In an ongoing fight over secret offshore accounts, the Swiss government vows to do what it must to keep the U.S. authorities from getting the names of 52,000 American clients of the Swiss bank UBS. School of Law Professor Daniel Berman, director of the Graduate Tax Program and former Treasury Department official, can discuss the situation. […]
As President Obama joins the leaders of the world’s top eight economies at the G-8 summit in Italy, the success of this gathering is already being debated. The world economy and climate change are top agenda items the leaders will tackle. Available to dicuss what kind of outcome we can expect from the G-8 is Kevin P. Gallagher, professor of […]
Unless an angel investor steps forward, the Bay State Banner – Boston’s only newspaper exclusively covering the African-American community since 1965 – will fold after tomorrow’s edition. College of Communication Professor Lou Ureneck, the Journalism Department chair and authority on the business of newspapers, says the whole industry is in trouble and ethnic-niche papers are […]
In a shift from two decades of hands-off market regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering new restrictions on purely financial investors speculating on oil, natural gas and other energy products. Energy risk-management expert Mark T. Williams, who teaches finance in the School of Management, can discuss how this might affect the energy markets. […]
Google now says it has developed an operating system for PCs that can challenge Microsoft’s Windows domanance. School of Management Senior Associate Dean Mike Lawson, an authority on information and computers in management, says it’s the latest chapter of the “disruptive process” of moving computing from desktops to the Internet. Contact Mike Lawson, 617-353-2664, mlawson@bu.edu
New NIH rules on embryonic stem cell research for the study of medical disorders and the development of cures, expands President Obama’s vision of stem cell research while also strengthening ethical requirements. Darrell Kotton,MD, associate professor at BU’s School of Medicine, whose lab is developing novel stem cell and gene therapies for lung diseases, can discuss […]
With an announcement expected Wednesday, major hospital associations and the White House are hammering out a $150 million cost-saving deal to help finance the U.S. healthcare system. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “In Urgent Need of Reform; Saving the U.S. Healthcare System,” can offer insight into the ongoing Congressional healthcare reform battle. […]
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is slated to meet with Secretary of State Clinton in Washington before a second try at returing to power. Experts like David Scott Palmer, a professor of international relations and author of “U.S. Relations with Latin America during the Clinton Years,” suggest Zelaya’s attempts to return to Honduras would complicate what U.S. and Latin […]
Stadium attendance may be down but advertising rates are up for Major League Baseball’s All-Star game July 14, in part because President Obama will throw out the first pitch and appear in pre-game coverage. College of Communication advertising Professor Christopher Cakebread, an expert in sports advertising, can discuss. Contact Christopher Cakebread, 617-353-3476, ccakebre@bu.edu
In what may be a signal he could challenge Governor Duval Patrick next year as an independent, Massachusetts state Treasurer Tim Cahill plans to quit the Democratic party this week. College of Communication Professor Fred Bayles, a former USA Today and AP reporter who directs BU’s State House journalism program, can offer insight into the […]
