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...examiner comes to do an audit with a preconceived notion that there is something illegal happening. Then he or she finds something that isn’t illegal, forms the perception that it is illegal, and ties up the firms and the SEC’s legal apparatus for years. The only people getting rich here are the lawyers...

Author: By Walter B. Schubert | Title: Reforming the SEC | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...great deal of maturation still awaits China. We can't forget that it has only been really open to the world for 30 years under Communist rule. The country's basic tools of international affairs - like a robust national-security apparatus - are still under construction. And they have not yet been tested by crisis. China is ambitious, to be sure, but it is too insecure to be audacious yet. In the next 10 years, this will change. China will build a global-size foreign policy apparatus just as it has built stadiums and airports. But will this framework be crafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

After being pressed on the issue, a local official confided, "They are right" - Bedouin are generally excluded from the security apparatus. "There is some suspicion," he added, referring to security attitudes toward the Bedouin, particularly near the border zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Sinai: Egypt's 'Mexico' Problem | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

...dream scenario of the green-technology revolution: a plant that used to make Lincoln Continentals starts churning out the mechanical apparatus of wind-power storage. Michigan autoworkers, knocked off their feet by a collapsing industry, put their skills to use in the quintessential "industry of tomorrow." Once those high-value manufacturing jobs are in place and a group of workers has money to spend, other jobs follow - at doughnut shops, hair salons, real estate brokerages and law firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Workforce: Where Will the New Jobs Come From? | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

...Internet changed people's attitudes toward moonshine? Fifteen or 20 years ago, there was one article on how to make fuel out of grain. Once you can do that, you can make booze. Now there are thousands of resources online. You can order the apparatus. You can buy the ingredients. You can ask people what you've done wrong. And it's odd because it's a gray hobby. It's not like these people are making any money or even thinking of themselves. It's not about breaking the law - it's about fooling around. It's about cooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moonshine: Not Just a Hillbilly Drink | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

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