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Risk Defined
is the measurable possibility of losing or not gaining value. Risk is different from uncertainty. Uncertainty is not measurable.
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RAW DATA: Summary of Oversight Panel's Bailout Report
Published January 9, 2009, 5:34 am, Fox News
FOX News has obtained a copy of the executive summary from an oversight panel's report on the distribution of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.
2nd UPDATE:Trichet:ECB Considers Increasing Supervisory Role
Published January 9, 2009, 5:23 am, Nasdaq
(Adds details, comments.) PARIS -(Dow Jones)- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet Friday confirmed the central bank is considering increasing its supervisory role as a way to address the flaws that contributed to the current financial crisis and enhance banking supervision in Europe.
Amica Mature Lifestyles Announces Second Quarter Results for Fiscal 2009
Published January 9, 2009, 5:15 am, CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. , a leader in the management, marketing, design and development of luxury housing and services for mature lifestyles, is pleased to announce the Company's results for the three and six month periods ended November 30, 2008.
Brokers Disdain Toaster Salesmen in Bank America"s Merrill Deal
Published January 9, 2009, 5:11 am, Bloomberg
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- When Kenneth Lewis , chief executive officer of Bank of America Corp ., unveiled the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. on Sept. 15, he called its 16,000-strong brokerage group the firm’s “crown jewel.” Only a month later, the brokers were rebelling against their new parent.
UPDATE: French PM: G20 Must Yield Financial Regulatory Measures
Published January 9, 2009, 4:35 am, The Forex Market
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Friday the next G20 summit on financial regulation must yield concrete measures and that no market segment or entity should escape regulation in the future.
EMCOR Group, Inc. Named One of Americas Best Big Companies and the Best Managed Company in the Construction Industry ...
Published January 9, 2009, 4:30 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NORWALK, Conn.----EMCOR Group, Inc. , a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, is proud to announce that for 2009 it has been named one of 400 of “America’s Best Big Companies” by Forbes® magazine.
MSCI Inc. Reports Record Revenues for Fiscal Year 2008
Published January 9, 2009, 4:30 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NEW YORK----MSCI Inc. , a leading global provider of investment decision support tools, including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics, today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended November 30, 2008.
MNCs queue up to Certified Fraud Examiners
Published January 9, 2009, 4:26 am, rediff.com
In a bid to safeguard their firms against fraud, many multinational companies are contacting Certified Fraud Examiners for checking their accounts and financial transactions.
US boardrooms braced for increase in accounting fraud
Published January 9, 2009, 3:46 am, Accountancy Age
Nearly two thirds of US executives expects the rate of accounting fraud to increase in the economic crisis, according to a poll conducted by Deloitte.
Satyam Shares Plunge After Warning of Cash Shortage (Update4)
Published January 9, 2009, 3:45 am, Bloomberg
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. plunged for a second day in Mumbai trading on concern it may run out of money after Chairman Ramalinga Raju said he falsified the accounts and quit.
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- RISK Mismanagement - What Led to the Financial Meltdown - NYTimes.com
- The Risk Management Association
- Black Swans, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: Taleb says that Wall Street risk models, no matter how mathematically sophisticated, are bogus; indeed, he is the leader of the camp that believes that risk models have done far more harm than good.
- OGC - Risk log (risk register): '
- Darren Hardy's Career Risks - The Big Idea Blog - CNBC.com
- FT.com - Messy question of toxic assets still needs an urgent answer: Months later, no credible answer has been posed to the question of 'how to get rid of/minimise the damaging effects of toxic assets?'
- RISK Mismanagement - What Led to the Financial Meltdown - NYTimes.com
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- SDA Bocconi : Programmi di Formazione : PERCORSO RISK MANAGER : Scheda corso
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