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US Law Requires Conflict Minerals Disclosure from Electronics Manufacturers
Found on TreeHugger on Thu 29th Jul 10
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the eye of the storm for these conflict minerals. The resource rich nation of 70 million people has already suffered decades of conflict, and the new riches have only exacerbated the problem for many of its citizens. Mines
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Europe's Two-Speed Economy: North Vs. South
Found on DealBook on Thu 29th Jul 10
The danger of a two-speed recovery across the 16-member euro zone, economists warn, is getting worse with every new notch of belt-tightening that European governments apply to reduce high debts and deficits.
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1/2 of All China's Water is Too Polluted to Drink
Found on TreeHugger on Thu 29th Jul 10
Actual water samples collected from China's rivers and lakes. And 1/4 is entirely unusable Even given our general knowledge of China's longstanding problems with pollution, this news is staggering: A full one half of China's water has been rendered undrinkable
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SABEW issues statement regarding new SEC regulations
Found on footnoted.org on Thu 29th Jul 10
Rob Reuteman, president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, issued this statement Wednesday in reaction to new laws allowing the federal Securities and Exchange Commission to ignore public and press requests for government documents in
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Disney Buys Facebook Game Co. Playdom
Found on Business Pundit on Wed 28th Jul 10
Disney sealed a heavy bet on social media yesterday by buying Playdom, Facebook’s third most popular social gaming company, for $563.2 million. The New York Times has more: As social games becomes a more crowded and difficult field several hundred new
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BP Gulf Oil Spill's Impact on Tourism Estimated at 3 Years, Nearly $23 Billion
Found on TreeHugger on Wed 28th Jul 10
Credit: VisitFlorida.com By now you've probably seen the ads: Come to Florida/Another Gulf Coast state, our beaches are still beautiful (despite the worst oil spill in U.S. history). It's a sign that the states are losing visitors, and tourism dollars. A new
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Some Links
Found on Cafe Hayek on Wed 28th Jul 10
The always-vital-and-vibrant Institute for Justice hits another home-run.My former GMU student Alex Nowrasteh writes wisely on immigration in today’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s a key ‘graf:Worse, deputizing all of Arizona’s police officers
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Call for Papers Extended to Invite Reactions to Dodd-Frank
Found on Credit Slips on Wed 28th Jul 10
I amhonored to join Credit Slips, and grateful to Bob for the warm welcome. As process is always asensible place to start,this first "occasional" post is to invitesubmissions for the January AALS conference in San Francisco. The Financial Institutions and Consumer
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Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes Up in May
Found on CARPE DIEM on Wed 28th Jul 10
Standard and Poors -- The 10-City Case-Shiller Home Price Composite Index increased in May by 5.4% and the 20-City Composite Index increased by 4.6% compared to May 2009 (see chart above). This marks the fourth consecutive monthly
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Montier: Austerity as the Road to Ruin
Found on Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed on Tue 27th Jul 10
Ill confess that these austerity/stimulus arguments are mostly on-beyond-boring for me, but James Montier is such a muscular writer that this is worth a look:GMO Montier 26Jul [via Zero Hedge]
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