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London Calling
The Financial Times offers a summary of a McKinsey report that London is eclipsing New York as the world’s major financial center. The change may have occurred already, not least because US markets are beset by credit woes, according to research by McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank affiliated to the consultancy...

Web 2.0 in the Corporate World
Some new research data from McKinsey on the benefits of web 2.0 to corporations. How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0: McKinsey Global Survey Results "The heaviest users of Web 2...

America's Role in the World: Foreign Policy Choices for the Next President
Casimir Yost, Director, Institute for theStudy of DiplomacyYesterday, Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy issued a report entitled, America's Role in the World: Forei

Intellectual Property Will Become America's Main Source of Competitive Advantage in a 21st Century Global Economy
From BusinessWire on January 26, 2009: Mark Blaxill and Ralph Eckardt, two experts on innovation and intellectual property strategy (IP), take that argument one step further: In a competitive global economy, IP rights are one of a company?s ? indeed,...

Is there a better way to cut costs
That's what McKinsey & Company ask in a short Conversation Starter article. The article starts: According to a recent McKinsey Quarterly survey, 79 percent of all companies have cut costs in response to the global economic crisis?but only 53 percent of executives think that doing so has helped their companies...

Former McKinsey Partner Says He Passed Information to Rajaratnam
Anil Kumar, a former senior partner at McKinsey & Co., pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy and securities fraud charges, saying that he was paid more than $1 million to give confidential information on McKinsey clients to Raj...

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

Undetected Sewage Spill
Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board spends $17 million on upgrades and testing.

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Technician Whistleblower
Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee.

Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action For Withholding Federal Bailout Funds
Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action