UD in the News, Jan. 6, 2004

Charles Elson, University of Delaware Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in a story about the future of the New York Stock Exchange and reforms instituted by interim chairman John S. Reed that appears in the Jan. 2 issue of The New York Times. “Structurally, he has come a long way but he needs to have institutional investor representatives on the primary board because they were the most harmed by the exchange violations,” Elson said. “Public confidence is critical for the exchange, because if investors believe the exchange is rigged, they will view the market as rigged as well.”

Elson also is quoted in a Dec. 29 Wall Street Journal story about related-party deals, such as partnerships runs by an Enron executive that had significant business dealings with the corporation itself. "I think we should just have a blanket prohibition on any significant related-party transactions," Elson said.

In addition, Elson is scheduled to be a guest of Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY-FM's “Radio Times” program that will air at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9.

Avon Grove Intermediate School's participation in the College of Marine Studies’ “Extreme 2003: To the Depths of Discovery” project was featured in the Jan. 4 Philadelphia Inquirer.

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