Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Financial Crisis News Center: Public Comments Support European ...
By WKLB
The European Commission recently endorsed a High Level Group report setting forth a broad blueprint for a complete overhaul of financial regulation in the European Union, including the regulation of hedge funds. ... Some commenters, however , contested the perception of hedge funds as unregulated. Even at the EU level, aspects of hedge fund business and hedge funds themselves are subject to MiFID, the Transparency Obligations Directive and the Market Abuse Directive. ...
Financial Crisis News Center - http://www.financialcrisisupdate.com/
News | The Independent UK - Internet privacy: Britain in the dock
By The Independent
He said that users at both ends need to have consented to the system, which is not the case here and so contravenes the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act from 2000. The Commission is also critical of the Government's implementation of the European ... The group added yesterday that the Commission's statement did not contradict that its technology was fully compliant with UK legislation and EU directives. It is illegal in the UK to unlawfully intercept communications, ...
News | The Independent UK - http://news.independentminds.livejournal.com/

Reason Online
Mixed (Instant) Messages
Reason Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The 'Data Retention Regulations 2009' EU directive places legal obligations on every ISP to retain personal details of Internet users. ...
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Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts
Times Online - UK
“Following an analysis of the answers received, the commission has concerns that there are structural problems in the way the UK has implemented EU rules ...
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Fresh fears for EU treaty as Czech government falls
AFP
PRAGUE (AFP) — The fall of the Czech Republic's centre-right government cast new doubts Wednesday on the future of the EU's Lisbon reform treaty and ...
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PM’s first speech: praise and policy
The Copenhagen Post - Copenhagen,Sealand,Denmark
Looking at the major reform of the tax system, the prime minister said that the Liberal-Conservative government, with the support of the Danish People’s ...
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As in the days of Noah: RFID WATCH:EU urges tougher Internet ...
By As in the days of Noah
EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding said it was "imperative" that the new European Commission line-up, due at the end of the year, tackle the rules, which date back to 1995."Such a reform is long overdue, in view of the ...
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