Underwriting
U.S. Revives Probe Of Media’s Handling Of Economic Data
U.S. law enforcement officials have reversed a decision to wind down an investigation into how news agencies handle the release of economic data to investors, concerned some sensitive information may ...Slowdown in Global Warming No Argument for Policy Change: Wynn
A recent slowdown in the rise of the Earth's surface temperatures has led some commentators to question whether scientists have exaggerated the global warming problem. Scientific advances have ...
Above-Average Hurricane Season Predicted: 72% Chance Of East Coast Landfall
The Colorado State University team is predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season with 18 named storms and a 72 percent chance one will make landfall somewhere along the entire ...
Activist Investors Find Allies In Mutual, Pension Funds
U.S. institutional investors, who used to shun activist investors and side with a company's management on most controversial issues, are starting to change their tune. Aggressive shareholders such as ...
Wal-Mart Moves to Fund Supply Chain Safety After Bangladesh Factory Fire
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is making its biggest push yet to try to improve conditions at factories that produce its clothing after a fire at a Bangladesh factory last year ...
Underwriting Due Diligence Roadmap For Insurance M&A
The number of M&A deals that achieve their strategic, financial or operational goals remains modest across all industries. According to PwC's 2011 M&A Integration Survey Report, 65 to 85 ...
Deadly New Bird Flu Shows Value of Controversial Research
Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain - because they've created just such mutant viruses in the ...