The Digital Shift blog is reporting that as of today, Penguin Group USA will no longer permit any library lending of its new e-book titles.

FORBES: Penguin Group Has Halted Library Lending For E-Books

In April, the group finally got an air permit--the document needed to demonstrate it's complying with federal and state pollution laws--five years after it began the application process.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Moreover, a number of countries permit intra-group structures generating large local deductions for interest and royalties, thereby significantly lowering the tax costs of business operations in their countries.

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The Komen group argues that their governing principles do not permit them to contribute money to any entity under Congressional investigation.

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Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has decided not to permit the proposed acquisition by Lloyds TSB Group plc (Lloyds TSB) of Abbey National plc (Abbey).

BBC: Patricia Hewitt statement in full

In other words, the professional staff may prefer a rule that is far harsher than the political appointees would permit, so they find an accommodating activist group that will sue the agency, and then agree to a settlement that compels EPA to write the harsher rule.

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