On August 29, 2012, the SEC released for comment a set of proposed amendments to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.

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As the holidays end, there is much chatter about the Lisbon treaty, a proposed set of changes to the EU's rule book that faces a second referendum in Ireland on October 2nd.

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Four months after we incorporated the U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule for federal contractors to set a hiring goal of having seven percent of their workforces be people with disabilities.

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Under the new rule, programs are going to be regularly evaluated against a set of clear, high standards.

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The FM says that the Ofcom rule on a maximum strength of 25-watts outputs is "not set in stone".

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The only respite is a Ten Minute Rule Bill proposed by Labour's John Cryer, to set up a register of parliamentary lobbyists.

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The real focus should be on letting markets set relative prices, including interest rates, and adopting a monetary rule to protect the long-run value of money.

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The most important consideration in the abortion debate was whether fetuses gestated for 22 or 23 weeks, a tiny number of which are currently aborted, have a better chance of surviving if they are born than they did in 1990, when the existing rule was set.

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