All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Government, Legislation & Politics

A series of new anti-terrorist measures proposed by the new labor government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown may bring about more stability to the increasingly grim security situation in the United Kingdom. The central western front in the war on terror is England, especially London itself. London in...

Every time a Federal Bureau's responsibilities for monitoring and protecting the citizens of this country it becomes more than the original problem.

Loss of an Upper House majority by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party may delay some key fiscal and deregulatory measures. This may be good or bad for the Japanese economy. By some estimates, an inability to legislate a massive rise in consumption tax championed by the LDP may avoid a predicted decline...

There is no question that the Fed will use its regulatory authority to prohibit practices it deems to be unfair or deceptive.  It is under tremendous political pressure to act and to act soon.  Its regulations will affect all mortgage lenders, not just banks.  The real question is whether...

The 2008 NASA budget is $17.3 billion.  41 missions are scheduled for the next seven years.  The Science Mission Directorate, which oversees Earth observing satellites, space telescopes and planetary missions, is slated to receive about $5.5 billion of this total, an increase of $49.3 million...

On 24 July 2007 the South African Cabinet announced that the expert panel report on foreign land ownership will be published soon and that regulation is imminent.

According to the “European Attractiveness Survey 2007,” from Ernst and Young, Poland ranked seventh globally among FDI destinations. Due to its productivity, human capital, low labor cost, and flexible employment force, Poland ranked number one in terms of jobs created by FDI with 31,115 new jobs in...

Is there room for an independent candidate in today's politics? Is Michael Bloomberg the independent who could win?

Whilst the 2006 state of the nation address spooked the real estate industry with talk of state regulation of foreign acquisition of immovable property in South Africa, such regulation has not materialised and there is no new impediment to foreign investment.

The Administration has cut the number of inspectors and slashed the inspection budget.  Small wonder we has such major breaches in food import product safety. The Product Safety Council will take two years to tell us what we already know.  Products should be routinely inspected and tested. ...