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Fight against government move to regulate Internet intensified in U.S.

The nationwide fight against U.S. government's attempt to regulate the Internet has significantly intensified as a final decision is to be announced on Thursday.

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White House calls for tighter rules for brokers on retirement accounts

The Obama administration is proposing new rules aimed at eliminating conflict of interests among brokers and financial advisors who manage Americans' retirement accounts and ensuring them to put their clients' best interest first instead of their own profits.

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Australian committee recommends stronger laws around foreign property investment

​A parliamentary committee has recommended that Australia's federal government enforce stronger rules regarding foreign property investment.

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U.S. issues rules on menu calorie labeling to fight obesity

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday issued two final rules requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines as part of the country's efforts to fight obesity.

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U.S. issues rules on menu calorie labeling to fight obesity

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday issued two final rules requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines as part of the country's efforts to fight obesity.

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Chinese websites promise to tighten comments management

Twenty-nine major Chinese websites have promised to better manage the comments of their users as authorities call for a clean Internet.

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Why Italy tops list of EU rule breakers?

Italy was the worst country in the European Union when it came to applying mandatory European Union laws, the European Commission said this week, further solidifying the country's reputation as a country of rule breakers and one of Europe's less reliable partners, according to analysts.

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Portuguese PM against altering European fiscal rules

​Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Tuesday that European fiscal rules were sufficiently flexible and shouldn't be altered.

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U.S. Treasury announces rules to stop tax inversion

U.S. Treasury Department on Monday rolled out new rules to combat tax inversions, the latest effort by the Obama administration to push forward anti-inversion measures.

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6,017 officials punished for violating rules in July

A total of 6,017 people were punished for breaches of anti-bureaucracy rules in July, the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s discipline agency said Sunday.

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China journalists banned from disseminating state secrets

China's press authority has issued rules to tighten management on information including state secrets received by journalists during their work.

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British draft rules allow "three parent" babies

British government on Thursday announced draft rules allowing the introduction of new treatments that could see the creation of babies with three genetic parents.

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Guangzhou announces new property curbs

The municipal government of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Monday spelled out new rules to cool down the property market following moves by three other mega cities.

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Philippine central bank relaxes rules on foreign exchange transactions

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ( BSP), the country's central bank, relaxed its rules on foreign currency transactions Thursday in a bid to stem the appreciation of the Philippine peso against the U.S. dollar. 

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China's new road rules suspended

China suspends the toughest of its new road rules following a public outcry...The Ministry of Public Security on Jan. 6 said that drivers who ignore yellow lights won't be penalized for now - suspending the strictest of China's new road rules.

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Harsher traffic rules take effect

Chinese drivers face harsher penalties after a revised regulation came into effect in the new year. Despite the new rules, various violations occurred on Tuesday among drivers.