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What's needed? At the U.N. on Thursday, institutional investors from the U.S., Europe and Australia who represent more than $13 trillion in assets called for Congress and other policymakers to take swift action, principally through a cap-and-trade bill, which would limit the amount of carbon industry can produce and allow manufacturers to buy and swap credits, so that those who come in under the limit can sell polluting permits to those who exceed it. It's speculative capitalism with a bright green tint. For the idea to work, the private-investment community needs TLC from government policy...
...their compensation in the products they were selling to customers, like mortgage bonds or stocks. In late 2008, investment bank UBS instituted such a plan. The executives, however, said forcing banks and other employees to hold on to products they were selling would cause conflicts of interest and limit their ability to do business. Instead, the executives said they instituted so-called clawback provisions, which allow banks to reclaim compensation from bankers who sell products that cause the firm losses down the road. Because of time constraints, the executives were asked to respond to the panel in writing whether clawback...
...would be to force unregulated financial products, such as credit-default swaps (CDSs) and collateralized-debt obligations (CDOs), onto government-watched public exchanges. CDS contracts are widely blamed for the demise of insurer AIG. Johnson says that making the CDS, CDO and other markets like them more transparent would limit the ability of financial executives to take the extreme risks that can cause their firms to fail when markets go awry...
...gather his data, Siler used a software system called PokerTracker and directed it to collect and collate information on small- medium- and large-stakes games. He limited the games to no-limit Texas Hold 'Em with six players in order to eliminate at least some extraneous variables. It was in the course of crunching all that information that he found the strangely inverse relationship between the number of hands won and the amount of money lost. He also noticed that it was novice players who lost the most...
...hacking attempt in December that was targeted at more than 20 technology, finance, media and chemical companies. A primary target may have been the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists. "These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered - combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web - have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," he wrote. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quickly issued a statement that Google's allegations raised serious concerns. "We look to the Chinese government for an explanation...