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From Sarbanes-Oxley to environmental regulations, this section spells out what manufacturers need to know to be in compliance.

Feds Eye Trade Compliance Violators
Those valves you shipped overseas may seem harmless to you, but to the federal government it may be considered a security threat and an expensive mistake.

RF Micro Devices Inc. felt the sting of the federal government's export control laws in August when the semiconductor components manufacturer agreed to pay $190,000 for allegedly shipping modems to China without a license.

The Greensboro, N.C., company provides technologies for wireless communications devices used in various industries, including aerospace and defense. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) cited the manufacturer for knowingly exporting the unlicensed products on 14 occasions.

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Regulations Articles & News

EU Tells Alcoa to Repay Italy State Aid

Claims company received subsidized electricity prices for two smelters

11/20/2009

A Strong Measurement for Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Autodesk introduces the Corporate Finance Approach to Climate-Stabilizing Targets.

11/20/2009

Brazil Gets Approval for Sanctions on U.S. Over Cotton

Source says Brazil granted WTO permission to impose sanctions for unfair cotton subsidies.

11/19/2009

Labor Department Provides $55 Million in Green Jobs Grants

Funds target training initiatives for minorities and other underserved groups

11/18/2009

EU Mishandled Intel Case

An ombudsman said the commission failed to make a proper note of a key meeting with Dell in 2006 relating to the Intel investigation.

11/18/2009

Letters to the Editor For December 2009

Can Ron Bloom Help?

11/18/2009

U.S. Government Creates New Financial Fraud Task Force

The Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force is aimed at investigating and prosecuting mortgage, securities and corporate fraud, as well as recovering funds for victims.

11/17/2009

Honeywell Receives Smart Grid Grant

Company will provide automation technology for peak-pricing project in California

11/17/2009

GM Reports $1.2 Billion Loss

Company says it will step up repayments of aid

11/16/2009

High Quality Patents -- The Objective Analysis

As we strive for the high quality of patents sought by President Obama's Strategy for American Innovation, we should thus strive equally to avoid subjective judgments of what does or does not qualify as a patent-worthy invention.

11/16/2009

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