By Dominic Jones | Published: October 9, 2006 | 
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News Digest for October 9, 2006
There are 6 items… Fidelity’s Divided Loyalties | Ex-Enron IRO gets two years’ probationes | Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative Form Strategic Alliance | Sun CEO at front of trend | Redefining content management | Paulson Leads Drive to Ease Regulations of Sarbanes-Oxley Law
Fidelity’s Divided Loyalties
Does Fidelity primarily serve its corporate customers, whom it would be loath to challenge over governance issues? Or does it stick up for its individual customers, whose interests might be better served by a more activist stance toward corporate management?
Ex-Enron IRO gets two years’ probation
Paula Rieker, Enron Corp.’s former No. 2 executive in investor relations and later its corporate secretary, was sentenced Friday to two years’ probation for insider trading.
Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative Form Strategic Alliance
The United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) said they will undertake advocacy and other partnership efforts to encourage companies and corporate responsibility organizations to support the synergistic platforms of the Compact and the GRI.
Sun CEO at front of trend
More than 3,000 of Sun’s 30,000 employees maintain blogs on Sun’s sites, a practice Schwartz says helps Sun attract workers with specialized interests.
Redefining content management
In truth most CMSs end up being custom, regardless of how they start out. From those that bill themselves as one-size fits all to the highly specialized systems which deal with specific industries or types of content. Keeping that in mind, the case could be made for always building a custom solution.
Paulson Leads Drive to Ease Regulations of Sarbanes-Oxley Law
Wall Street and corporate America have found a potent champion in Washington to back their demands for reduced corporate regulation: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
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