Your March 24 editorial about proposed chemical security legislation, in taking issue with the Department of Homeland Security's plans to regulate America's chemical facilities, does an injustice to the type of tough risk-based regulatory process this department supports.
Lenders will operate a far tougher risk policy in the current economic climate, meaning you'll need a perfect credit history to secure a best-buy rate".
How much in taxpayer dollars should be invested to pinpoint such hazards is one of the toughest risk-management exercises around.
It is backed by some of Palantir's investors and has swapped a senior employee with it, but more importantly it shares Palantir's belief that given enough data even the toughest risks can be managed.
For years insurers, actuaries and consultants have awaited the premiere of Solvency 2, an updated regulatory regime that sets out tougher risk-management and capital requirements for European insurers.
The recession, however, made it tough to risk much at the small company.
The first is that tougher rules risk making British banks less competitive.
They could do more to get tough with risk-takers and health malefactors, however.Food, it turns out, is full of substances.
Inside News International's temporary offices, the decision to close the News of the World is being seen as classic Murdoch behaviour – a family known for taking tough, high-risk decisions that others would balk at.
The German chancellor will hold four hours of talks at the White House and a joint press conference on Monday as US calls for a tougher approach risk overshadowing continuing diplomatic efforts planned for Minsk on Wednesday.
Supporting the insupportable was part of an image-making strategy, a demonstration to the Chinese that, as the Pentagon Papers said, the United States was "willing to keep promises, be tough, take risks, get bloodied and hurt the enemy badly".
