This coming Monday, July 18, the Founders' Forum will be consolidated with the TCL Blog to form our new GMI Blog. We are excited about this change and the opportunity to offer you more of the substantive content and unique voices you have come to expect in a new, central... Continue reading

In a June 28th article titled “China Firms Face Research Armies,” the Wall Street Journal reported that research firms are swarming to Chinese companies to examine their financial reporting following revelations of accounting problems in dozens of firms. Investors eager to share in China’s economic boom are discovering that risk... Continue reading

Late afternoon sunlight dances colorfully among variegated hills and coulees in the badlands of North Dakota. Carved out by the Little Missouri’s meanderings and softened by prairie flora and shimmering cottonwoods, this landscape is home to free-ranging herds of bison, elk and wild horses, some said to be descendants of... Continue reading

I've been especially concerned about corporate political spending following the Citizens United decision and wrote recently about the new SEC ruling permitting shareholder proposals asking that shareholders have the right to not just see but vote on it. I was glad to have a chance to interview Bruce Freed of... Continue reading

The claim by Transocean Ltd., operator of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded a year ago this month, that 2010 was the “best year in safety performance in our Company’s history,” caused such a furor that Executive Vice President, Global Business Ihab Toma had to issue an immediate apology... Continue reading