News release: “Representatives from the Forum which now numbers almost 90 jurisdictions around the world and a host of International Organisations gathering in Mexico, took concrete steps to empower the Global Forum to play the leading role in the global campaign to fight tax evasion. Building on the extraordinary progress made in the last few… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Google Explains Email Outage and Comments Fly
Official Gmail Blog: “Gmail’s web interface had a widespread outage [September 1, 2009], lasting about 100 minutes. We know how many people rely on Gmail for personal and professional communications, and we take it very seriously when there’s a problem with the service. Thus, right up front, I’d like to apologize to all of you… Continue Reading
Standard & Poor's – Global Corporate Default Tally In Double Digits
News release: “Two global corporate issuers defaulted this week, bringing the 2009 year-to-date tally to 211 issuers–nearly 4x the 55 defaults at this time in 2008, said an article published by Standard & Poor’s. Both of this week’s defaults were based in the U.S., bringing the default tallies by region to 151 issuers in the… Continue Reading
Executive Summary, Investigation of Failure of the SEC to Uncover Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
Report of Investigation, United States Securites and Exchange Commission Office of Inspector General, Case No. OIG-509 Investigation of Failure of the SEC To Uncover Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme, August 31, 2009. Executive Summary: “The OIG investigation did not find evidence that any SEC personnel who worked on an SEC examination or investigation of Bernard L.… Continue Reading
Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History
News release: ” American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice, to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products, the… Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Criminal Victimization, 2008
Criminal Victimization, 2008 – “Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of personal and property victimization and describes the year-to-year change from 2007 as well as trends for the ten-year period from 1999 through 2008. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against… Continue Reading
Amazon Files Brief in Federal Court Against Google Book Settlement
bizjounrals: “Amazon.com Inc. this week joined the groups filing objections in court against Google Inc.’s settlement with authors and publishers. Amazon said in its 41-page brief filed in federal court that Google will stifle competition if the settlement is approved.” Continue Reading
Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight Transportation System for Future Economic Growth, by Richard Hillestad et al. “Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors discuss the role of the freight-transportation system in the supply chains of various… Continue Reading
American Lawyer: Librarians trim budgets, head count, and much-loved research tools
Law Librarians Survey: No More Sacred Cows – Librarians trim budgets, head count, and much-loved research tools. The Full Survey: The Librarian’s Expanding Role Electronic Resources Staffing Finances Continue Reading
FASB Issues Exposure Draft for Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements
News release: “The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Exposure Draft (ED) of a proposed Accounting Standards Update intended to improve disclosures about fair value measurements. The proposed Update would improve Fair Value Measurements and DisclosuresOverall Subtopic (Subtopic 820-10) of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, originally issued as FASB Statement No. 157, Fair… Continue Reading
PBGC Publishes Pension Insurance Data Book 2008
News release: “The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) released the Pension Insurance Data Book 2008, which offers information on statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector.” Continue Reading
New Public Library of Science Website for Influenza Research
“PLoS [Public Library of Science] Currents: Influenza is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National… Continue Reading
