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...addressing past promises." Much of the current furor over U.K. pensions grew out of a recently introduced accounting standard, FRS 17, which requires U.K. firms to disclose their pension-fund assets and liabilities. Some fund managers note that FRS 17 numbers differ from longer-term actuarial calculations, and complain that the annually reported standard is short-sighted; after all, should equity markets grow for a sustained period, the current shortfalls could be erased. In the Netherlands, corporate and industry occupational pension schemes have lost about 44% on their equity investments. But, says Ophélie Mortier, a funds expert with...
...decision by offering to sweeten the deals, François Lamoureux, the Commission's director-general for transport, threatened last week to drag into court any state that accepts. But E.U. efforts to draw up a new deal aren't expected to break the sound barrier - and meanwhile, airlines complain, they're left flying in legal limbo...
However, if organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America complain about certain computers in the Harvard network transferring copyrighted materials, HASCS identifies the accused student and issues a warning...
...That is because the regime understands that there is no choice. Vice President Taha Yassim Ramadan said last week that Iraq was determined not to give the inspectors cause to complain. "We don't want to give the US administration any pretext to attack," he said. Officials are hoping cooperation won't only stave off a conflict that could enrage a war-weary populace, but perhaps even bring an end to the sanctions that has ruined the once prosperous economy...
...paid royalties for album sales get nothing once their work is destined for the bargain bin or scrap heap, says Donald Passman, author of All You Need To Know About the Music Business and attorney to major acts such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and R.E.M. Few musicians complain, how-ever, so "I don't think the record companies will get too concerned about it," says Giouw of the IFPI...