Businesses impose stricter cash controls - bdaily.co.uk
28 May 2012, 3:08 am
North East businesses are imposing stricter cash and credit control procedures to prevent late payments damaging cashflow. During the last ten months the average time it took for businesses to collect payments fell from 52 to 49 days, on combined sales of ...

True Number of Exotic Pets In Buckeye State Unknown - Intelligencer
27 May 2012, 11:04 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio officials are preparing to impose new rules on owners of exotic animals - along with hiring more staff and writing new caretaking standards - without knowing exactly how many lions, leopards, bears and other creatures are living ...

At the heart of Europe’s crisis is the abolition of the nation state and the attempt to impose monetary union - Daily Telegraph
25 May 2012, 1:55 pm
It is a tragic irony. Dreams are turning into nightmares. High aspirations are crumbling into chaotic outcomes. The idealists who believed that they were rescuing Europe may have encompassed its destruction. To understand the European dégringolade, we ...

EU may impose sanctions on human rights violators in Azerbaijan - PanARMENIAN Network
25 May 2012, 6:53 am
PanARMENIAN.Net - All actions aimed at suppressing the freedom of expression and assembly in Azerbaijan should stop immediately, says a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, May 24, according to European Parliament’s website.

Privacy reforms to impose $1.1m fines for repeat breaches - ITnews
23 May 2012, 11:30 pm
Proposed reforms could mandate patching, security upgrades. Australian organisations that lose sensitive customer data through hacking or privacy gaffes could face fines of up to $1.1 million under proposed reforms to the Privacy Act. The Federal Privacy ...

NFL players union sues league, accuses owners of colluding to impose secret salary cap - The Vancouver Sun
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, which oversees the Reggie White ...

Quebec education law to impose fines in tuition crisis - CBC
18 May 2012, 12:28 am
Montreal protests: Are you there? Submit your breaking news, stories, photos and videos. Upload Now You must be a member of the CBC News Community to upload. Sign Up now. Quebec's legislature has gathered for a late-night debate on emergency education ...

Senators target Facebook co-founder for giving up citizenship, seek to impose taxes - FOX News
17 May 2012, 8:17 pm
Two top senators went after Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin Thursday over his decision to renounce U.S. citizenship, unveiling a proposal they claim would bar him -- or anyone -- from de-friending the United States in order to avoid taxes.

Grizzlies impose their will, take game 5 from Clippers - NBC Sports
9 May 2012, 11:54 pm
With their backs to the wall, the Memphis Grizzlies played the exact game they needed to play to beat the Clippers, and now find themselves one road win away from a Game 7 on their home floor, where they were 26-7 in the regular season and are ...

UPDATE 2-Indonesia to impose tax, curbs on raw metal exports - Reuters
3 May 2012, 11:08 am
JAKARTA May 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia will impose a new export tax on metal ores and prohibit the shipment of raw minerals unless miners submit plans to build smelters, in a decision likely to shake up mining in one of the world's major metals ...