November 20, 2009 at 12:16 pm
National healthcare-reform efforts move to the Senate this weekend when Democratic leaders try to fend off GOP procedural challenges. Meantime, early business support for reform seems to be waning. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System,” says now is the time for Americans to remember why the [...]
November 20, 2009 at 11:36 am
Recognizing they need him as a partner, Washington is shifting to a softer approach in its dealings with re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Journalism Professor Nick Mills, author of “Kazai: The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan,” has known Karzai since the 1980s. Mills writes in the current issue of Foreign Policy about how [...]
November 18, 2009 at 1:07 pm
AT&T is suing Verizon over its new “There’s a Map for That” TV ads, claiming they are mislead consumers about AT&T’s 3G coverage area. And Verizon is countersuing. Public relations Professor Peter Morrissey says AT&T, which has the exclusive iPhone contract, is just protecting and defending their brand and advantage against a lesser competitor.
“This is a typical [...]
November 17, 2009 at 4:01 pm
By spinning off AOL on December 9th, Time Warner will end what is regarded as one of the most disastrous corporate mergers in history. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman says it should be a lesson for those who seek “synergy” but don’t consider how the combined entity can actually create value for customers [...]
November 17, 2009 at 3:20 pm
The YouTube Direct channel has been launched to let “citizen journalists” conveniently feed content to TV and online news editors. Broadcast journalism Professor Susan Walker, a veteran TV producer, says if these videos aren’t vetted by news professionals it could unleash a wave of ambush videos from vigilante “reporters.”
“I’m with newspaper editor Ben Bradlee who once [...]
November 17, 2009 at 12:11 pm
The four Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Ted Kennedy meet at Boston University today at noon for a forum on the environment and a new green economy. For a live Web feed of candidates Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca, go to http://www.bu.edu/com/live/senate/.
November 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Trading on 3Com stock options soared just hours before a Hewlett-Packard takeover bid and now the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to see if it was a case of insider trading. Law Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, a former SEC attorney, says the best way to catch SEC suspicion is to place trades for calls immediately before a major announcement.
“In these [...]
November 16, 2009 at 5:11 pm
To raise cash and pay down debt, Motorola reportedly is considering splitting into three companies and sell off its division which makes TV set-top boxes and networking gear. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, chairman of the Information Systems Department, says all three divisions need investments to regain traction, and a split-up will help them [...]
November 16, 2009 at 3:55 pm
While drug makers promise to back healthcare reform by cutting drug costs after legislation passes, the industry has been raising drug prices at a 9-percent clip. Law Professor Kevin Outterson, an authority on pharmaceutical law and marketing, says this means big pharma will make more money from health reform.
“This is apparently the price for PhRMA’s [...]
November 13, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Two computer programmers who worked for Bernie Madoff were arrested by the FBI for aiding in Madoff’s multi-billion dollar Ponzi fraud. Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority in securities law, says the burden of proof is heavy, but the two should be brought to court anyway.
“Aiding and abetting in a fraud requires the knowing and [...]
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