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Even the SEC's new chairman, Mary L. Schapiro, in a recent speech said she wants to improve the SEC's "handling of tips and whistleblower complaints," though an SEC spokesman said it has no plans in the works...
...prices in a staggered fashion—by a factor that depends on whether a gas-tax increase will also be approved. In an attempt to rid the state’s transportation system of its debt, and to bolster the budget by half a billion dollars, Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 has suggested raising the gasoline tax by 19 cents in the state—nearly double its current level. His proposal, which would leave Massachusetts with one of the highest gas taxes in the country, makes both economic and environmental sense...
...tool, but not to use it in such a way as to always reach the conclusion that regulation is too costly to impose. "It's true that cost-benefit analysis has been used in a very anti-regulatory way," says Michael A. Livermore, co-author, with Richard L. Revesz, of Retaking Rationality: How Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Better Protect the Enviroment and Our Health. "But cost-benefit analysis can be fixed to be more of a neutral tool." And in the midst of a severe economic downturn, he says, "it's going to be essential to have a strong cost...
...delivery services” to businesses and universities throughout the Boston area, according to its Web site. The service guarantees same- or next-day delivery for in-stock orders to Cambridge and parts of Somerville and Allston, and one-to-three day delivery to other areas in Boston. Heather L. Gain, marketing manager for Harvard Book Store, says that the partnership stemmed from the store’s effort to provide innovative services to the community. “We’re now able to provide faster delivery service, drop prices considerably, and have zero emissions...
...According to former UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, Holoshitz has “run the whole block,” in setting the SAC agenda. “She’s been involved in the mainstream sort of issues as well,” he said...