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Posted December 10, 2007
China Targets Oil Block In Nigeria
Analysis of: China Shows High Interest in African Oil | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
China planning to turn its economy from a labor incentive to technology and knowledge based country but not until when the full operation of the Three Gorges Dam and the natural gas pipeline from Shizuan are completed by 2010 because the country still need fossil oil to sustain the economy.
Posted December 6, 2007
FDA -- Should Focus on Results/Benefits of Products to Consumers
Analysis of: FDA science dearth puts public health at risk | news.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Congress needs to ensure that FDA is more proactive rather then reactive -- proactive toward protecting consumers. Should ensure FDA looks at all products with total fairness and no bias -- results/benefits should be the primary concern based on proper scientific testing and research. If something is...
Jeff Stier Posted December 4, 2007
Report Slamming FDA May Be Just What The Doctore Ordered for FDA
Analysis of: FDA science dearth puts public health at risk | news.yahoo.com
Author: Jeff Stier, Associate Director American Council on Science and Health
The report, while critical of FDA, is more of a slap at Congress than the agency. It may remind Congress that consumers as well as the biotech and pharma industries rely on a healthy FDA. Moreover, it should serve to remind Congress to exercise caution before giving the agency increased regulator responsibility-...
Posted November 14, 2007
Proposed EU Telecom Legislation - An Overview
Analysis of: European Commission presents new telecom regulatory package | ec.europa.eu
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Major changes: Commission (EC) wants to veto remedies proposed by national regulators (NRAs) if needed (today only the market analysis and the finding of market dominance can be vetoed). EC wants to set up a Euro-regulator (European Communications Market Authority) to foster harmonised adoption...
Posted November 9, 2007
Health Care Reform: No More Room But Compromise
Analysis of: The Battle Over Health Care | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1. If Members of Congress and those running for president in 2008 do not recognize that this nation is in a health care crisis, we have only ourselves to blame---we put them into office to better our lives, and they are not doing the job at all, particlarly when it comes to ensuring health care services...
Posted October 30, 2007
District Court Ruling May Prompt Taiwan Goverment to Re-consider Cross Strait Policy
Analysis of: Taiwan Hsinchu District Court Clears ex-UMC (2303 TT) Chairman | www.taipeitimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Taiwan Ministry of Economics lost the lawsuits against SMIC Chief Executive Officer Richard Chang (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) and Robert Tsao of UMC (2303 TT; ADR: UMC) in the District Court and the Administrative High Courts. Though Ministry of Economics...
Posted October 15, 2007
Ford in Romania: EU's Meddling in Affairs That it Did Not Understand Nor Wanted To
Analysis of: EU opens state aid probe into Ford's Craiova | www.autonews.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
In January 2007, Romania's bankrupt Daewoo Auto had four possible suitors: GM, Ford, Chery of China and India's Tata. Apart from Byzantine administration practices and corruption that still prevail in all formerly Communist states, the tender called for: (1) certain minimum assured production...
Posted October 12, 2007
Fair competition
Analysis of: EU opens state aid probe into Ford's Craiova | www.autonews.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
* Major fault by the Romanian state * Fair competition is a fundamental right * the role f the European Commission
Jack Lifton Posted October 11, 2007
Ford's Status as a Sophisticated Global Company is More in Doubt Than Ever
Analysis of: EU opens state aid probe into Ford's Craiova | www.autonews.com
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director Jack Lifton, LLC
Did the Ford Motor Company, which had, until the current CEO's tenure, a succession of CEOs who were not born, raised, or educated in the United States, gain any international savvy thereby? Apparently not.
Jack Lifton Posted October 8, 2007
Is There Any Russian Natural Resource Which is Not a Strategic Asset Which Only a Russian Investor Should Operate?
Analysis of: Russia gives Lakshmi Mittal, one of world’s richest men, the bum’s rush | www.mineweb.net
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director Jack Lifton, LLC
The Russian State has regained its self-esteem under the rule of Vladimir Putin, and the result is that his approval ratings within Russia make him invincible there. Putin does not believe in free market capitalism or the global economy when it comes to the control of domestic natural...
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