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“Do Business Schools Incubate Criminals?”
Yves Smith Naked Capitalism Luigi Zingales, who teaches at the University of Chicago’s business school, had an op-ed in Bloomberg provocatively titled “Do Business Schools Incubate Criminals?” He argues that business schools are “partly to blame” for the decline in … Continue reading
Goldman Sachs: Social Security and Medicare Are ‘Weaker’ Promises Than Debt
Peter Coy Bloomberg A report released today by Goldman Sachs says that if push comes to shove, the federal government will pay its lenders before it pays Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries. Debt service “should be seen as the top … Continue reading
Banks Benefit From Fighting Nursing-Home Crime
Clea Benson Bloomberg Banks have found an unusual way to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), the federal law requiring them to bolster the economies of low-income neighborhoods: They’re funding a program dedicated to fighting crime in nursing homes. … Continue reading
Top Environmental Strategists Discuss Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing in New Bloomberg BNA Webinar
PRNewswire In the wake of recent earthquakes in unexpected, remote areas such as Ohio, the already controversial topic of “fracking” is heating up as new concerns percolate over potential environmental and public health impacts. Bringing together a panel of hydraulic … Continue reading
Goldman, Macquarie, First NZ to Manage Mighty River IPO
Source: Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd. and a partnership of First NZ Capital and Credit Suisse Group AG will manage the initial public offering of Mighty River Power Ltd. as New Zealand’s government starts the biggest round … Continue reading
BP Solar Business Exit Counters Trend by Google, Buffett, Total
Source: Bloomberg BP Plc is exiting the solar business after 40 years, countering a trend led by Google Inc. (GOOG), Warren Buffett and Total SA (FP) of investing in the industry just as competition drives down the cost of sun-based … Continue reading
Australia picks last possible moment to leap ONTO burning ship
Source: JoNova Gillard — the Australian Prime Minister — got the timing perfectly wrong. Within two weeks of the Carbon Tax finally becoming Law, it’s becoming hard not to notice that the whole Global Scam is fragmenting. This Carbon ship … Continue reading