This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology achen Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27 The limits to what humans can create seem bound only by the limits of human imagination. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Defense Department.
NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology. Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Defense Department.
NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs achen Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27 Through genetic modification, humans are taking the reins from Mother Nature, making huge strides in fields such as human nutrition and health. Editing genes can help parents with genetic diseases bear healthy babies.
NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs. Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27. Liu and Hack said that the ethical challenges posed by editing of human genes is limited to some degree because such activity focuses on somatic cells that will not be passed on to future generations.
We help many of our clients align their portfolios with their values, and screening is one of the tools we employ to accomplish that alignment. Negative screening is still quite common—the US SIF Foundation reported at least $927 billion in identifiable assets being managed under such screens in 2016.
We help many of our clients align their portfolios with their values, and screening is one of the tools we employ to accomplish that alignment. Negative screening is still quite common—the US SIF Foundation reported at least $927 billion in identifiable assets being managed under such screens in 2016.
Insurance operations in total contributed about 20% of Berkshire’s revenue in 2016, and about 6% of pretax income came from insurance underwriting profits. billion of investable float in 2016, which partially funds Berkshire’s $260 billion investment portfolio. More importantly, insurance contributed $91.5 annualized compared with 6.9%
Insurance operations in total contributed about 20% of Berkshire’s revenue in 2016, and about 6% of pretax income came from insurance underwriting profits. billion of investable float in 2016, which partially funds Berkshire’s $260 billion investment portfolio. More importantly, insurance contributed $91.5 annualized compared with 6.9%
at a crisis communication firm named Abernathy MacGregor and got to work with several clients and, you know, took them to Bloomberg, took them to Reuters, took them to there. So it’s unusual though to have that much work ethic, that much drive and say, yeah, I want all the investors to have the money. RITHOLTZ: In 2016 ….
Buffett agreed that precision railroading had been beneficial for its adopters over time, but it created disruption—sometimes substantial—to client service as it was implemented. Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well.
Buffett agreed that precision railroading had been beneficial for its adopters over time, but it created disruption—sometimes substantial—to client service as it was implemented. Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well.
JR: The advisors were as much the victims as their clients were, and the brokerage firm would say they were all inappropriate behavior, so they’re all disclosures. Option rate securities were… 0:14:54.9 So it’s very difficult to do that. It is kind of a case by case thing. Salaske: Right, now.
MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? We were able to open doors and keep open doors with clients.
Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening achen Mon, 09/12/2016 - 09:40 Some Wal-Mart stores sell rifles, some Starbucks coffee shops sell alcohol and GE builds engines for jet fighters and bombers. However, screening can exact a cost, so we help clarify for clients the potential impact on risk and return.
Mon, 09/12/2016 - 09:40. However, screening can exact a cost, so we help clarify for clients the potential impact on risk and return. Investors should be aware that only 53 companies worldwide report 100% of their carbon emissions, according to a Bloomberg assessment of greenhouse gas emissions disclosure dated July 22, 2016.
I found David Layton, CEO of the firm, to be very thoughtful and very much different in how he thinks about risk-reward liquidity, various market sectors, processes, just the whole gestalt of we are a steward of capital with our clients, and we are aligned with those clients. We have most of our clients from Europe.
2016 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Mon, 05/16/2016 - 16:07. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. They answered about 60 questions during the five-hour gathering. for the S&P® 500.
Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Buffett likes Tim Sloan, who became CEO at Wells after the sales incentive revelations in 2016, and his efforts to fix those past mistakes.
Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Buffett likes Tim Sloan, who became CEO at Wells after the sales incentive revelations in 2016, and his efforts to fix those past mistakes.
But there were a lot of other purveyors of watches that really were not super, super ethical folks. That came out in 2016. RITHOLTZ: I have a client that has a GT3 that he wanted to sell huh and the dealer said give it to us we’ll take a 20% consignment I’m like we know people that bring a trailer let me list it for you.
These are ethically compromised executives who are just hell bent on increasing profits by any means necessary. And, and just to, to wrap up the M&A, you win another Loeb award in 2016 covering the Dow DuPont merger. I mean, you know, it’s a tough world ethic. It seems like ethics is completely irrelevant.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 36,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content