Compliance: Tech's 'uncomfortable' Future
News As to what the Directive actually comprises, however, can be broken down into four main headings — organisational requirements; conduct of business (including best execution); markets and transparency; and cross-border business.
[March 20, 2006, 12:50]
OFT Gains Powers To Seize Spammers' PCs
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will gain the power to seize computer equipment it suspects is being used to perpetrate cross-border internet scams, the OFT has told ZDNet UK. We could set up a dedicated unit [to investigate electronic scams], or...
[February 28, 2007, 15:13]
Sarbanes-Oxley And IFRS
White Papers During this same timeframe, the European Union (EU) has been trying to eliminate barriers to cross-border trading in its efforts to create a single capital market. The high-profile corporate scandals of several U.S.based companies, most notably...
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
UK Signs Up To International Anti-spam Agreement
News The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have joined forces with the US Federal Trade Commission, the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the UK Information Commissioner and the...
[July 5, 2004, 10:40]
Europe Plans Crackdown On Email Scams
News Previously, wide differences in the structures and methods of enforcement authorities have hampered prosecutions, but the new regulations require enforcement bodies to help each other by exchanging information and co-operating on cross-border cases.
[January 3, 2007, 7:32]
EU Plays Catch-up With US At Dot Com Summit
News A major concern highlighted by the survey was the difficulty in cross-border hiring, with 78 expressing concern at the complexity and red tape involved and the same number saying that easier cross-border recruiting would help solve the problem.
[March 22, 2001, 14:04]
Economic Security Not So Cheap As Smart Border Declaration Implies: Suggestions For Long-Term Trade Deconcentration On The Canada-U.S.- Border
White Papers The Canada-U.S.cross-border economy is the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world and it is highly concentrated in terms of the physical movement of people and goods. This paper discusses about border security.
[November 6, 2004, 2:00]
Over Half Of UK E-tailers Breaking Law
News Only 27 percent were concerned about regulatory issues involved in cross-border trading, despite the obligation to comply with foreign laws and regulations. Owen believes the worrying levels of complacency over the legal implications of e-trading...
[April 4, 2001, 15:14]
Mandelson Launches 'bold' E-commerce Initiative
News He believes cross border tariffs and Internet charges are two key reasons for the slow uptake of Internet business. An Electronic Commerce Bill to remove legal barriers to online trading was just one of the measures announced by Mandelson in the...
[December 17, 1998, 10:21]
EU To Launch Scam Crackdown
News The European Union will officially launch a crackdown on cross-border scams, including internet fraud, this week. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which is the UK's national consumer protection authority, welcomed the establishment of the EU scam...
[February 26, 2007, 15:06]
'Your Borders Are Porous', IT Pros Told
News Would you put your trading, or process control network on the Internet? You need technical and procedural security, and overlapping defences, but the furthest extent of the network perimeter is the head of your employee - it's your people," Cross...
[April 27, 2006, 16:50]
