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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been granted new powers toregulate all online adverts in a move that will put increasing pressure on website owners and advertisers.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its digital remit to include all marketing communications online in all sectors regardless of an organisation's size.The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed set of standards that aim to shed more light on the financial reports of organizations that participate in multi-employer pension plans and other post-retirement benefit plans.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm. It means that online marketing and ads will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.New proposed EPA standards are causing concerns because business leaders say it's going to hurt the economy.ULC Standards, an independent, not-for-profit standards development organization, today announced that it has acquired majority ownership of TerraChoice, a global leader in environmental certification and green marketing, and exclusive manager of the EcoLogo⢠Program.Patient care in Australia will fall below the standards in leading developed nations if hospitals and universities do not join forces, according to Executive Dean of The University of Queensland?s Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Nicholas Fisk.Despite a federal court order to set new clean-water standards for Florida's rivers, a state agency is debating whether rules for the St. Johns River in Jacksonville are good enough already. An administrator in Florida's Department of Environmental Protection says he doubts the federal government would accept that, and it's only one of several options being considered. But that should never be a ...A key industry group is renewing its criticism of strict water quality standards developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to curb mountaintop removal coal mining.It could soon be a bit harder for students to gain admission at some of Metro's best schools after increased state standards.Yahoo! News Search Results for Standards
