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By: Ainsley Brown The US Senate has passed its version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill – very good news – as the President comtinuses to use the bully pulpit to sell the stimulus package to the American people. Now begins the tough negotiations to reconcile the Senate and the House of Representatives versions of the Bill. Related Posts:‘Buy
By Ainsley Brown Will the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, pass in the Senate on Tuesday? It would seem that the plan will pass in the Senate given the protracted last minute deal between the Democratic lead majority and a few of the minority Republicans. Unfortunately for the Obama administration, this potential victory
By: Ainsley Brown The budget of the Conservative government of Canada passed last night, with the support of the official opposition Liberal Party. The budget contained Canada’s economic recovery/stimulus plan. The minority conservative government avoided losing power by making major concessions in order to gain Liberal support. They have even gone as far as to allow the official opposition to
By Charles Kamau Wanguhu In the development of new legislation and regulations to keep pace with innovations and developments in a sector of the economy in whose interest are the regulations? Furthermore in keeping pace with innovation should regulation be geared to maintaining status quo or enabling new innovations? What are the opportunities for capture of regulatory authorities by
By: Ainsley Brown Christian Milton, a former vice-president of American International Group Inc. (AIG) was sentenced last week to 4 years for his part in a US $597 Million fraud scheme. The scheme which began in 2000 defrauded AIG shareholders by the aforesaid amount by allowing AIG to improve its balance sheet. Mr. Milton can count himself luck for
Hats off to both teams but congrats to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl Champions. Related Posts:No Related Posts
By: Ainsley Brown Yes, that’s right, you read correctly: human rights cases are being brought by companies not against them. Well, at least this is the case in the UK, as a story in the Times explains. A new survey has revealed that while the overall human rights cases brought in 2008 is down over 2007, there has being an
By: Ainsley Brown The Indian Justice Minister, HR Bhardwaj, has told Bloomberg that the government is currently circulating draft regulations that will allow foreign law firms to set up shop in India. With growth rates averaging 9% over the past three years India is no doubt an attractive place to invest for any business – law firms included.
By: Ainsley Brown Trinidad Cement Limited vs. The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on January 15, 2009 made its first ruling as to its own original jurisdiction. The CCJ has Appellate jurisdiction over Civil and Criminal cases referred to it from common law member states. It also has original jurisdiction as to
Today is budget day in Canada. While every budget is important this one holds significant for two main reasons: 1. it will or ought to contain Canada’s (Conservative government of Canada’s) economic stimulus plan. It will/ought to contain items on infrastructure; the environment; and tax cuts just to name a few. 2. it could have political consequences with the minority