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EU agrees law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit
Date: November 15, 2023
EU agrees law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit (Reuters) – The European Union reached a deal on Wednesday on a law to place methane emissions limits on Europe’s oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on leaks of the potent greenhouse gas. Methane is the second-biggest...
Are firms prepared for wave of messaging fines headed for britain?
Date: November 10, 2023
Are firms prepared for wave of messaging fines headed for Britain? By Oliver Blower, CEO of VoxSmart The last few years have seen market regulators dole out record numbers of fines to financial institutions over their failure to adequately monitor employee communications on instant messaging applications like WhatsApp. According to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
AI summit a start but global agreement a distant hope
Date: November 6, 2023
AI summit a start but global agreement a distant hope By Martin Coulter and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak championed a series of landmark agreements after hosting the first artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit but a global plan for overseeing the technology remains a long way off. Over two days of...
Britain to push ahead with rules for cryptoassets
Date: October 30, 2023
Britain to push ahead with rules for cryptoassets By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it would legislate to implement its first set of rules to regulate the crypto sector, requiring market participants to be authorised before they can offer services to consumers. Cryptoassets remain a tiny part of the world’s financial...
Cryptocurrency and securities law: Navigating the grey areas
Date: October 19, 2023
Cryptocurrency and Securities Law: Navigating the Grey Areas By Matt Caiola, Co-CEO of 5WPR. In the fast-evolving world of financial technology, the rise of cryptocurrency has been meteoric. Even with the crypto markets cooling from late last year, the global cryptocurrency market cap is still above $1 trillion, proving that digital assets are here to...
EU commission proposes measures to curb microplastic pollution from pellets
Date: October 17, 2023
EU Commission proposes measures to curb microplastic pollution from pellets By Marine Strauss and Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed measures on Monday to prevent microplastic pollution from the spillage of plastic pellets into the environment. Around 176,000 metric tons of microplastics are unintentionally released into the environment each year, according to the...