Prison Remedy Proposed by State Agriculture Official to Worker-Strapped Farm Groups

10/25/2011   The tough new immigration law of Alabama may be stripping farmers of their workers but a state agriculture official said that prisons could be a quick fix. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries commissioner, John McMillan, revealed in an interview Thursday that inmates, through a work-release plan, could become a labor source […]

CEOS of Wall Street Can Be Held Liable If Volcker Rule is Violated by their Banks

10/25/2011   Regulators are seriously considering holding the chief executives of Wall Street legally liable if they permit some types of proprietary trading on their watch. The regulators, who are due to make public the proposed Volcker rule next week, are expected to ask if CEOs must certify, or “attest,” that their banks have installed […]