December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

John Lewis sees record weekly sales, as other retailers brace for poor sales for the Christmas season.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

PARIS (AFX) - Safran said ‘unexplained’ accounting entries may knock off about 100 mln eur from full-year 2006 profits and that it may have to restate earnings from previous years. The group said late Friday the entries were made by Jacques Paccard, who

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

China is to face greater competition from foreign banks as a WTO deadline to open its markets looms.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

2006-12-10 09:20:56 By Perege Gumbo A Bill aimed at transforming the Controller and Auditor General’s office into an independent agency to facilitate its smooth performance and service delivery is in the pipeline. The disclosure was made by the

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

On September 14, 2006, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to a proposed rule it recently published, Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In Exchange Act; Periodic Reports of Non-Accelerated Filers and Newly Public Companies.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

On September 15, 2006, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments on management guidance that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is developing on Section 404 compliance. Advocacy encouraged the SEC to explore more opportunities for reducing Sarbanes-Oxley costs on small businesses.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

The Forest Service proposes to remove structural change recomputation direction contained in Forest Service Sale Preparation Handbook(FSH) 2409.18 (applicable in Forest Service Regions 1 through 6 only) as one of the means of recomputing timber sale set-aside market share allocation to small business mills within a market area. This change is necessary to make the recomputation process as accurate as possible by making market shares more reflective of current market conditions. Comments are due by December 11, 2006.

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December 10, 2006 by Ray Perez.

On September 21, 2006, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) announcing plans to consider revisions to the list of hazardous materials that require development and implementation of a security plan. PHMSA has received two petitions requesting review of current Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) security plan requirements. Proposed revisions will address the outstanding petitions. PHMSA will coordinate the rulemaking with the Transportation Security Administration, and other DOT agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Written comments must be received by December 20, 2006. Also, on November 30, 2006, PHMSA will host a public meeting to obtain comments and recommendations on security plan requirements. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, Room 2230, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

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