Category Archives: Featured

5 Financial Stories You May Have Missed: The Senator and the Onion

5 Financial News Stories

This week: Elizabeth Warren, Lehman, stockbrokers, credit unions, embezzlement , hackers, and The Onion.

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Bangladesh Tragedies: Beyond Reputational Risk

Reuters: Bangladesh Garment Factory Disaster - rescue efforts

The series of tragic events over the past 6 months in the troubled Bangladeshi garment industry truly highlight the need for a thoughtful evaluation of brand risk, public relations strategy, corporate disaster / crisis management planning and flat-out business ethics …

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Who Owns that Gene? Angelina Jolie, BRCA1, and Intellectual Property

DNA

Angela Jolie’s news this week highlights the issue of whether human genetic material should be patentable, an issue soon to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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