The National Foreign Trade Council has announced the launch of a new Trade and Climate Working Group which will focus on trade and competitiveness-related aspects of U.S. and global climate policies. (News release, dated 08/03/09, available at http://www.nftc.org/newsflash/newsflash.asp?Mode=View&id=236&articleid=2875&category=All.)
Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), long a provider of internal corporate communications systems, have found a new niche in providing rural Internet service and Internet backup for governments and businesses, industry officials said. While terrestrial fiber lines can provide far faster speeds, VSAT offers higher reliability, functioning without costly infrastructure when land lines are down, a major issue during natural disasters, they said.
Customized Internet radio services aren’t “interactive” unless their playlists are “predictable,” the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled “as a matter of law” in a closely watched eight-year-old case. The ruling upholds the right of the many services that stream songs based in part on suggestions and ratings by listeners to pay royalties under compulsory licenses set by the Copyright Royalty Board, rather than the more-expensive direct licenses with record labels that services such as Slacker and Last.fm have used.
An association of public safety and wireless groups asked the FCC to put on hold parts of DTV low-power station filing windows to protect land mobile users sharing the UHF TV band in 11 large markets. In a filing received by the FCC, the Land Mobile Communications Association said a rural application filing window starting Tuesday and an unrestricted one beginning Jan. 25 (CD July 1 p8) have inadequate protections for the T-Band. It asked that no new or modified applications be allowed within 180 kilometers of certain licensees on the same or next channel except for in Cleveland and Detroit. Members include the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials- International, International Association of Fire Chiefs and PCIA the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
BUFORD, Ga. -- BrandsMart is targeting a return within five years on the $1 million to $1.5 million invested in eco- friendly features at its new store here, Larry Levine, vice president of corporate operations, told us.
On August 6, 2009, Senate Finance Committee leaders Baucus (D) and Grassley (R) introduced the "Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.1631).
On August 6, 2009, Senate Finance Committee leaders Baucus (D) and Grassley (R) introduced the "Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.1631).
On August 6, 2009, Senate Finance Committee leaders Baucus (D) and Grassley (R) introduced the "Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.1631).
Academic authors will choose influence over money any day, and their preferences should be reflected in the pricing structure under the Google Book Search settlement, some lawyers told an event sponsored by the Computer and Communications Industry Association on Tuesday. They were responding to an analysis of the settlement by a former FTC antitrust regulator from the Clinton administration, David Balto, who said he was “quite confident at the end of the day this settlement will sail through” court scrutiny. New York Law School Associate Professor James Grimmelmann, a vocal critic of some provisions, and Jonathan Band, counsel to the Library Copyright Alliance, said the U.S. District Court in New York must keep a close eye on the implementation of any approved settlement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an update to its Office of Field Operations Strategic Plan, which includes statistics for fiscal year 2008.