Carter Dougherty
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Elected officials in Montgomery County have nothing to fear, least of all the peddlers of fear
Recent elections showed that elected officials can win on pro-housing platforms. Don’t let this opportunity to shape the future go to waste. → Read More
Senate Democrats Have a Big New Corporate Tax Idea
Targeting out-of-control CEO pay could bring progressives and moderates together. → Read More
Why Joe Biden Should Listen to Bernie Sanders on Corporate Taxes
The Vermont Senator’s plan would close the pay gap between workers and executives—and be immensely popular. → Read More
States Likely to Push Financial Enforcement If Federal Efforts Wane Under Trump –
With a new Congress and administration taking aim at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state attorneys general are likely to ramp up their prosecut → Read More
Wells Fargo Scandal a Setback to Lobbying Efforts by Big Banks –
Editor’s Note: InsideSources has co-published this article with the Huffington Post. Wells Fargo, the banking giant that defrauded its own customers by ope → Read More
Sunlight Replaces Shadows as Pressures Grows for More Corporate Transparency –
Memo to accountants: In the future, there are going to be fewer shadows and more sunlight in your world. Even investors are fed up with the opaque system i → Read More
‘Flipping the Bird’ at Regulators Is Tempting but Seldom Done in Financial Regulation –
Regulators, administrators and lawmakers have been crawling all over financial services firms since the 2008 global crisis in the industry. So the shocking → Read More
Without A Deft Touch, Treasury Risks Writing Inversion Rules That Benefit Wall Street –
In the murky and arcane world of tax law, unintended consequences are not hard to come by. In the case of the Treasury Department’s years-long battle to fi → Read More
Brexit Won’t Happen? Why Article 50 Could Mean UK Remains In The European Union
Voting to leave the EU was the easy part. When and how to depart is tougher, and a Brexit may not happen after all. → Read More
Betting Markets Misfire As Undecideds Go With Their Gut And Vote For Brexit
Gamblers who predicted a result in favor of continued British membership in the EU missed the signs that undecided voters would break for a Brexit. → Read More
Brexit Odds: After Jo Cox Murder, EU Referendum Bookmakers Raise Wager Against Leaving European Union
Betting markets show a break in favor of remaining in the EU ahead of Thursday’s U.K. referendum, but a runaway victory for pro-European Union forces seems unlikely. → Read More
Brexit Vote 2016: Big Bettors In EU Referendum Have Leg Up On Pollsters In Predicting June 23 Outcome
Opinion polls may show Britons are ready to abandon the European Union, but betting markets tell a different story — and they have a better track record. → Read More
China Clears Way For Cloud Computing Industry In Himalayan Plateau, Despite Immense Obstacles
China has little to show in the way of a data storage and analysis. But big ideas are hard to write off, especially when the Communist Party backs them. → Read More
Brexit And ‘Swexit’: How Sweden’s EU Membership Might Turn On Britain’s Referendum
Swedes like the European Union with the British inside it, so if the Brits vote to leave on June 23, sentiment in the Scandinavian country for staying could change dramatically. → Read More
China Investment Push Draws American Ire As Once-Silent Companies Complain About Closed Chinese Market
Long reluctant to criticize Beijing, U.S. companies are stepping up complaints that Chinese companies are investing in sectors closed to them in China. → Read More
UK’s EU Referendum: Brexit Opponents Surge As Cameron Strikes Alliance With Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan To Rally Young Voters
The British prime minister’s unlikely association with London’s new Labour mayor makes a break with the EU look less likely. → Read More
Brazil Crisis: Rousseff Impeachment Buoys Markets, But Successor Michel Temer Faces Tough Road To Growth
Investors cheered the first step in impeaching Brazilian President Rousseff Monday, but a government headed by Vice President Michel Temer won’t have it easy. → Read More
Articles by Road to Rio
Brazil’s Unnatural Disaster By Carter Dougherty on 04/12/16 AT 4:00 AM Brazil was booming in 2009 when Rio de Janeiro won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now the country is gripped by political scandal and facing its worst recession since the 1930s. → Read More
Road To Rio: Brazil’s Path To 2016 Summer Olympics Paved With Turmoil
Brazil was booming in 2009 when Rio de Janeiro won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now the country is gripped by political scandal and facing its worst recession since the 1930s. → Read More
Obama Claims Trophy With Collapse Of Pfizer-Allergan Merger, But Inversions Debate Continues
The Treasury’s new rules on inversion-type transactions torpedoed the pharmaceutical deal, but a tough debate about corporate tax reform remains. → Read More