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OCC and Model Validation Part 2

FIRE reports: “The securities industry is an economic powerhouse that continues to strengthen the U.S. economy,” said Securities Industry Association President Marc Lackritz. “SIA data shows that last year alone,…

Today is for Brazil

…could become a model for the rest of the industry in the Gulf. The company, with partner Astra Holdings, is considering a plan to double the capacity of its 100,000-barrel-per-day…

Expanding Production, Expanding Capacity

…was 3.3 percent above its February 2005 level. Because of the jump in utilities output, the rate of capacity utilization for total industry rose 0.4 percentage point, to 81.2 percent,…

Lying… Just Not Under Oath

…companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress….

Lou Dobbs on Outsourcing Production of Pharmaceuticals

…list of products increasingly manufactured overseas and sold to U.S. consumers. ALAN TOMELSON, U.S. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COUNCIL: U.S.-based pharmaceutical producers have been steadily losing market share to pharmaceutical imports…