Corporate Responsibility
Panelists discussed corporate responsibility. Among the specific issues addressed were over-reliance on stock price as a measure of success, incentives to provide false or misleading financi…
101 viewsPanelists discussed corporate responsibility. Among the specific issues addressed were over-reliance on stock price as a measure of success, incentives to provide false or misleading financi…
101 viewsEliot Spitzer took the oath of office as governor and gave his inaugural address outside the state capitol building in Albany, New York. Coverage courtesy of NY Network.
482 viewsGubernatorial candidates Eliot Spitzer and John Faso held a televised debate before a lie studio audience. They answered questions from state journalists and members of the audience. Par…
515 viewsCandidates for governor of New York debated in front of a live audience at Cornell University. The debate was moderated by Brian Taffe, Capital News 9 (Albany); with panelists Dominic Carter…
527 viewsThe building and construction trades department of the AFL-CIO held a legislative conference on labor and economic issues. The session began with the presentation of the colors by an honor g…
150 viewsNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer gave the commencement address to the State University of New York College at Oneonta graduates. In his remarks he talked about facing the challenges o…
149 viewsNew York State Attorney General, Elliot Spitzer (D), talked about the government’s role in consumer protection and regulation of business accounting and the securities industry. He also talk…
107 viewsWitnesses testified before the committee about regulation of the insurance industry and potential conflicts of interest for insurance brokers. They spoke about insurance brokerage practices …
197 viewsDemocrats responded to the Republican National Convention. Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe spoke about an upcoming television advertising campaign centered on the them…
66 viewsNew York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer spoke about fighting corporate crime. He favored a larger role for government in regulating and overseeing business. He also talked about variou…
77 viewsWitnesses testified before the Senate Government Affairs Subcommittee about allegations of criminal activity by mutual fund managers involving illegal trading practices such as late trading …
292 viewsWitnesses testified about a $1.4 billion settlement reached between the Securities and Exchange Commission and ten of the largest brokerage firms. Among the topics they addressed were potent…
277 viewsNortheastern states attorneys general spoke to reporters about Bush administration plans to curtail restrictions on power plant emissions charging that the proposals violated the federal Cle…
191 viewsWitnesses testified about charities and how they used money collected in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, including whether the money will be used directly to help victims and…
451 viewsWitnesses testified about two competing bills designed to ensure the accuracy of convictions in which the death penalty was imposed. The proposed legislation focused on the use of DNA tests …
3,807 viewsHousing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo and Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers spoke with reporters about the Clinton administration’s decision not to join a class action lawsu…
179 viewsAt an event honoring Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the keynote address. She spoke about youth violence and the need for more stringent gun con…
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