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According to the Register, “[t]he European Commission is considering new legislation against identity theft. The proposal is contained in a just-published policy on EU-wide plans to fight cybercrime. […] Overall, the commission said its cybercrime fighting policies would depend on improved co-operation and communication between law enforcement forces across Europe.”
SFGate.com reports that “California faces a shortage of college-educated workers that could slow its economic growth.” To remedy the situation, the Public Policy Institute of California suggests “two possible fixes — encouraging more residents to finish college while letting employers import more brainpower from abroad.”
The Economist points out that “[a]t a time when Europe’s big companies can hold their heads up high, with results comparable to those of America’s corporate giants, comes a crop of boardroom upheavals and struggles for control—a surprising occurrence in the midst of a boom, and one that could mean tougher times ahead.”
The Mercury News reports that “[s]ecurities regulators Wednesday voted to overhaul a corporate rule covering financial risks, reacting to intense pressure from Congress and years of criticism from industry groups who claim the directive proved too expensive and burdensome. […] The adjustment to a rule known as Section 404 after its location in the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accountability law amounts to a substantial victory for business. Regulators initially predicted the rule would cost an average of $91,000 a company. In the years since, large firms racked up bills in the millions of dollars and battled with auditors about whether they were being charged for busywork.”