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LSE CEO calls for pan-Europe clearing regulation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:31:55 GMT

Such a framework would govern risk models and provide for governments as lenders of last resort, LSE Chief Executive Xavier Rotel said. "Then interoperability comes into effect and competition starts," he added.
Source: International Business Times

€5 million project on OA repositories: OpenAIRE

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:31:20 GMT

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Source: Open Access News

Europe Drops Four-Year Antitrust Probe Into Qualcomm

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:11:17 GMT

The European Commission is not taking any action against Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) and has stopped investigating the chipmaker after four looking into the company’s pricing policies for four years, the WSJ reports.
Source: MocoNews.net

US Senators Go to Bat for Oracle, Sun Merger

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:42:07 GMT

The European Commission's hesitation over Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems has prompted 59 U.S. senators to weigh in on the matter, urging the EC to allow the deal to proceed. The DoJ has already taken a similar step.
Source: E-Commerce Times

Europe moves to tighten hedge fund regulation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:37 GMT

AFP - Europe is moving towards tighter regulation of hedge funds -- blamed for exacerbating a global financial crisis -- with pay curbs to the fore.
Source: France 24

Report: Oracle to meet EU on Sun deal Dec. 10

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:14:06 GMT

Though U.S. regulators have blessed the $7 billion deal, the European Commission has held it up over concerns about the MySQL database, which is owned by Sun (NASDAQ: JAVA).
Source: San Francisco Business Times

Unwelcoming Shores

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:58:47 GMT

"We were one group of twelve persons they took out from the detention centre. They drove us in a car, for maybe one and a half hours. We arrived in the forest around 9 PM.
Source: Human Rights Watch

Google Analytics under attack over privacy

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:46:19 GMT

Google has defended its free Analytics web traffic service against arguments that it conflicts with web users' privacy.
Source: VNUNet.com

Quoted in 'EU curbs Spain on Internet piracy laws'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:52 GMT

Viviane Reding said in United Press International:

I therefore invite the Spanish authorities to consult very closely with the European Commission before heading into a direction which could soon turn out to be a blind alley

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:36:10 GMT

EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:36:04 GMT

EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009.

Barroso: European Union is 'empire' (long version)

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:36:54 GMT