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Financial Stability Board, August 13, 2015: “The peer review examines two topics relevant for financial stability and important for China: the macroprudential management framework and non-bank credit intermediation. The review focuses on the steps taken by the Chinese authorities to implement reforms in these two areas, including by following up on relevant recommendations in the …
News release, September 5, 2015: As part of continuing efforts to promote market confidence and business integrity, G20 Finance Ministers have endorsed a new set of G20/OECD corporate governance principles. The G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance provide recommendations for national policymakers on shareholder rights, executive remuneration, financial disclosure, the behaviour of institutional investors and how …
Via FedBizOpps: “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Office of Security Capabilities is presenting the Strategic Five-Year Technology Investment Plan. The Plan was prepared pursuant to a requirement in Section 1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296), as amended by Section 3 of the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (P.L. 113-245). It presents …
UNICEF Report – Education Under Fire, September 3, 2015: The images are as arresting as they are incongruous: the pool of fresh blood in the corner of a playground; the shrapnel-scarred blackboard inside a rubble-strewn classroom; the heavily-armed gunmen striding between the rows of empty desks. From Syria to Sudan, from Libya to Yemen, as …
Burk, Dan L., Diversity Levers (September 6, 2015). Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 23, 2015. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2656884 “Patent law is capable of prompting innovation across a wide range of technologies by virtue of flexible “policy levers” that allow patent standards to be calibrated to the impediments that characterize …
Deng, Ai, Book Review: Econometrics — Legal, Practical, and Technical Issues (Second Edition) (August 26, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2656886 “In this article, I review the second edition of Econometrics — Legal, Practical, and Technical Issues (2014) by the American Bar Association. In addition to an overview of the content, I elaborate on …
Washington Post, Chelsea Harvey, September 3, 2015 “In nature, the relationship between predators and their prey seems like it should be simple: The more prey that’s available to be eaten, the more predators there should be to eat them. If a prey population doubles, for instance, we would logically expect its predators to double too. But …
The White House – Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 7, 2015. Executive Order Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 40 U.S.C. 121, and in order to promote economy and …
