Business to EU: Hands Off Contract Law
Brussels, January 19, 2004 – "No need for new regulatory instruments - contractual instruments can do the job", was the business message today to an EU Commission workshop on the initiative to harmonize European contract law…
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Annan: UN Development Goals Key to Peace and Security
Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 16, 2004 – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned in a message to an ICC conference here that a world that is not advancing towards the UN's Millennium Development Goals will not be a world at peace…
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Rules for Demand Guarantees Gain Wider Recognition
Paris, January 16, 2004 – ICC's Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG) are rapidly gaining widespread international acceptance. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has decided to include them in its training courses for trade finance specialists from East European banks...
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Forbes names ICC Chairman "Europe's Businessman of the Year"
Paris, January 12, 2004 – The US business magazine Forbes has named ICC Chairman Jean-René Fourtou "Europe's Businessman of the Year", for his stewardship as chief executive of Vivendi Universal. The award recognises Mr Fourtou's work in restoring the health of the French media and communications group after the departure of his predecessor, Jean-Marie Messier...
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Business Meets with G-8 Labor Ministers
January 9, 2004 – Members of BIAC met on December 14 with Group of Eight labor and social affairs ministers in Berlin, just prior to the opening of a high-level G-8 employment conference...
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Expanded anti-fraud service goes into action
London, December 18, 2003 – ICC Commercial Crime Services has stepped up its anti-fraud services to banks, investors and other financial institutions by launching the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB), designed to meet growing threats from this type of crime...
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We Can Regulate Ourselves
December 15, 2003 – Businesses have a clear interest in shaping a legal environment that is conducive to international trade. That's why they should take an active role in setting the rules that govern their own business operations, and not leave regulation entirely in the hands of governments...
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Banking Commission takes the road with first meeting in India
New Delhi, December 11, 2003 -- The ICC Banking Commission met in India for the first time this week, with the revision of ICC's rules on documentary credits the top agenda item...
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