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On October 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued a proposed rule addressing when a person providing investment advice with respect...
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President Bush said yesterday he will not support all of the Iraq Study Group's recommendations but seemed ready to endorse the panel's call for talks with Iran through a regional alliance.
In an hourlong press conference at the White House with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the president said the bipartisan panel's report is just one of several he will consider before deciding on a "new way forward" in Iraq.
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On October 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued a proposed rule addressing when a person providing investment advice with respect...
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Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 183, the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Department of Defense Board of Actuaries (hereafter referred to as ``the Board''). The Board is a statutory federal advisory committee that shall provide independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Retirement Fund, the Department of Education Benefits Fund and other funds as the Secretary of Defense shall specify. The Board shall: a. Review valuations of the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1465(c) and submit to the President...
... amortization of that Fund as the Board considers appropriate and necessary to maintain that Fund on...
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After yet another meeting of the Board of Investment, two issues continue to swirl around its authority regarding actions of the state treasurer, including a large payment made to the Attorney General's Office in the settlement of a fraud and bankruptcy case.
The board oversees the state's investment policies and $9.5 billion in securities and other portfolios and has expressed dissatisfaction with Treasurer David Petersen's lack of communications regarding a $1.9 million payment to the AG for legal fees in the National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) case, which cost 200 local governments and the state $131 million in lost investments.
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For Richmond County sheriff's Deputy David James, showing a first- year T-ball player how to catch a pop fly or run to first base is a priceless moment.
As coach of a youth baseball team in the Richmond County Recreation Department, Deputy James considers every chance to teach young players a bonus.
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Madison Former Republican Gov. Tommy G. Thompson would trounce Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle by a nearly 2-to-1 margin if he jumped into the race, according to a poll released Wednesday.
In recent weeks, Thompson has called former aides and other Wisconsin political power brokers, soliciting advice as he considers taking on Doyle or U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl.
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The (FOS) was created by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and it considers independently -- free of charge -- complaints about financial products. It doesn't give advice, make the rules and nor will it fine companies for breaking the rules. Instead it only arbitrates. The FOS covers, amongst others, around 26,000 businesses that are regulated by the Financial Services Authority for their retail financial services activities and around 80,000 businesses to whom the Office of Fair Trading has issued Consumer Credit Licences. The FOS will only consider a case once the business concerned has had a chance to deal with the complaint being made. However, if a resolution is not forthcoming, the consumer is asked to put the matter in writing. The process is...
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... the right of directors to rely on advice,1 the New South Wales Court of Appeal has releasedd a judgment that considers in some detail what happens when there are gaps in...
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Last week, industry representatives offered advice to Gov. Scott Walker on regulations that need to be ditched as he considers all that are enforced by the soon-to-be-abandoned Department of Commerce.
John Mielke, vice president of the Association of Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, said over-regulation isn't limited to Commerce and sometimes even simple rules can get bogged down in bureaucracy.