March 12, 2010 at 12:03 pm
The Justice and Agriculture Departments are launching a series of year-long public meetings to explore if antitrust practices in the agriculture industry are driving up food prices — with the big target being Monsanto, the world’s largest seed firm. Law Professor Keith Hylton, an authority on antitrust law, says the productivity of Monsanto’s genetically engineered […]
March 11, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Despite recalls and bad PR , Toyota says it will use no-interest loans and lease discounts to help regain over the rest of 2010 the U.S. market share lost over the past two months. School of Management Dean Louis Lataif, a former Ford executive, says when one automaker launches a big incentive program others usually follow. […]
March 11, 2010 at 6:00 am
Today at 3:30 PM the School of Education (SED) is hosting a mini-conference entitled “Challenges and Opportunities” in the lobby of Two Silber Way. Remarks will be made by SED Dean Hardin Coleman and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Deputy Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Accountability, Partnerships and Assistance Karla Brooks Baehr, EdD.
Hemmed in by bipartisan opposition to a federal trial in New York and GOP insistance that it must be under military jurisdiction, the Obama Administration is still deciding whether to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in civilian court or a military tribunal. Political Science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in Ameica? American Politics in Comparative […]
President Obama is making a final effort to get the public to push Congress to pass healthcare reform, bashing the insurance industry for predatory pricing practices. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understandng the U.S. Healthcare System,” says the facts are on the side of reform, but the White House hasn’t […]
Under a regulatory reform measure being considered in the Senate, the Federal Reserve may yet retain oversight power over the nati0n’s biggest banks, with states and the FDIC watching over smaller banks. Risk-management expert Mark Williams, author of “Uncontrolled Risk” who teaches finance in the School of Management, thinks it’s too soon to be trusting […]
The Turkish government says there’ll be negative diplomatic consequences for the Obama administration if the U.S. Congress approves a committee-passed resolution labeling as “genocide” the World War I-era killing of Armenians by Turks. History Professor Simon Payaslian, chair of Modern Armenian History and Literature who teaches a course on the genocide, says the resolution’s significance goes […]
Greece has announced austerity measures to rein in the country’s debt that threatens the European Union’s euro currency — and in the process triggered public outrage and demonstrations. International Relations Professor William Keylor, an authority on U.S.-European relations, says the Greek government seems to playing a game of chicken with the EU. “By hinting that it might […]
Ukraine’s newly elected president has been unable to muster a coalition in parliament to replace the prime minister whom he defeated for the presidency. The president’s party is trying to change the law to make coalition forming easier, which the ex-PM’s party calls a “constitutional coup d’etat.” Ukraine expert Tammy Lynch from BU’s Institute for […]
According to a confidential GOP fundraising presentation obtained by Politico, the Republican National Committee plans to raise bucks this election cycle by capitalizing on “fear” of President Obama and a promise to “save the country from trending toward socialism.” Political science Professor Graham Wilson says scare tactics on both sides of the aisle are old […]
