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Daily Archives: July 31, 2010
CEBS publishes implementation guidelines on large exposures exemptions for money transmission
News release: “The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its implementation guidelines on Article 106(2) (c) and (d) of Directive 2006/48/EC (Capital Requirements Directive) as amended by Directive 2009/111/EC. As a consequence of the deletion of the general preferential treatment for inter-bank exposures in the large exposures rules, the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)… Continue Reading
Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials to Excessively Use Dispersants
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee, [on July 30, 2010] released a letter sent to National Incident Commander Thad Allen and documents revealing that the U.S. Coast Guard, tasked with limiting BPs use of toxic… Continue Reading
Google With Direct Dictionary Result
Via Google Blogscoped: “Perhaps bad news for the traffic of dictionary sites, which often dont show the actual word definition in the search engine snippets: Google now has a onebox of their own immediately offering the definition(s) for certain words youre searching for. Try enter e.g. pleasant into Google.com and the top will read: pleas·ant/ˈplezənt/Adjective… Continue Reading
SkyRiver Technology Solutions vs OCLC: Complaint for federal and state antitrust violations
Via Marshall Breeding this news release: “In a move that could have far-reaching implications for competition in the library software and technology services industry, SkyRiver Technology Solutions, LLC has filed suit in federal court in San Francisco against OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The suit alleges that OCLC, a purported non-profit with a membership… Continue Reading
