By Dominic Jones | Published: November 6, 2006 | 
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News Digest for November 6, 2006
There are 6 items… Investors plot return to UK tech sector | Blog access is an issue for SEC | At Goldcorp, a showdown between ideals and reality | Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the Web? | In-House Lawyer Bloggers Hesitantly Rising | IE 7 Drives Foreign Language Domain Names
Investors plot return to UK tech sector
The survey found that 80% of respondents expect to invest more in tech companies in the next 12 months and that the remaining 20% expect investment to remain steady.
Blog access is an issue for SEC
In his response, posted on Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s blog, SEC Chairman Cox said the SEC would have to be satisfied that a company used its Web site “in ways that assure broad non-exclusionary access.”
At Goldcorp, a showdown between ideals and reality
The deal will see Goldcorp’s shares diluted by 67 per cent to finance the transaction, but the board, which includes two of Canada’s best-known governance voices, has rejected a shareholder vote.
Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the Web?
For advocates of people with disabilities, the most effective tool for ensuring a smooth online experience has been the Americans with Disabilities Act. But because the law was signed in 1990, before the Web was in common use, its language offers little guidance on how to approach questions of online accessibility.
In-House Lawyer Bloggers Hesitantly Rising
The in-house lawyers who yak away in cyberspace have a variety of motives, from sharing resources with other corporate counsel to dipping their toes into the experience of writing and publishing.
IE 7 Drives Foreign Language Domain Names
For multinational corporations, IDNs and internationalized e-mail offer the ability to communicate with potential customers in their native languages. Today, a U.S. company might have a foreign language Web site but the address to that Web site would be partly in English.
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- As XBRL mandate looms, SEC seeks urgent help with software
- SEC greenlights "notice-and-access" news releases
- SEC’s new guidance for websites and blogs posted
- At Google Finance, Google’s profit miss not news
- SEC adds free news feeds to EDGAR
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