The complexity and diversity of government regulations make understanding and retrieval of regulations a non-trivial task. One of the issues is the existence of multiple sources of regulations and interpretive guides with differences in format, terminology and context. This paper describes a comparative analysis scheme developed to help retrieval of...
That fundamental idea has been elaborated to understand better how merchants develop reputation, and seek to signal their good character to consumers and differentiate themselves from less scrupulous merchants. While economists generally find those ideas to be quite persuasive, many others are not convinced. Demands for government regulation are often...
Governments commonly acknowledge the need to improve the quality of government regulation, or to reduce undue regulatory burdens. This raises the question of what criteria should be used to evaluate the quality of a regulation. Economists and lawyers - constitutional lawyers or legal draughtsmen - tend to use different, but...
Quality is like safety - an important issue, but not a readily marketable feature. Witness safety in automobiles, where government regulations have driven progress, not customer market demand. Consider safety in the workplace, where government regulations are required to protect workers from hazards and danger. Consider safety in the home,...
The Human Services Agency of San Mateo County, CA, is using Stellent Universal Content Management, developed by Stellent, Inc., to improve client service, reduce operational costs, and maintain compliance with government regulations. Through the co The Human Services Agency of San Mateo County, CA,...
* According to the UK's Financial Times the French retailer Carrefour will not be punished for breaking central government regulations during ... * According to the UK's Financial Times the French retailer Carrefour will not be punished for breaking central government regulations during its setting...
The medical device industry is unique from most other discrete manufacturing industries due to its high degree of government regulation and the need for proactive self-monitoring related to product quality. Medical device companies must constantly in The medical device industry is unique from most other discrete...
May 24--State Sen. Michael W. Morrissey (D-Quincy), who co-chairs the Joint Committee on Government Regulations, yesterday proposed creating a strong gambling regulatory commission that would license casinos in New Bedford, Fall River and Hampden CountMay 24--State Sen. Michael W. Morrissey (D-Quincy), who co-chairs the Joint Committee...
Government Regulations Lead To New Environmental Policies The development of new environmental insurance products is being driven in large measure by new government regulations, according to industry experts. One product which has evolved as a dirGovernment Regulations Lead To New Environmental Policies...
When it comes to establishing regulations for the manufacturing industry, the government is eager to institute as many rules as they think are necessary in order to protect the health and safety of all parties involved. Yet at the same time government regulations are not intended to stifle the production...
Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PEI) and Microgame S.p.A. are pleased to jointly announce their intention to launch two online bingo networks. Each network will be powered by an Internet platform that combines Parlay's Internet bingo, casino and other soft game products with Microgame's existing game management and administration infrastructure....
George Osborne's speech yesterday took place on the day that Bradford and Bingley was nationalised taking some 41bn worth of dubious mortgage debt onto the Government's already compromised balance sheet. In America the world's biggest ever act of mass nationalisation, at $700bn, is facing fierce opposition in Congress. ...
Aperture Health, Inc. (OTCBB: APRE)announced today the appointment of Terry McGann, Ph.D. to its board ofdirectors and the Company's executive team as Aperture's GovernmentStrategy Officer. The Senior Statesman of the Sacramento lobbyingcommunity, Dr. McGann is one of the Capitol's foremost experts onhealthcare policy and has advised both state and...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to Dr. Mary S. Metz, the chairwoman of the Longs board's Governance Committee, the CtW Investment Group questions the Longs' board's refusal to enter into negotiations with Walgreens and challenges the arguments put forward by the board regarding anti-trust risks...
PA Assisted Living Consumer Alliance Responds to HHS Report on Failing Nursing Homes PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes in each of the past three years were cited for violating federal standards, according to a government report. For-profit facilities had...
THE International Rugby Board has never been known as a hotbed of black humour, but all that may change with posterity's judgement of the governing body's jaw-droppingly perverse attempts to simplify and streamline the way the game is played through the introduction of its socalled Experimental Law Variations. ...
Details of a new capital-raising regime for British companies are likely to be announced within weeks. The Government and City regulators are thought to be keen to get a new system in place as soon as possible, with further capital raisings likely in the coming months as...
A banking system in crisis after the collapse of a housing bubble. An economy hemorrhaging jobs. A market-oriented government struggling to stem the panic. Sound familiar? It does to Sweden. The country was so far in the hole in 1992 -- after years of imprudent regulation, short-sighted...
No one can deny that the economy is in deep trouble, and that effects are being felt around the globe, but especially here in New York. The news about Bear Stearns was a warning that the banking and financial markets were in trouble. Yet, the Bush administration,...
Government regulations are keeping America's space and computer technology grounded domestically -- much to the detriment of small businesses and start-ups that might want to export their technologies to other countries. The regulations -- known as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations -- are so complex that...
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