America's leading fund manager is on a collision course with watchdogs in the fall-out from the mutual savings scandal that has tarnished the industry and cost investors billions of dollars.Edward C Johnson III, the family heir who runs Fidelity Inve America's leading fund manager is on...
-- Watchdog Groups to Call on Congress to Return to True 'Pay-As- You-Go' Budget Rules -- Watchdog Groups to Call on Congress to Return to True 'Pay-As- You-Go' Budget Rules
CONSUMER watchdog Public Citizen accused the FDA of running more of an advertising campaign for hormone replacement therapies than a public health campaign in its recent initiative to raise awareness about recent findings on the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy.
The American Red Cross and Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance WGA both worked to mollify press reports of a downgrade in the disaster relief group's rating on the watchdog's Web site. The American Red Cross and Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance...
JP Morgan Chase was fined $6m ([euro]5.5m) Thursday for what a watchdog called 'unlawful profit-sharing activities' during the internet boom.The National Association of Securities Dealers found that a subsidiary of the giant bank took millions of dol JP Morgan Chase was fined $6m ([euro]5.5m) Thursday for...
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa Consob, Italy's stock market regulator, has never enjoyed much of a name - more sheep than watchdog. But it found its bark on May 11 when it ruled that Banca Popolare di Lodi BPL, a medium-sized ins Commissione...
Former Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei won his third-term as Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog on June 13. He was re-elected on the first day of a week-long meeting of the IAEA Former Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei won his...
MELBOURNE, Nov 15 Asia Pulse - The corporate watchdog yesterday said it would not be drawn into the latest bitter row between dissident Coles Myer Ltd (ASX:CML) director Solomon Lew and chairman Rick Allert. MELBOURNE, Nov 15 Asia Pulse - The corporate watchdog yesterday...
SYDNEY, Dec 18 Asia Pulse - Australia's corporate watchdog said today it will not oppose the proposed merger of Queensland's UNiTAB Ltd (ASX:UTB) and Tab Ltd, or the proposed merger of Tabcorp Holdings and Tab. SYDNEY, Dec 18 Asia Pulse - Australia's corporate watchdog...
Byline: steven r. strahler When Boeing Co. this month hired a high-ranking civilian Air Force official, it praised Darleen Druyun's ability to ``drive acquisition reform'' in the defense industry. A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog, Project on Gove Byline: steven r. strahler ...
ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's competition watchdog has a big decision to make. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC must soon decide on the Foxtel/Optus pay television content-sharing proposal. It is known that the watchdog is ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's competition watchdog has...
The independent role of accountants as a watchdog for the general public is being threatened by developments inside and outside their profession. For instance, most accounting studies have focused on procedural improvements and have paid less attention toThe independent role of accountants as a watchdog for the general public is...
Ron Hayes, a longtime OSHA watchdog, has been chosen by OSHA Administrator John Henshaw to fill a vacant position on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, which advises the ... Ron Hayes, a longtime OSHA watchdog, has been chosen by OSHA...
High reliability systems perform power supply "margin" testing to assure maximum performance and reliability across the full operating voltage range, Forcing the power supply module or DC/DC converter to [+ or -] 5% of the nominal voltage High reliability systems perform power supply "margin"...
There is only one way for FirstEnergy Corp. and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to redeem themselves for their egregious errors in judgment that allowed the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant to operate as long as it did with a dangerously corroded re There is only one way...
Zed CEO Javier Perez Dolset has lashed out at the UK's premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus, blaming the watchdog for "destroying" the UK D2C content market. Dolset told Mobile Entertainment that its refusal to step in and deal with the subscription abuses taking place three years ago, has killed...