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Resolving complaints shouldn’t require acrobatics
Sometimes I wonder how our corporations lead the world. Seriously, are foreign companies even worse at customer service than ours?
Health care plan makes for interesting reading
I like to read important proposed legislation. Actually, I don't so much like it — the text is often mind-numbing — but I make myself do it because I think that it is important.
Free markets — not so free after all
A long time ago in a distant galaxy —1962 in Sydney, Australia, to be exact — an economics professor assigned an essay on whether the period between 1830 and 1870 was appropriately named the period of laissez faire in Europe.
CEO compensation reports are illuminating
The issue of CEO compensation has been a hot topic in investor and corporate governance circles for years.
Value-at-risk models can be misunderstood
I learned recently that I have an incorrect understanding of value-at-risk models, which many banks and Wall Street firms use to measure how much risk they are taking.
ICI seeks a protected market for mutual funds
Call me cynical, but whenever I see a behemoth mutual fund industry trade association campaigning in the interest of the lowly retail investor, I find it prudent to consider the notion that there might be more to it.
