Nexus between US-China security relations and America’s capital markets
The U.S.-China Security Review Commission (USCC) on Tuesday, October 2, published on its web-site (www.uscc.gov) a lengthy report prepared by...
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The Casey Legacy: Go On Offense’ in the Intelligence War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): America's war on terrorism just got an important boost. It came in the form of a reminder by...
Chairman Wolf Serves Notice on the SEC’s Pitt –Important New Disclosure Guidelines Must Remain in Place
(Washington, D.C.): Shortly before Congress began its August recess, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee responsible for the Securities...
Why Would the Bush Team Eschew Use of Capital Markets Sanctions When a Potential Target Agrees They Would Work?
(Washington, D.C.): Notwithstanding mounting official U.S. concern about the devastating war the government of Sudan is waging against its own...
Robinson Wall Street Journal Op. Ed. Puts the Spotlight on Unwitting U.S. Investor Funding of Global Bad Actors’
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Wall Street Journal features an important op.ed. entitled "Are You Investing in Rogue States?" by Casey Institute...
Lukoil Punches Out of N.Y.S.E. for Fear of Public Opposition to Its Rogue State Relationships; Heads For London
(Washington, D.C.):(Washington, D.C.): On 29 June, the Financial Times reported that the Russian oil company Lukoil switched its upcoming share...
The Far Eastern Economic Review Illuminates the Global Implications Of Strengthened SEC Disclosure Requirements
(Washington, D.C.): The 21 June issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review featured an insightful article by Murray Heibert on...
Will China’s Rigged Capitalism’ Undo the W.T.O.?
(Washington, D.C.): As the People's Republic of China moves inexorably closer to becoming a member of the World Trade Organization,...
Dirty Business: China Ocean Shipping Company Allegedly Running Guns –and Who Knows What Else — to Cuba
(Washington, D.C.): A front-page article in today's Washington Times identified the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) as a key player...
The Economist Labels National Security as New Material Risk Factor In the Offerings of Foreign Firms on U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): A prominent article in the current issue of The Economist (below) reports that national security concerns have been...
Watch This Space: Beijing Says It Won’t Bring Sovereign Bond to U.S. Capital Markets — But For How Long?
(Washington, D.C.): In the immediate aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission's adoption of historic new disclosure requirements for foreign...
The Financial Times Misses The Mark In Editorial On New, SEC- Affirmed Political Risk Factors In The U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ground-breaking decision last week to require national security, human...
The Los Angeles Times Addresses New SEC Disclosure Requirements To Thwart Fund-Raising By Global
(Washington, D.C.): The front page of the Business Section of the 14 May editions of the Los Angeles Times featured...
Lehman’s Analyst Melcher Breaks The News For The Markets: China Must Clean Up Its Act — or Search Elsewhere For Much-Needed Capital
(Washington, D.C.): In his first Lehman Brothers column to fund managers world- wide, Mark Melcher, the respected political and economic...
Their Finest Hour’: Financial Times Describes Emerging Forces in Global Finance and National Security/Human Rights Nexus
(Washington, D.C.): In a truly remarkable forty-eight hour period, the process by which foreign registrants access the vast, globally-dominant U.S....
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Urges President Bush to Rule on Chinese Sovereign Bond Offerings
(Washington, D.C.): President George W. Bush used the recent annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee on religious freedom to...