News tagged with commission
Kodak loses third board member in 2 weeks
(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. says another member of its board of directors has resigned - the third director to exit the struggling company in the past two weeks.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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Long-awaited Facebook IPO looms in New Year
Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has deflected talk of going public for years but it looks like it is finally going to happen in 2012.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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EU unyielding on airline carbon despite US pressure
The EU will go ahead with its hotly contested plan to charge airlines for carbon emissions despite US threats of reprisal, should it win the backing of the European Court of Justice, EU sources said Tuesday.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Apple scores hit on HTC in US patent case
Apple scored a hit in an ongoing patent brawl with mobile handset giant HTC with a US trade authority ruling the iPhone maker has rights to features using one-tap screen commands.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Cox agrees to sell wireless spectrum to Verizon
(AP) -- Cable company Cox Communications on Friday said that it has agreed to sell some of its airwave licenses to Verizon Wireless for $315 million and will resell Verizon service in its stores.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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EU stuck on three new GM authorisations
Failure by EU agriculture ministers to decide on authorisation for three genetically-modified maize and cotton strains overnight left the matter in the hands of the EU executive on Friday.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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TV companies have a year to pipe down loud ads
(AP) -- Shush, already. That's the message the Federal Communications Commission is sending with new rules that force broadcast, cable and satellite companies to turn down the volume on blaring TV commercials.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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EU accepts IBM concessions in antitrust probe
(AP) -- The European Union's competition watchdog says it has accepted concessions made by IBM to make it easier for rivals to perform maintenance on its mainframe computers and is closing its investigation of the company.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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US turns down volume on LOUD TV ads
US telecom regulators ordered television stations on Tuesday to turn down the volume on commercials.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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US bill targets exports of Web censorship tools
A bill aimed at choking off US exports of technology used for Internet surveillance or censorship was introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Internet domain name expansion comes under fire
A plan to expand the number of Internet domain names came under fire in the US Congress on Thursday, a day after the head of the Federal Trade Commission said it could potentially be a "disaster."
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Facebook fixes photo privacy bug
Facebook has fixed a bug that allowed the viewing of some private photographs of other members and which was reportedly used to access personal pictures of founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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EU in antitrust probe of Apple, e-book publishers (Update)
The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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EU launches new 6.5-bln fund to slash over-fishing
The European Commission unveiled a new 6.5-billion-euro fund Friday to help fishermen move towards sustainable fishing as part of an effort to save fish stocks.
Dec 02, 2011 |
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