Governance

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• BESA rejects revised pay-scales

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 448
  PATNA — The Bihar Engineering Services Association (BESA) has rejected the pay hike announced by the state government for its employees on December 29, 2009. It said that the state pay revision committee had violated the terms of reference and recommended salaries in an ambiguous manner. The association pointed ...
  3 hours ago

• Trinidad & Tobago: Do the Math

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 711
  Jumbies Watch does the math on Trinidad and Tobagos murder rate: “While the CoP was bleating in public about the 3.65% murder solve rate (for last year), he neglected to mention that for the ‘known’ 508 victims of this year, there is a further 904 still missing!!!”
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• Good Riddance to Decade That Began With Theft of the Presidency

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The original sin of the good-riddance decade came in December of 2000, when the United States Supreme Court intervened to stop a complete recount of the votes in Florida and then declared George Bush to be the president. This extreme judicial activism was not merely a devastating assault on American democracy. It set ...
  7 hours ago

• Looking back at 2009

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 485
  Although, I have written over 1,000 posts in this past year, on many topics, the "flavor" of the year that stands out in my eyes is the brutal way in which "the right thing" has been discarded in favor of "the expedient thing." On climate change (and other areas concerning the environment), we have seen many attempts ...
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• Preventing Board of Directors from Imprudent or Irresponsible Borrowing

  
  CIPE Development Blog — Authority: 126
  In Pakistan majority of listed companies are managed by controlling shareholders who are close family members. Other investors in these companies are in minority. According to section 196(2) of Companies Ordinance 1984, directors can exercise borrowing powers of the company by means of a resolution at a board of ...
  8 hours ago

• Seattle Musicians Look Forward By Looking Back

  
  Adaptistration — Authority: 128
  It seems fitting that on the last day of 2009 we take a look at something retrospective; but in this case, retrospection serves as a foundation for looking ahead. In an article dated 12/28/2009, the Seattle Symphony & Opera Players’ Organization (SSOPO) committee chair published a frank article on behalf of his ...
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• The Malaysian Insider’s Malaysian of the Year:MACC

  
  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger — Authority: 442
  December 31, 2009 MACC is Malaysian Insider’s  Malaysian of the Year 2009 Today marks the first year of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) which started with promise and is now dismissed as another political tool to earn it being named The Malaysian Insider ’s Malaysian of the Year for ...
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• Centre says no to varsity in Motihari

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 448
  NEW DELHI — Much awaited new Central University in Motihari is likely to miss the opportunity as the Centre is ready with its plan to bombard the project. The Union Human Resource Ministry has conveyed that Motihari, the district headquarters of East Champaran district, is considered a backward region and lack ...
  10 hours ago

• What we can learn from the corporate governance of Benedictine monasteries

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 144
  Todays Neue Zuercher Zeitung has an interesting article by Bruno S. Frey and Emil Inauen about the corporate governance of Benedictine monasteries, which belong to the worlds most induring institutions. They show that intrinsic motivation and internal control mechanism have lead to tremendous sustainability of the ...
  11 hours ago

• Holiday Cybersecurity Challenges Emphasize the Importance of Simplicity and Vigilance – Security Experts Offer 7 Tips for Staying Safe Online

  
  Press About — Authority: 463
  Organizations often fall victim to cyber-attacks despite the availability of abundant security choices and proven best practices, compromising customer data and their own reputation in the process.Toronto, ON, December 31, 2009 — Winter holidays are a time of outlandish claims about losses attributed to hackers, ...
  12 hours ago

• Jiang Qiping (姜奇平)：How the Government Decided to Bring the Internet to China

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 580
  While 2009 has undoubtedly been the harshest year yet for Internet control in China , it is interesting to read the following unofficial account of how the Internet came to China. The following excerpt is from “Informal History of the Internet in China, 1987-1997,” from Beijing Arts Network, translated by ...
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• Voluntary Guidelines on Governance and Social Responsibility

  
  INDIAN CORPORATE LAW — Authority: 123
  Corporate Governance Earlier this month, we had highlighted the recommendations of the CII Task Force and the Institute of Companies Secretaries of India seeking reforms to the existing regime for corporate governance in India. Shortly thereafter, and based on various other suggestions received, the Ministry of ...
  14 hours ago

• The Balkans: Sarajevo-Belgrade Train

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 711
  Balkanology Blog reports on the recent launch of a direct Sarajevo-Belgrade train, the first one “in almost two decades.” CAFÉ TURCO recalls Serbias recent history in a post titled “ Serbia through the eyes of a train traveller (me) .”
  18 hours ago

• FCC moves toward net neutrality rules

  
  TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News — Authority: 137
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in taking the first step toward creating net neutrality rules earlier this year, has reignited a contentious debate about government regulation of the Internet. Opponents of new net neutrality rules argue that an FCC proposal released in October would create intrusive new ...
  19 hours ago

• Toad Busters banned from gassing pests

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A group fighting to keep cane toads out of Western Australias Kimberley says it is being stopped from using carbon dioxide to gas the pests because bureaucrats have told them it is too cruel. Kimberley Toad Busters has labelled the Department of Environment and Conservations (DEC) refusal to sanction the use of ...
  22 hours ago

• In 2010, Compliance Pain Finally Turns Into Gain

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 425
  Dan Wilhelms, President of SymSoft Corporation, believes 2010 is the year we come out of the painful “adjusting to the new life realities” phase, and move into the part where enterprises will see real gains in the areas of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). (This is only a summary of the article. Click on the ...
  23 hours ago

• Reserve Bank of Fiji issues guidelines for local Boards and on microfinance for banks

  
  Invest in Fiji — Authority:
  The Reserve Bank of Fiji has issued three new policy guidelines for licensed banks. The guidelines include : Minimum Guidelines for the Establishment of a Local Advisory Board; Policy Guideline on Complaints Management; and Minimum Requirements for Commercial Banks on Internal Micro finance Divisions and Units. ...
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• This week in The Tentacle

  
  New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff — Authority: 134
  http://www.thetentacle.com/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-week-in-tentacle_30.html http://tinyurl.com/ydre9ax Wednesday, December 30, 2009 The Taxing Dilemma of 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff As we ponder the past year and look forward to 2010 with great trepidation, so far there has been ...
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• What to do with boardroom culture that can’t deliver the goods?

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 148
  You might think that board members overseeing businesses that cratered in the credit crisis would be disqualified from serving as directors at other public companies. You would be wrong. Directors who were supposedly minding the store as disaster struck at companies like Countrywide Financial, Washington Mutual ...
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• This week in The Tentacle

  
  Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack — Authority: 437
  http://www.thetentacle.com/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-week-in-tentacle_30.html http://tinyurl.com/ydre9ax Wednesday, December 30, 2009 The Taxing Dilemma of 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff As we ponder the past year and look forward to 2010 with great trepidation, so far there has been ...
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