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• US strikes investment accords with Abu Dhabi, Singapore funds

  - 2008-03-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US Treasury said Thursday it had reached a series of agreements with two powerful sovereign wealth funds based in Abu Dhabi and Singapore covering investments in US markets. The agreements were hammered out in a meeting at the US Treasury hosted by Treasury Secretary Henry...

  Tags: agreement, FINANCE, IMF, Investment, OECD

• ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE

  - 2008-01-01

  Consumers * Are you an "eco-shopper," but confused with all the labels and seals and certified logos? Consumers Union - publisher of Consumer Reports - has a Web site that can give you detailed information on various seals and labels you find on products. You can also learn the meanings...

  Tags: agreement, environment, France, Occidental Petroleum Corp., OECD

• Narrowing the Accountability Gap: Toward a New Foreign Investor Accountability Mechanism

  - 2008-01-01

  I. INTRODUCTION An ever-increasing number of standards, guidelines, principles, norms, and best practices (hereinafter "standards and norms") have been adopted to address the environmental and social impacts of multinational enterprises ("MNEs"). This increase in standards and norms corresponds to a rise in MNE sensitivity to the environmental and social impacts...

  Tags: accountability, agreement, bank, compliance, Environmental, financial, investor, OECD, Quality, standards, U.S.

• New OECD pact on aircraft subsidies 'levels playing field': US

  - 2007-07-30

  PARIS AFP — The United States welcomed Monday an international agreement governing government financing of aircraft exports, saying it will "level the playing field for the US airline industry." Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Brazil signed the agreement on aircraft export credits, the Paris-based...

  Tags: agreement, aircraft, Manufacturing, OECD

• Taxing the global worker: three spheres of international social security coordination

  - 2006-06-22

  Social security is a fundamental part of workers' lives in three spheres: contributions are required, benefits are hoped for, and taxes on benefits may have to be paid. If a worker splits a career between several countries, each of these three spheres is affected. The United States has sought international...

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• Global Transparency, Exchange of Tax Information and Small Nations - Much has Been Done, but More Needed to Ensure a Level Playing Field.

  - 2006-05-30

  DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Negotiation of agreements between countries that provide for the exchange of tax information need to proportionately benefit nations of all sizes, said the International Trade and Investment Organisation ITIO, commenting on a report published Monday by...

  Tags: agreement, FINANCE, OECD, Taxes

• India plans ore export deal with China: Paswan.

  - 2006-05-18

  May 18--NEW DELHI -- The country is actively planning to enter into a long-term ore export agreement with China besides seeking to re-negotiate a fresh ore supply deal with Japan. "We are thinking of entering into a five-year ore export agreement with China in view of ...

  Tags: agreement, China, conference, Government, Japan, OECD, Steel

• World review October-December 2005: a synopsis of the key strategic developments in corporate responsibility around the globe over the last quarter.

  - 2006-03-22

  The living dead THE POPULAR DEPICTION OF TODAY'S office worker as highly stressed, struggling to get ahead in the rat race of today's cut-throat corporate world is a familiar one. Yet the key concepts in a book at the top of the UK business...

  Tags: accountability, agreement, barrier, brand, CSR, Government, Leadership, negotiation, OECD

• The New Zealand-Netherlands double tax agreement: A significant influence on New Zealand's network of double tax agreements.

  - 2005-10-25

  Byline: Sabrina Muck Oct 25, 2005 (New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New Zealand NZ-Netherlands double tax agreement DTA was signed in 1980 in accordance with OECD conventions....

  Tags: agreement, FINANCE, network, OECD, Taxes, treaty

• ADB and OECD sign agreement for cooperation.

  - 2005-03-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 March 2005-ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ADB and OECD sign agreement for cooperationC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032005 PARIS, FRANCE -- The Asian Development Bank ADB and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD today signed a letter of intent to...

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