She argues that under Sarbanes Oxley rules, companies that trade on any exchange are required to have internal compliance systems in place but that this rule undermines those systems.

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Two of the worst in recent times, in Japan and South Korea, occurred in highly rule-bound systems.

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Further, the NYSE and NYSE Euronext are required to retain an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of their market data delivery systems to ensure that they comply with Rule 603(a).

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Nintendo's aversion to glasses could also rule out 3-D coming to its home console systems.

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The rule against the retrospective application of laws is a basic tenet of most legal systems.

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Scandinavian tax systems, in particular, are close to the spirit of the Ramsey rule.

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The Order found that the NYSE violated Rule 603(a) of Regulation NMS and the record retention provisions of Section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 17a-1, and NYSE Euronext, which supplied the personnel responsible for these systems and compliance, caused the violations.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA, the agency that sanctions commercial technology for Pentagon use, is set to rule in the next two weeks that Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones, preloaded with Samsung's Knox security software, conforms with the Pentagon's so-called Security Technology Implementation Guide, according to a Defense Department spokesman.

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