Wall Street To Main Street: News, Views And Commentary: April 26, 2006 It’s Wednesday April 26, 2006, and after President Bush’s speech yesterday oil markets are still towing the line as the main catalyst is still the situation in Iran, the rising prices at the pump has a big question mark on it as the switch to the ethanol additive may partially be to blameThe NAMC Newswire’s “Wall Street to Main Street” segment in its entirety is only available to ...

Public Procurement and Very Private Benefits In every national budget, there is a part called "Public Procurement" This is the portion of the budget allocated to purchasing services and goods for the various ministries, authorities and other arms of the executive branch It was the famous management consultant, Parkinson, who once wrote that government officials are likely to approve a multi-billion dollar nuclear power plant much more speedily that they are likely to authorize a hundred dollar expenditure on a ...