On the heels of allegations that Goldman Sachs took advantage of clients during the mortgage-market collapse, Congress reportedly is considering new legal standards for investment banks when they deal with customers. Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority on securities law and author of “Trust and Honesty: America’s Business Culture at a Crossroad,” says slapping fiduciary […]
Federal antitrust enforcers are considering a probe into Apple Inc. after changes in the company’s licensing agreement with iPhone application developers that forbids the use of software tools other than Apple’s to build programs or the transmission of analytical data to third parties like advertisers. It’s yet to be decided if the inquiry would be conducted […]
Continuing its furious buying spree, Google has acquired Bump Technologies, maker of software that makes computer desktops appear to be 3-D. This latest acquisition by the world’s most popular search engine, says School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, just intensifies the competitive battle between Google and Apple. “Looks like Google and Apple may be defining […]
The month-long British elections are in the homestretch headed for Thursday’s vote after a furious weekend of campaigning by Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r.) of the Labour party, Conservative party leader David Cameron (l.), and and Nick Clegg (center) of the upstart Liberal Democrats. Political science Professor Graham Wilson, a native of Great Britain who is in […]
April 30, 2010 at 4:10 pm
The Hawaii legislature approved a civil-unions bill and sent it to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, who has 45 days to either sign it or send it back to lawmakers for a possible override vote. Law Professor Linda McClain, an authority on family law and policy, says it’s significant this bill emerged through the democratic process […]
April 30, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Beleagured Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, already sued by the SEC on securites-fraud civil charges, reportedly is now being investigated by the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges. Law Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, both a former SEC attorney and Wall Street lawyer, called the revelations stunning. “This is not a usual occurrence at all, and it is […]
April 29, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Struggling smart-phone pioneer Palm Inc., unable to keep up with Apple’s iPhone or RIM’s Blackberry, is being bought out by Hewlett-Packard for around $1.4 billion in cash. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, chair of the Information Systems Department, says he has his doubts if H-P CEO Mark Hurd can make this bet pay off. […]
April 28, 2010 at 3:20 pm
After nine years of regulatory review, the 130-turbine “Cape Wind” wind farm off Cape Cod has been given federal approval to proceed as this nation’s first such offshore project. College of Engineering Professor Michael Caramanis, an authority on the emerging cyber-physical-energy-system/Smart Grid, says it is great news for a sustainable energy and environment future in […]
April 28, 2010 at 12:48 pm
With Greece’s debt troubles threatening to spread to other indebted European countries and undermine the continent’s economic recover and monetary system, officials are seeking an aid package from EU nations and the International Monetary Fund to stave off disaster. International relations Professor Kevin Gallagher says the “tyranny” of the bond markets is that ratings agencies […]
April 27, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Health-care reform is slipping from the media limelight and financial regulatory reform is moving in. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System,” says in a BU Today interview that there’s a lot that needs to be done right to make sure reform stays on track and the insurers don’t game […]
