Viewpoints
Japan’s Big Leak: Where Will the Money Go?
The Bank of Japan's massive new bid for inflation will create growth but to its chagrin much of it may well be concentrated in financial markets and outside of Japan. So long as Japanese consumers ...
Kemp Column: Bracing For the Big One; Solar Storm Risk For Power Grids, GPS
Power networks, pipelines, radio communications and the global positioning system (GPS) are all entering a period of increased risk of outages from geomagnetic storms as the solar activity cycle ...
Powerful Predictions: Finding the Best Prospects With Analytics
Large financial services firms like Morgan Stanley are focusing on predictive analytics to accelerate growth among wealth management clients. Retailers, including CVS and Macy's, rely on analytics to ...
Saft Commentary: Europe Chokes Moral Hazard
Moral hazard may not be quite dead in Europe but it has a bad, hacking cough. A new, tougher policy on banking bailouts, made flesh in Cyprus and enunciated by Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen ...
The Devil Is In The Details: Director Minutes and Liability
Even lawyers disagree about the correct answer to question that they hear often from members of the board of directors of companies they serve: What minutes should look like and how detailed should ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...