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...issue came to a head on Nov. 1 when the blogger Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch confronted some of the advertising providers at a virtual goods summit with accusations of scammy behavior. He blogged about it and also managed to find a former social-networking ad executive who admitted that the industry knew that not all the ads were on the up-and-up. (See how to plan for retirement...
...does it matter what people are paid? "Where is the empirical evidence that by doing what Feinberg is doing, we'll solve the problems that caused the financial crisis?" asks Ohio State University finance professor René Stulz, who has looked at whether excessive CEO pay caused the credit crunch...
...show that each year preschoolers (ages 2 to 5) see an average of 507 cereal ads that are designed to appeal to kids. The report also details how sugary-cereal makers are interacting with young consumers online through video games like Lucky Charms Charmed Life and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Swirl. (See the 10 worst video-game movies...
Harvard’s endowment has declined over 27 percent in the past year, and the billions of dollars lost in the credit crunch demands attention. Yet The Boston Globe and others who call for a fundamental change in Harvard’s investment philosophy as a result are themselves off the mark. Insisting upon conservative money management looks good now, but the benefit of hindsight will always change the evaluation of an investment. Smart management demands flexibility—this does not preclude conservative investment, but the willingness to take risks is a critical characteristic of successful money management...
...Thus far they have identified four key areas in which they believe their opponents are vulnerable: the ongoing credit crunch in the commercial real estate market, the looming costs of unemployment tax increases on states and businesses, the massive budget deficits and what Cantor calls an uncertain environment that Obama's ambitious agenda on health care, financial reform and climate change is creating for the business community. Cantor admits the group has yet to come up with any solutions, but they are meeting over the next few months to hear from experts and to hammer out concrete proposals. The method...