Moody's predicted political instability in the Netherlands for the rest of 2012, and also warned that the collapse of Mark Rutte's government also threatens Europe's drive for closer, tighter, fiscal unity: As one of the euro area's main proponents of rules-based fiscal discipline and monitoring, a Dutch failure to abide by these rules could weaken proposed euro area rules at their birth.
Nasdaq's rules state broadly that independent directors cannot have a relationship that "would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director".
The rules do allow, however, for former employees collecting retirement benefits to serve as independent directors.
He changed the designation of his second home when his circumstances changed in accordance with the rules.
The 2 million people from other EU states who live in Britain will be forced to have resident permits or identity cards if David Cameron is to fulfil his pledge to make rules on access to public services for new migrants the toughest in Europe.
Therefore European rules and regulations need to be subject to regular reviews just as national rules and regulations [do].
"The rules are the rules," one Labour adviser said – regardless of the political argument about legitimacy that Cameron may make.
So far, we've been spared any plugs for athletes' personal sponsors because the Olympic branding rules forbid them (to keep the field clear for overall advertisers such as Coca Cola and Adidas).
The defence offered by one of the latest care employers to be named and shamed, East Midlands Crossroads – Caring for Carers, that the rules are "complex, in parts ambiguous and open to interpretation", does not sound good.
Firstly, the rules against making threats have been tightened up.
