government oversight

China’s Utilities Cut Energy Production, Defying Beijing

NYT > Business  Tue, 05/24/2011 - 13:00

A dispute spurred by rising coal prices indicates that China’s unique marriage of market competition and government oversight may be starting to fray.


 

Nursing home boom in China has little government involvement

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Mon, 03/14/2011 - 22:00

(Brown University) A new study of the growth and operation of nursing homes in Chinese cities finds that the industry, while still small, is surging to meet the country's overwhelming shift toward an older population.

The almost entirely private-sector growth has far outpaced government oversight.


 

Report: AIG's Benmosche ready to pack it in after just 3 months ...

Topix - Business News  Wed, 11/11/2009 - 15:21

After just three months as head of battered insurer American International Group , Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post as he struggles to deal with heavy government oversight and restrictions on what the bailed-out company wants to pay employees, according to a published report.


 

Pew poll: 9 in 10 Iowa voters support more government oversight ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Tue, 09/01/2009 - 22:00

(Pew Health Group) Ninety percent of voting Iowans believe the government should be given additional authority to ensure the food they eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies.

Support for stronger food protections is high regardless of voters' gender, income level or political affiliation.