All Strategic Risk Global articles in July 2008
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Online onlyConnecticut sues rating agencies
Moody’s, Fitch and S&P allegedly gave cities low ratings that cost taxpayers millions in bond insurance
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Online onlyBusinesses can stockpile pandemic treatment
A programme to reserve supplies of antiviral medication in the event of a pandemic is on offer to UK employers
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Online onlyEurozone confidence slides
European economic fears grow with drop in commercial confidence
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Online onlyUnion membership drops slightly in 2007
Overall trade union density in the UK has now fallen 4.5 %
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Online onlyFSA swoops on City bankers
Arrests eight individuals as part of crackdown on insider trading rings
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Online onlyApex Oil ordered to perform $150m cleanup
Company must remove soil and groundwater pollution from Hartford refinery
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Alcatel-Lucent removes two chiefs
Reorganises management in an effort to move beyond troubled merger
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AnalysisAbsence of planning
A lack of guidance is leaving businesses out in the cold when it comes to pandemic planning
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Online only$8.8m fine proposed against Imperial Sugar
Proposed penalty follows safety violations leading to refinery explosion that killed 13, says OSHA
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Online onlyControversial companies named and shamed
A consultant listed the top ten most environmentally and socially criticised companies of 2008
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Online onlyBullying costs UK £14bn a year: Unite
Black, minority and ethnic workers are most likely to be the target of workplace bullying
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Online onlyAon calls for compulsory broker transparency
Clear and consistent disclosure is in the interests of all clients, says broker
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Online onlyEliminate contingency fees: RIMS
The Society put its case forward for the elimination of certain broker compensation arrangements at a hearing in New York
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Online onlyMunich Re lowers profit expectations
Revised forecast due to capital market turmoil, more writedowns possible
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InterviewsHSE must disclose names for work-deaths
A safety charity has forced the HSE to hand over information so that it can track how it deals with work-related deaths
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Online onlyOil spill disrupts shipping on Mississippi
Efforts to clean up an oil spill on the Mississippi river have led to a logjam of cargo ships and tankers
