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BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Investment bank and hedge fund representatives tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the oil market doesn't need more oversight Under mounting scrutiny from an election-addled Congress, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a pub.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. Microsoft must now pay 899 million euros ($1.4bn; �680.9m) after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it took par.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Tests by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission did not find a lead problem in toy animals that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pulled from its shelves this month over what the retailer called high lead levels. A spokeswoman for the watchdog agency said Wedn.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

MSNBC -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the timeliness of toy company Mattel Inc.'s disclosures before its most recent recall, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Tuesday. Internal commission documents also ra.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Apr 5, 2007 @ 2:17pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Seeking a unified system for intellectual-property rights on the Continent, the European Commission revisits the idea of a bloc-wide patent The European Commission has kicked off a fresh round of talks on an EU-wide patent system, trying to break a 20-.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:55am neoform

CNN -- The European Commission confirmed Tuesday it had opened an antitrust probe into Apple's iTunes and the way it sells music online in coordination with major music companies. The commission alleged distribution agreements Apple has signed with the record.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 11:11pm neoform

BBC News -- Three Italians, including an EU official, have been arrested and held in custody as part of a European Commission corruption probe. An EU civil servant and an assistant to a European Parliament member were among those under arrest, a spokesman for the.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 5:50pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- The European Commission calls for standardization by the mobile industry to ensure that consumers quickly adopt the technology The EC has recommended the industry pick a single mobile TV standard - or risk holding back adoption of the tech. EC infor.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:50pm neoform

Globe and Mail -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against four former executives at Nortel Networks Corp., accusing them of engaging in accounting fraud to meet earnings forecasts. The Ontario Securities Commission, meanwhile, says it will.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 9:33am mrmdc

BBC News -- The European Commission is proposing forcing carmakers to make an 18% cut in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2012... Read More