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The High Court of Australia has handed down a decision on the appropriate method of determining an important component of access prices to natural gas...
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The Commission will consider a Report and Order that allocates spectrum in the 413-457 MHz band and adopts service and technical rules for Medical Micropower Networks, which rely on new types of implanted medical devices that use functional electric stimulation to, among other things, restore sensation, mobility, and function to paralyzed limbs and organs. 2........................... Wireless Tele- Commission staff will Communications provide a presentation , Wireline on the Commission's Competition recent broadband and Consumer & adoption efforts, Governmental including a first-of-its- Affairs. kind national effort to address the barriers to broadband adoption, digital literacy and the employment skills gap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved the company's pending ac...
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An important decision of the High Court handed down on 27 September 2007 has resolved an area of uncertainty in the regulation of gas infrastructure u...
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BORDERS, THE WORLD'S second largest and well-known book retailer, is in trouble. After making such a strong visual and sales presence for almost a decade, it now says it's shutting its doors. Businesses come and go, but this one is different. So different that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the government regulator, feels compelled to look closely at Borders' imminent closure - not just in Melbourne but throughout the country. So what gives?
It's not just small companies that often tend to collapse, but large ones too. Recall the late 1990s when Long-term Capital Management (LTCM), one of the world's largest hedge funds, fell down like Humpty Dumpty. And nobody could put it back together again. And then there was Enron. In the last few weeks, thanks to the US...
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OREM, Utah -- iMergent, Inc., (AMEX:IIG) a leading provider of eCommerce and software for small businesses and entrepreneurs, announced that on Wednes...
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The problem of access, termed "The Colorado Paradox," was coupled with the perceived need by Governor Owens and the appointed Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) for increased competition and efficiency, and a consumer-focused market-driven approach to higher education, which characterized the administration's policy initiatives since taking office in 1999. Third, during the second year of the panel's deliberations, public higher education suffered the beginning of the largest drop in state funding in the nation due to the economic downturn in combination with the effects of Colorado's Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR), a highly restrictive constitutional revenue and expenditure limit.
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Based on recent meetings with the Federal government and the ACCC in relation to the current Federal inquiry into franchising it appears one of the mo...
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(PPI), the device intended to protect borrowers under installment credit agreements, is under scrutiny from the Competition Commission. The Commission has initially produced what it calls an "emerging thinking" document. The consumer's decision whether or not to purchase PPI is important. The FLA is conducting a thorough analysis of the Commission's papers to identify where it may be useful to gather and supply more information in response.
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46601) has announced the addition of 2006 Australia Residential, B...