September 7, 2008
Sunday

Finance : Opinion

Finance studies and addresses the management and control of revenues and the conduct or transaction of money by individuals, businesses, and organizations, especially in the fields of banking and investment.
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Should Uncle Sam Be Helping CEOs Get Richer? (opinion)

The just-released latest edition of the annual CEO pay report from the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy tells two stories. The first will likely remind most Americans why they get so angry about CEO pay. The second will get them even angrier.

Read more from Sam Pizzigati here. 
Organization:
Alternet

Don’t Let Corporations off the Tax Hook (opinion)

Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize corporate tax dodgers or bloated CEO salaries.

A recent Government Accountability Office study found that two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005. These same companies reported trillions of dollars in earnings.

What’s the hustle? A U.S. corporation pretends to make all of its profits at a subsidiary based in a place like the Grand Cayman Islands that has no corporate income tax. Meanwhile, the U.S. branch of the company reports only losses. No U.S. profits, no taxes.

Organization:
Progressive.org

Don't Mourn the Collapse of WTO Talks (opinion)

Don't shed any tears for the purported beneficiaries of the WTO talks. If truth-in-advertising rules applied, this might have been called the Doha Anti-Development Round.
Organization:
Middle East Online

False Economies (opinion)

It's true that times look tough. Thanks to the sub-prime crisis and the global credit crunch, many economies are in poor shape. Oil prices are continuing their upward spiral and rose by about 400 per cent between 2001 and 2008. And the increase in food costs is affecting most countries around the globe, with prices for dairy products up 80 per cent, cooking oils up 50 per cent, and grains up 42 per cent from 2006 to 2007.

Organization:
Business Green

The National Australia Bank Will Shock Wall Street (opinion)

The National Australia Bank's decision to write off 90 per cent of its US conduit loans will have dramatic repercussions around the world. Wall Street will be deeply shocked when they understand the repercussions of what NAB has done. It is clear global banks have nowhere near provided for their exposures to US housing loans which in the words of John Stewart are experiencing a “meltdown”.
Organization:
Business Spectator

Capitalism for the Poor, Socialism for the Wealthy (opinion)

Most Americans believe they possess a natural aversion to socialism. Charges of "socialized medicine" have derailed much-needed health care reforms for years.

After all, we are a capitalist society, we believe in personal responsibility, lifting ourselves by our bootstraps -- at least that is the stereotype we like to promote.

Read more from Byron Williams here 

Organization:
The Huffington Post

Food Riots Erupt Worldwide (opinion)

Food riots are erupting all over the world. To prevent them and to help people afford the most basic of goods, we need to understand the causes of skyrocketing food prices and correct the policies that have fueled them.
Organization:
Alternet

Blood For Cash: Fidelity Vote Reflects Changing Momentum (opinion)

No institution has killed American shareholder democracy more than the mutual fund
Organization:
MarketWatch

How Carbon Cutbacks Will Affect The Economy (opinion)

To prevent severe climate change, greenhouse gas emissions must stabilize in less than 10 years.
Organization:
Resource Innovations

Food is Becoming the New Oil (opinion)

OPEC shows the way as grain prices reach new heights.
Organization:
The Huffington Post
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