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		<title><![CDATA[Banks Face Tighter Capital Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZURICH (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Big banks will have to set aside more profits or even raise capital as protection against hard times under tighter proposals from international regulators set to be phased in from 2012.The new rules proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will introduce stricter limits on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:10:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks Face Tighter Capital Standards Under Basel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZURICH (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Big banks will have to set aside more profits or even raise capital as protection against hard times under tighter proposals from international regulators set to be phased in from 2012.The new rules proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will introduce stricter limits on what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:02:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IAB, 4A's Set Down Rules For Use And Ownership Of User Data]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After nearly eight years, the online ad industry&#8217;s terms and conditions&#8212;or &#8220;T&C&#8217;s&#8221;&#8212;have been revised and the issue of who owns user data for marketing purposes appears to be settled. Under the joint 3.0 Standards PDF from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the 4A&#8217;s, ownership of &#8220;user volunteered data&#8221; gleaned...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:07:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fannie Mae to Tighten Lending Standards: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Fannie Mae plans to raise minimum credit score requirements next month and limit the amount of overall debt that borrowers can carry relative to their incomes, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.Starting December 12, the automated system that the government-controlled mortgage finance company uses to approve loans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:45:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aegis' Q3 Results Report Is a Joke]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not news that financial disclosure standards for European companies are lax compared to their U.S. counterparts, but the Q3 2009 "results" announcement just issued by British ad agency holding company Aegis (AEGS.L) illustrates just how lousy those low standards are. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and thatâ€™s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards.    Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:21:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM Declares War on Standards Process]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had missed this last week when it first came out, but IBM has essentially declared war on the technical standards process. The words seem supportive enough, but when you read between them, you can see that a systematic round of arm-twisting is likely about to happen. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:35:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Life Insurers Want Looser Standards for Home Mortgage Holdings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThoseÂ life insurers never stop trying. First they asked for an $18 billion relief packageÂ back in January. Then they rattled their tin cups for the Treasury, begging to get in on the TARP program. Ultimately Lincoln National and Hartford Financial received nearlyÂ $6 billion.    Now their latest request has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:04:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Automakers OK with Tougher MPG, If Rules Are Consistent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002442/automakers-ok-with-tougher-mpg-if-rules-are-consistent/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Car companies don't love having to meet higher federal mileage standards sooner rather than later, but they prefer it to the worst-case scenario of lots of different state standards. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:02:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Treasury's new Bank Funding Standards Have Teeth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002939/treasurys-new-bank-funding-standards-have-teeth/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department wants to force banks to reserve more capital as a buffer against large losses. by Alain Sherter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:12:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do You Meet PCI Data Security Standards? | BTalk Australia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/08/17/do-you-need-pci-data-security-standards-btalk-australia/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_1834" align="alignright" width="300" caption="source: Wikimedia"][/caption]    (Episode 310; 11 minutes 38)  The Payment Card Industry PCI is phasing-in more elaborate data security standards.    From September 30th this year large companies must meet compliance, with compulsory security audits and networks scans required to retain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:39:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Official Scrutiny for National Organic Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to widespread criticism and growing public distrust, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has ordered an independent audit of the National Organic Program.    Starting in October, the National Institute of Standards and Technology will take a look at existing organic standards and the nearly 100 private...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:24:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort Lawyers, Bane of Insurers, Are Being Starved by the Courts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10001750/tort-lawyers-bane-of-insurers-are-being-starved-by-the-courts/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As Shakespeare said in Henry VI, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."    Death might be more merciful if you believe what Chubb Corp. said at its earnings call yesterday: tort lawyers, the kind that file suits against companies recently blamed for the recession,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:46:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Standards - Priority For All Entities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1023011]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The integrated nature of capital markets, combined with the mobility of capital itself, highlights the need for a commonly accepted set of accounting standards. The financial crisis has emphasised the relevance of the International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB's) mission towards a global set of standards. More than ever, there is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Salesforce Switching AppExchange To Google Wave?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001970/is-salesforce-switching-appexchange-to-google-wave/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Could Salesforce be reengineering its AppExchange platform to run standards-based code like HTML 5? The reason I ask is that none other than Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff listed his status on Facebook this weekend as: "working on salesforce.com's new architecture." There would have to be a very good reason, or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:34:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Win a Standards War]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=2354]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Standards wars may be Darwinian capitalism at its finest.  But they sure are a pain at first to technology partners, who must predict whether the platform they are buying into today will even work tomorrow. So how to win the war? by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:25:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Obama Out of Bounds on Climate Change?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10001548/is-obama-out-of-bounds-on-climate-change/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Did President Obama exceed his authority by announcing a fuel economy goalâ€"35.5 miles per gallon fleet averageâ€"for automakers in 2016? The goal (which works out to 30 mpg for trucks, 39 for cars) is part of a sweeping and unprecedented rulemaking announced earlier this week that combines Corporate Average Fuel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:56:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will New Fuel Standards Drive or Stifle Innovation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=2237]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Going green is a hot-button issue with President Obama. Like it or not, his mandated fuel efficiency rules will remake the automotive industry and forever alter consumer choices. Environmentalists are ecstatic, but I'm concerned with a bigger issue: will the new standards drive innovation or will market realities cause them...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:51:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tougher Fuel Standards To Drive Big Oil's Exodus From Retail Biz]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10001278/tougher-fuel-standards-to-drive-big-oils-exodus-from-retail-biz/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's soon-to-be-announced plan to establish tougher fuel-economy and emissions standards for cars and trucks already has folks busy tabulating the potentialÂ affect on the environment, auto industry and consumers.    The stricterÂ regulationsÂ -- expected to curb tailpipe emissions 30 percent by 2016, as BNET Auto points outÂ -- also will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:47:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama to Issue Federal Greenhouse Gas Tailpipe Standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10001479/obama-to-issue-federal-greenhouse-gas-tailpipe-standards/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House will announce tomorrow a broad new federal standard for regulating greenhouse gas from cars and trucks.    Assuming my sources are correct, the standard will beÂ 30 mpg for trucks andÂ 39 mpg for cars by 2016â€"roughly equivalent to the California standards (known as â€œPavleyâ€ after the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:40:12 -0700</pubDate>
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