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The FDIC is seeking comment on proposed guidance that would assist savings associations in conducting due diligence to determine whether a corporate debt security is eligible for investment under a proposed rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
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SAN ANTONIO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- RedSky Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of automated E911 solutions to the enterprise, announced today the launch of My e911(TM), a downloadable smartphone application that provides personalized E911 protection while improving security on college and corporate campuses. The announcement was made today at the 2010 Annual Conference of ACUTA, the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education.
In the event of an emergency, smartphone users with My e911(TM) can dial 9-1-1 with confidence knowing their call and location information will be routed to the proper public safety answering point (PSAP) for fast response from police, fire and ambulance. At the same time the 9-1-1 call is routed, My e911(TM) noti...
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With data breaches making headlines nearly every week, companies are still trying to come up with a winning formula to stay protected against data theft. Top security experts point to certain areas where companies seem to be the most vulnerable, and many of these companies have some common key components that need to be addressed: a centralized security administration system, better security education, and better monitoring and testing. Testing is important, but firms also need to monitor systems so they know who is accessing systems and how they are doing it, according to Anton Chuvakin, chief logging evangelist for Logic, a company that produces appliances to monitor connected devices. Though some movement is being made on the legislative front, the laws may be slow in making any impa...
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TREVOSE, Pa., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey of more than 570 U.S.-based corporate security professionals, travel managers, human resources executives, medical professionals and others reveals that 40 percent of respondents identify Latin America as the region that poses the greatest risk to their business travelers in 2011. Nearly one-third of respondents (31%) identified the Middle East as presenting the greatest risk to travelers, followed by 20 percent who identified Asia.
Respondents were most concerned about the effect of terrorism and civil unrest on their mobile workforce (44%). Natural disasters (21%) ranked as the second highest area of concern among the group which included security directors from major international organizations. Petty theft and crime, and ki...
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Beyond Data Acquisition and Reporting - Creating a Concerted Evidence Report
IRVINE, Calif. -- Susteen, Inc. announced today Secure View 3, a giant ...
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Thirty-six economies made it easier to pay taxes in 2007/08. As in previous years, the most popular reform feature was reducing the profit tax rate, done in no fewer than 21 economies. The second most popular was introducing and improving electronic filing and payment systems. This reform, done in 12 economies, reduced the frequency of payments and the time spent and filing returns. Eight economies reduced the number of taxes paid by businesses by eliminating smaller taxes such as stamp duties. The top 10 reformers for this year reduced the number of payments by almost half. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Morocco, Mozambique and Zambia revised their tax codes (table 8.2).
In Latin America and the Caribbean, besides the reforms in the Dominican Republic, Anti...
..., that a 10% increase in the effective corporate tax rate reduces the investment-to-GDP ratio by 2 ...Mongolia reduced social security contributions paid by employers from 19% to 1 1% o...
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THE RECENT U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION TO MORE narrowly apply the Honest Services Fraud statute removes a key weapon prosecutors rely on to convict co...
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Sand, Sea and Stressed as Economy Blamed for Causing Paranoia When Leaving the Office to Jet Abroad for Summer Vacations!
ADDISON, Texas -- With bag...