“Mercers H1N1 pages are meant to provide you with access to current “information and resources to help manage the risks. Now, you can see the results of our survey – Influenza A (H1N1): How is your organization coping? – that gathered information from nearly 1000 companies to see what they are doing to plan, communicate and minimize their risk in the case of this spreading pandemic.”
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Daily Archives: December 27, 2009
American Institute of Philanthropy
“The mission of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service, is to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar contributed to charity by providing donors with the information they need to make more informed giving decisions. Goals: To research and evaluate the efficiency, accountability and governance of nonprofit organizations; to… Continue Reading
Amazon Kindle is the Most Gifted Item Ever on Amazon.com
News release: Amazon.com, Inc. today announced [December 26, 2009] that Kindle has become the most gifted item in Amazon’s history. On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books. The Kindle Store now includes over 390,000 books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want… Continue Reading
Commentary: Aquacalypse Now – The End of Fish
Aquacalypse Now – The End of Fish, by Daniel Pauly “Our oceans have been the victims of a giant Ponzi scheme, waged with Bernie Madofflike callousness by the worlds fisheries. Beginning in the 1950s, as their operations became increasingly industrialized–with onboard refrigeration, acoustic fish-finders, and, later, GPS–they first depleted stocks of cod, hake, flounder, sole,… Continue Reading
Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill Released by the ABA
News release: “The onset of a serious illness or injury can affect much more than a persons health. Knowing what steps to take to get ones financial and legal affairs in order is often vitally important not only to the affected individual, but to his or her loved ones as well. The Legal Guide for… Continue Reading
UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
“Guided by Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005), the CTC has been working to bolster the ability of United Nations Member States to prevent terrorist acts both within their borders and across regions. The CTC is assisted in its efforts by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), which carries out the policy decisions… Continue Reading
Green Protectionism in the European Union
Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europes Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) “This paper examines the trade-policy consequences of current approaches to biofuels. The paper is not concerned with possible adverse environmental consequences of policy aimed at switching to biofuels. Such consequences… Continue Reading
