“A damning report [in late April 2012] on the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers concluding that Mr. Murdoch is “not a ...

In the E.U., the principle of subsidiarity functions in theory like the Tenth Amendment does in the U.S.—again in theory. In both cases, p...

“ One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth...

In 12 years, Daniel Suelo has not made a penny; neither has he spent one. In 2000, he left his remaining $30 in a phone booth (remember th...

In September 2005, “a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidia...

T he “surprising escape” of Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist, from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats was “buoy...

Faced with political pressure from Republicans and farming groups, the White House decided in April 2012 not to go ahead with rules that w...

In relying only on austerity and cheap bailout loans, the German-led strategy has proffered a false sense of European integration in the E...

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, known as F.C.P.A., “forbids American companies from making illegal payments to government officials or ...

“C orporate campaign contributions have historically been split among incumbents of both political parties, with a decided advantage for wh...

In April 2012, Citigroup’s shareholders voted against the bank’s proposed $15 million compensation for the CEO, Vikram Pandit. This was th...

In February 2011, U.S. President Barak Obama directed the U.S. Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which bar...

On April 12, 2012, Hawaii sued Bank of America, Chase, Citi, Barclays, Capital One, Discover, HSBC, and their subsidiaries, “claiming that ...

According to the Credit Card Act, which took effect in February 2010, credit-card issuers cannot charge fees equal to more than 25% of the ...

Jack B. Palmer made a quiet complaint through internal channels at Infosys, an outsourcing company based in India. He suspected some manag...