The Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing suggests that the State of California and its public employee retirement funds may play a critical role in fashioning a template for a truly national effort to introduce new national security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" into debt and equity purchasing decisions.
Arguably, the least disruptive approach -- which would not impede the free flow of capital into and out of the United States and minimize the need for government intervention -- would be the voluntary adoption of new security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" by U.S. investment banks and fund managers, including those in California.
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"With UltraViolet, consumers enjoy the flexibility and security of cloud-based entertainment rights combined with the choice-expanding benefits of a widely honored industry standard, " said Mark Teitell, general manager of UltraViolet.
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And individual investors, investment banks, fund-managers and particularly public pension funds should expand their "due diligence" assessments to include national security, human rights and other appropriate non-financial considerations so that the American people -- six out of ten of whom are now reportedly in the capital markets -- have the data required to make informed investment decisions.
Mr Obama has directed stimulus money to domestic manufacturers of renewable-energy technology, promised to revisit controls on exports of technology with national-security implications and has said he will protect American intellectual-property rights more rigorously abroad.
In a blog post Friday afternoon, the company announced the acquisition of Widevine , a Seattle-based provider of video delivery security and digital rights management tools used by studios, cable systems and channels to show content both online and on TVs.
Third, a just peace includes not only civil and political rights -- it must encompass economic security and opportunity.
UN's legal counsel told the Security Council that Morocco had no right to issue oil-exploration rights in Western Sahara without the consent of Western Saharans.
The joint declaration included five annexes dealing with security normalisation, policing and justice, human rights and equality, on-the-run paramilitaries and mechanisms to verify and monitor any deal.
Farmers, a powerful political voice, had demanded that native-title rights on pastoral lands be scrapped altogether to give them more security.
Particularly in Africa, women leaders would ensure that socio-economic rights, including the right to health, education, social security, and a safe environment, are justifiable and guaranteed in national constitutions - instead of being hidden in the directive principles of state policy chapter of national constitutions, a practice that has been adopted by some African countries.
The question is, are we going to level that playing field so that consumers have some protections and some rights that enable -- enable them to have the same bit of security that they derive from borrowing this money as the companies do in having that money make them profitable.
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