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Report of Investigation, United States Securites and Exchange Commission Office of Inspector General, Case No. OIG-509 Investigation of Failure of the SEC To Uncover Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme, August 31, 2009. Executive Summary: “The OIG investigation did not find evidence that any SEC personnel who worked on an SEC examination or investigation of Bernard L. …
News release: ” American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice, to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products, the …
Criminal Victimization, 2008 – “Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of personal and property victimization and describes the year-to-year change from 2007 as well as trends for the ten-year period from 1999 through 2008. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against …
bizjounrals: “Amazon.com Inc. this week joined the groups filing objections in court against Google Inc.’s settlement with authors and publishers. Amazon said in its 41-page brief filed in federal court that Google will stifle competition if the settlement is approved.”
Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight Transportation System for Future Economic Growth, by Richard Hillestad et al. “Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors discuss the role of the freight-transportation system in the supply chains of various …
Law Librarians Survey: No More Sacred Cows – Librarians trim budgets, head count, and much-loved research tools. The Full Survey: The Librarian’s Expanding Role Electronic Resources Staffing Finances
News release: “The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Exposure Draft (ED) of a proposed Accounting Standards Update intended to improve disclosures about fair value measurements. The proposed Update would improve Fair Value Measurements and DisclosuresOverall Subtopic (Subtopic 820-10) of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, originally issued as FASB Statement No. 157, Fair …
News release: “The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) released the Pension Insurance Data Book 2008, which offers information on statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector.”
“PLoS [Public Library of Science] Currents: Influenza is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National …
SEC OIG: The SECs Role Regarding and Oversight of Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs), Public Version, August 27, 2009. “The Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO), which are credit rating agencies that have been approved by the Commission, may have played a critical role in the current economic crisis and have been criticized in …
Arbor Networks: The Internet After Dark (Part 1), by Craig Labovitz: “After dark when the dinner dishes are put away and the kids are safely tucked into bed, the Internet subtly changes. Starting in the twilight of early evening, business traffic slows to a crawl, previously dormant applications flicker on home computer screens, and like …
