Dodd-Frank Act

The battle over conflict minerals in DR Congo is heating up. No, I don’t mean the actual fighting is getting worse or that your newly-purchased mobile phone just funded a war crime (although both may be true). I mean the

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In recent weeks a debate has emerged over the merits of the conflict minerals provision in the Dodd-Frank Act. Critics of the legislation assert that the provision and those groups supporting it are responsible for causing damage to the people

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Equatorial Guinea is just one of many African countries to benefit from tighter regulation of foreign assets By Joseph Kraus, Ph.D. The recent “Arab Spring” uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East emerged in part out of citizens’ frustration

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