U.S. Internet address plan taking shape

Article Abstract:

Network Solutions Inc.'s contract is being extended by the government in an effort that would help move the system to the private sector. The Herndon, VA-based company, which controls Internet address registration, was given a contract extension of two years with the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The deal calls for the company to begin sharing the business by March 31, 1999. Network Solutions will also recognize the international nonprofit organization, which still has to be agreed upon, that will hold control of the system in 1999. The company will also develop and license software which will enable competition in registering the .com, .org and .net addresses.

Comment:

Contract is being extended by the government in an effort that would help move the system to the private sector

Virginia, Contracts & orders received, Computer Services NEC, Computer Systems Design and Related Services, Information technology services, Network Solutions Inc. (Herndon, Virginia), Article

---

Fed chief: beef up scrutiny of banks

Article Abstract:

Federal Reserve Board Chmn Alan Greenspan announced that government regulators are mulling the adoption of measures to more closely monitor large banks that could disastrously affect the national economy if they failed. He noted that a slew of bank mergers has increased the need for regulators to tailor their supervision of large banks which operate internationally and engage in increasingly complex activities. Larger banks, for example, are more likely to use their complex derivatives or financial instruments to hedge their risks.

Government regulation (cont), Depository Credit Intermediation, Banking Institutions

---

Consumers may have a beef with cattle feed

Article Abstract:

The mad cow disease found in Canada has led the US Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture to ensure that deadly agents are kept out of cattle and cattle feed. Modern husbandry practices have provided cheap, plentiful meat through standard practices as feeding the cattle pieces of their own herd mate, chicken litter and leftover restaurant food.

Canada, Other Animal Food Manufacturing, Prepared feeds, not elsewhere classified, Beef Cattle Feed, Health aspects, Prevention, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Cattle feed

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: More altered corn found in taco shells. Biotech corn maker agrees to pay farmers. Compaq recalls computer batteries
• Abstracts: How to help a marriage. Good choices, better choices. 'The most important four years of my life.' (Neil Diamond) (Cover Story)
• Abstracts: If you're trying to have a child.... Yes, I'm still enjoying life
• Abstracts: The cattle king. Figuring new ways of counting our blessings
• Abstracts: Rate concerns hit Bay, Wall streets: TSX sinks as golds fall with bullion prices; technology shares lead slide in New York

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.