Water Cooler News Links for July 13, 2010
Among today’s news links: BP to start Gulf well test by midday Tuesday; The Billion Dollar Man; Obama’s debt commission warns of fiscal “cancer”.
Among today’s news links: BP to start Gulf well test by midday Tuesday; The Billion Dollar Man; Obama’s debt commission warns of fiscal “cancer”.
Among today’s news links: Obama may review regulations affections businesses; FDA review spotlights heart risk of diabetes pill; and Wall Street hiring in anticipation of economic recovery.
Among today’s Water Cooler stories: Elliot Wave predicts triple-digit Dow (90% drop from right now) in 2016; Fixing the CPI; How the Liability Cap Helped Cause the Gulf Spill; and, The best and worst states for new businesses [infographic].
Among the stories being discussed at water coolers across the land today: BP May Lose Oil Leases, Contracts After Spill; F.B.I. Opens Kennedy File; and North Carolina congressman, Bob Etheridge, gets physical with reporter (watch the pretty shocking video).
This article by Areta Kupchyk and Keven Madagan of Reed Smith explains why even though various business sectors have fervently embraced social media as a product marketing tool, FDA-regulated industries have been slow to adopt this practice.
Corporate compliance, difficult in the best of times, presents even more challenges in an economic downturn. This article by Mark Srere sets forth the top five challenges that a company’s compliance department may face in 2010.
Scott Bruns and Kathleen Meriwether of Ernst & Young count down the top five compliance risks facing life sciences companies, including sales & marketing risks, the FCPA and IFRS, as well as supply-chain integrity and aggregate spend.
