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- Risk For Pension Fund Providers
- For any company considering whether to offer or continue to offer a traditional defined benefit DB pension scheme, the fundamental issue is whether the benefit of doing so justifies the cost. The rationale is clear: in providing a desirable benefit for employees, the company hopes to attract and then retain...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Internet Licensing: Getting Music Copyright Laws Right
- Recent headlines have brought the use of music on the Internet to the forefront, particularly the 261 copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA against some of the most active fans sharing songs on services like Kazaa. RIAA's lawsuits are for downloading music illegally over...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Opportunities for Combining Small Scale and Sustainability in Farming
- In agriculture, small scale and sustainability are good bedfellows - arguably essential ones. The objective of this paper is to explore some of the opportunities that affinity affords, particularly in regard to the role of livestock. The rationale is the urgency of progressing toward an alternative to an agriculture that...
- White papers 2002-01-03
- The Myth Of Insider Trading
- Investors have long been intrigued by the idea of profitably mimicking the legal and highly regulated trades of corporate insiders. The rationale is that nobody should know the future prospects of a company better than its top executives. So, the logic goes, if these knowledgeable insiders are using their own...
- White papers 2006-07-25
- Tech Layoffs and Bad Management
- It's official: Sun Microsystems is laying off 15 to 18 percent of its workforce. Such announcements from tech companies offer as little surprise as a single-day multi-hundred-point movement in the Dow. The tactic has become a management truism, with Wall Street often rewarding the "courageous" decision with an uptick in...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
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- The Changing Rationale for European University Research Funding: Are There Negative Unintended Consequences?
- In recent years there has been wide-ranging debate on the advantages and drawbacks of the rationale for resource allocation to university research. The post-World War II rationale for public support of science has been challenged by a more contractual-oriented vision of how to support research. The academic debate has provided...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Corps dredging rationale faulted. (Slants and Trends).
- CORPS DREDGING RATIONALE FAULTED. The General Accounting Office GAO, in response to a congressional request, has assessed the result of a legislative directive to privatize the Corps' hopper dredging operations. GAO found that the privatization has CORPS DREDGING RATIONALE FAULTED. The General Accounting Office GAO,...
- Research articles 2003-04-16
- Market failures and the rationale for national parks.
- Abstract: America's national park system is widely admired, but the economic rationale for national parks is not compelling. The author discusses how market failures of various kinds can, in principle, be used to justify national parks. The best rationale for national parks is based on existence...
- Research articles 2002-09-22
- Takenaka lauds Daiei revival plan for 'strong rationale'
- TOKYO, Jan. 18 Kyodo Economics minister Heizo Takenaka on Friday praised troubled supermarket chain Daiei's reconstruction program as having ''strong rationale.'' ''Whether a company should be rehabilitated or not should be discussed from the standpoint of whether the company is viable or not,'' Takenaka...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- Premera Blue Cross Releases 39-Page Document Describing Its Rationale for Becoming a Public Company
- Business Editors MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 18, 2002 Following initial public forums across Washington sponsored by the state officials to hear from the public early in the review process, Premera Blue Cross is releasing to the public a 39-page document filed Sept. 27 with state officials, describing Premera's...
- Research articles 2002-10-18
- Investigating the rationale for pursuing total quality management(TQM) as a valid competitive strategy for SME's
- "The importance of Total Quality Management TQM for Small and Medium Sized (SME?s) is widely acknowledged by various authors. It state that SME's are often suppliers of goods and services to larger organizations and therefore a lack of product quality and/or service from SME's could adversely affect...
- White papers 2000-08-25
- Formalization Of Construction Sequencing Rationale & Classification Mechanism To Support Rapid Generation of Sequencing Alternatives
- The ability to re-sequence activities is a critical task for project planners for effective project control. Re-sequencing activities requires planners to determine the impact or "Role" an activity has on following activities. They also need to determine which activities may or may not be delayed. Distinguishing the role and "Status"...
- White papers 2006-10-01
- OECD's Cotis sees 'no macroeconomic rationale' for any further euro rise
- PARIS AFP — OECD chief economist Jean-Philippe Cotis has said there was "no macroeconomic rationale" for any further appreciation of the euro. "This is the weakest economic area. Why should it have the strongest currency?" Cotis told reporters Monday. He said any downward revision of the Organization for...
- Research articles 2005-05-02
- Confident partners set out rationale for break up of ABN Amro PART
- SIR Fred Goodwin called together the three audiences, those before him in the room in London, those sitting in Santander's conference room in central Madrid, and a scattered group watching a live webcast or tuning in by audio only in a conference call. Goodwin spoke first, going over...
- Research articles 2007-06-03
- Major Plutonium Study Eliminates Rationale for New Nuclear Weapons Push ; Statement by Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund, Co-Director, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
- To: National DeskContact: Rich Hayes of the Union Of Concerned Scientists, 202-331- 5437WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "New findings on the aging of plutonium in nuclear warheads, which were released today by the Department of Energy DOE, demonstrate that current warheads will remain dependable for many decades to come....
- Research articles 2006-11-29
- New Report Proposes Economic Rationale for Renegotiating Key Mining Contracts in the DR Congo
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Patricia Feeney of RAID in Washington, DC, Mobile: (+44) (0) 779-617-8447, tricia.feeney@raid-uk.org limited access WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, RAID released a report today that proposes an economic rationale for renegotiating some of the key copper...
- Research articles 2007-04-12
- Gaza, The Day After; The Demographic Rationale
- Alpher, Yossi The Jewish Week 08-05-2005 Four visions of the future for Israelis and Palestinians after the pullout. The only really persuasive and sustainable rationale for the Gaza disengagement is that it begins a process of disentangling Jews and Arabs so as to ensure that Israel remains a Jewish...
- Research articles 2005-08-05
- Gaza, The Day After; The Demographic Rationale
- Alpher, Yossi The Jewish Week 08-05-2005 Four visions of the future for Israelis and Palestinians after the pullout. The only really persuasive and sustainable rationale for the Gaza disengagement is that it begins a process of disentangling Jews and Arabs ...
- Research articles 2005-08-05
- Privacy, Identity, Databases: Toward A New Conception Of The Consumer Privacy Discourse
- This article argues that the current discourse on privacy has failed to articulate a compelling rationale for protecting consumer information. Moreover, most legal scholars rely on models of informational privacy that poorly fit the context of consumer information collection. It also proposes a new model for protecting consumer information, which...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Grant Prideco Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Jim Crandell with Lehman Brothers. James Crandell - Lehman Brothers Good morning, guys. Michael McShane - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Jim. James Crandell - Lehman Brothers Mike, can you speak to...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-26
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