover From (Mega)-Terrorist Attacks?
- Estimating the risk of a terrorist attack is problematic because of limited historical data, divergent models, and differing expert judgments on the likelihood and impact of an attack. Therefore, professionals seeking to manage the risk are further challenged by uncertainty over whether to buy insurance, by how to conduct appropriate...
- White papers 2005-02-25
- Insurance: Half U.S. Businesses Lack Terrorism Insurance
- The total insured-property losses from the September 11 terrorist attacks are expected to hit more than $40 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute, a nonprofit organization supported by the property and casualty insurance industry. As the costliest U.S. catastrophe to date, the September 11 terrorist attacks surpassed the insured...
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- The Consequences of Terrorism for Financial Markets: What Do We Know?
- The objective of this article is to outline what one, as a researcher, knows and, more importantly, what one does not yet know about the consequences of terrorism for financial markets. The paper argues that a number of the efforts used to assess quantitatively the risk of terrorist attacks are...
- White papers 2006-05-07
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- ABB evacuates Lummus staff following Yanbu terrorist attack.(business & finance news)(ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.)(Brief Article)
- ABB says it has flown all its expatriate employees at Yanbu. Saudi Arabia out of the country following a terrorist attack there on May 1, in which gunmen killed four employees of the company's ABB Lummus Global subsidiary and one con tractor. Two others were injured in...
- Research articles 2004-05-12
- Terrorist Attacks Shock Markets around the World.
- Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--CHICAGO--The explosions that rocked New York and Washington Tuesday rippled outward to affect shocked markets around the globe. The apparent terrorist attack struck the very heart of the nation's financial center -- the...
- Research articles 2001-09-12
- Victims Compensation Fund. (Finance).
- The American Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that the top 30 charities have raised US$1.3 billion for victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11. Meanwhile, the federal government has announced a Victims Compensation Fund which is expected to cost American taxpayers...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Spot the finance poacher.(Brief Article)
- Feb 15, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Cantor Fitzgerald is seeking to expand into Asia, the US and Europe through BCG, its money broking arm. The company gained publicity in 2001 because many of its staff were killed in the 11...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- Transportation Security: Issues for the 109th Congress
- The nation's air, land, and marine transportation systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency, two characteristics that make them highly vulnerable to terrorist attack. While hardening the transportation sector from terrorist attack is difficult, reasonable measures can be taken to deter terrorists. The focus of this report is how best...
- White papers 2005-06-15
- US raises alert in main finance districts
- WASHINGTON AFP ? The United States raised its terrorist alert because of a threat that al-Qaeda may attack top financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank headquarters in Washington and the New York stock exchange. The Department of Homeland Security increased precautions in the financial services districts...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- The Philadelphia In...uirer Personal Finance Column.
- By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia In...uirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 31--Imagine you could make money if a suicide bomber struck in the Middle East. You could -- if you bet someone that there would be an attack, and there was one....
- Research articles 2003-07-31
- Upfront: Red Flags for Revenue Risks
- How well-prepared are U.S. businesses to protect their top revenue drivers in the event of a major disruption, such as a fire or explosion, natural disaster, cyber crime, or terrorist attack? The paper talks about a survey which shows that more than one-third of the 400 leading companies represented in...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- North Carolina Technology Companies Help Restore Networks Damaged by Attacks.
- By Dan Egbert, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25--In recent years, concern has mounted that electronic data and communications networks, which have become the central nervous system for government, finance and industry, are vulnerable to an attack ...
- Research articles 2001-09-25
- Virginia's First-Quarter Revenue Down 2.4 Percent.
- By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--RICHMOND, Va.--Gov. Jim Gilmore released his September financial report Monday and the news was dismal: Virginia's economy has been slowed by overall weakness, staggered by a terrorist attack, and now...
- Research articles 2001-10-16
- BBC implicates Bacardi in past violence
- A TV documentary aired in mid-April by Great Britain's BBC3 claims that during the 1960s and '70s, members of the Bacardi family used the rum empire's millions to finance plots to kill Fidel Castro and a terrorist attack that killed 73 airline passengers. London's Guardian says the unwanted publicity...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Costs Of A Borderless World.
- The economic consequences of terrorist attacks are huge, but some of the best protections for companies cost very little. Mimicking the reach of a global corporation, the Sept. 11 terrorists tapped resources from 10 countries on three continents before finally hitting their targets in the United States. Finance executives can't...
- White papers 2001-12-01
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