by Girish Anand | Mar 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sources tell Personnel Concepts that the much-feared-by-business Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will be introduced in the House of Representatives today. Well, nothing new here. EFCA made it through the House’s 435 members once before and passed with flying...
by Girish Anand | Mar 6, 2009 | Random Musings
I was a bit surprised to find any U.S. banks on Global Finance magazine’s list of the 50 safest banks in the world. Wells Fargo was the highest U.S. bank at number 21, followed by U.S. Bank at 26, the Bank of New York Mellon at 35, and JPMorgan Chase at 47. Top...
by Girish Anand | Mar 6, 2009 | Health Care Reform
I just read a polling result that said three out of four Americans now favor health care reform. That’s all well and good, but I bet you that at least three of every four who said they favored reform also believed that it meant they would soon be getting health...
by Girish Anand | Mar 5, 2009 | Personnel Concepts
I’ve always liked the BLR (Business and Legal Reports) site because it features informative, lengthy pieces that go by the prevailing title of “white papers.” However, when I did an on-site search of BLR’s white papers the other day, I think...
by Girish Anand | Mar 4, 2009 | Random Musings
I actually had never heard of economist James Galbraith until I stumbled upon his testimony before Congress in an article in, of all places, Mother Jones. So you gotta figure the guy is pretty liberal, but in his testimony, he comes across as having some solid answers...