Investors' views locked out of debate, finds ACCA/Grant Thornton roundtables

Investors should be placed at the heart of global financial and accounting standards, say ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Grant Thornton in a new report. However, the pair warns that investors' views on shaping future standards are not being heard.

COMMISSIONER FÜLE’S VISIT: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WANT ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS

-  Equity financing and venture capital are important sources of SME’s financing, and well placed to support European policies on growth and innovation. They can also help leverage the resources of the rest of the financial industry. Still, equity financing suffers from significant drawbacks that lead to its under-utilisation by SMEs- were the  main  conclusions of a roundtable recently organised at the European Parliament

Companies creating a China-based IOT lab to accelerate development of the ecosystem 

Beijing, China, April 27 , 2012 — Intel Corporation and Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced a collaboration to advance the development of interoperability testing and deployment of LTE TDD solutions. The two companies will establish a joint lab based in China for IOT (Interoperability Test) and fast implementation of LTE TDD technology.

IRU awards Theodor Kaplan, KAZATO Secretary General, the IRU Order of Merit for 55 years of outstanding service to the road transport industry.