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BankMuscat sets benchmark in corporate governance excellence – Zawya.com

MUSCAT — BankMuscat BankMuscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, has set a benchmark in corporate governance excellence winning top honours as the overall winner and the first place in the banking and investment sector in the …

Australia: Consumer Guarantees and Warranties from Defects: Are You Compliant with the New Law? – Mondaq

The Australian Consumer Law is based on the same core principles as the implied warranties and conditions laws but has standardised rights and remedies across Australia for consumers acquiring goods and services. A person who purchases goods which cost …

The Wealthy One Percent That’s Behind Minnesota’s Racist Voter ID Push – AlterNet

In every case, courts overturned Rep. Kiffmeyer’s maneuvers. Meanwhile, consider an Indiana University study published in the Journal of Law and Politics in 2009 that examined the voter ID law issue in Indiana, after the U.S. Supreme Court …

Chinese government pulls iPads from shelves – RCR Wireless

Bitter news for Apple (AAPL) out of China this morning as China’s Hebei Youth Daily says iPads are being snatched from the shelves by Chinese authorities after Chinese company ProView took legal action … Beijing-based law professor Stan …

Campbell Law School To Host Lecture Series On Eugenics – PRLog (free press release)

Campbell Law professors Lynn Buzzard … Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of Eugenics, in which she examined Oklahoma’s attempt to ameliorate crime by sterilizing repeat offenders. With this case, the Supreme Court ended forced sterilization as a punitive …

Supreme Court charges Gilani with contempt – Reuters India

The civilian-judicial confrontation stems from thousands of old corruption cases thrown out in 2007 by an amnesty law passed under former military president Pervez Musharraf. Zardari is its most prominent beneficiary and the main target of the …

Facebook Likely To Pay No Federal Income Tax This Year, Despite $1 Billion In Profits: Report – Huffington Post

Because of the way the tax law is set up, whatever the difference is between the price of shares when the workers originally purchased them and their price by the time they are exercised, Facebook can deduct that amount from … Continue reading

Editorial: Spacial planning is necessary – Daily Astorian

Scientific studies show that reserves greatly enhance the health of fish stocks and the overall marine environment. The law enacted by the Oregon Legislature only sets aside one-20th of near-shore waters for protection. As explained by Sen.

U.S. says back Sri Lanka war-crime resolution at U.N. – Reuters India

“The commission … made substantive recommendations on reconciliation, devolution of authority, de-militarization, rule of law, media freedom, disappearances and human rights violence and abuses,” she said. “If implemented (it) could contribute …

2012 IR Global Rankings With FREE and PAID Options – TMCnet

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — IR Global Rankings (“IRGR”), the most comprehensive technical ranking system for investor relations websites, corporate governance practices and financial disclosure procedures is pleased to …