Mr. Bisignano's departure is voluntary, according to two people close to the bank, adding that the top post at First Data would be a perfect role for him.
It would also impose automatic sanctions on companies or states if there is "credible evidence" of certain exports -- even though China has never signed the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary accord to limit sales of missile technology.
School bus operators around New York State agreed today to install pollution controls on 15,000 buses in the next three years, the first such voluntary accord by a statewide organization of bus operators, federal officials said.
Mr. Bisignano's move, the latest executive departure since JPMorgan reported a multibillion-dollar trading loss last year, is voluntary, according to two people close to the bank, who added that the First Data post would be a perfect role for him.
Rather than allowing it to be dispensed freely, the FDA forced a "voluntary" accord on Barr Laboratories, the drug's maker, for it to be sold from behind the pharmacist's counter.
The likelihood of reaching a voluntary accord with the mayor is further complicated by the fact that the Council has proposed paying for the extra school investment, in part, by cutting some of Mr. Giuliani's budget priorities, like $194 million to help the city build or renovate professional sports stadiums.
The talks in Cancun, Mexico, were the latest attempt to make progress towards a new global deal on tackling climate change, after last year's meeting in Copenhagen failed amid chaotic scenes to secure a new legally-binding treaty on cutting emissions, instead delivering only a weak voluntary accord.
Even so, many of the poorest and most vulnerable nations, including small island nations facing the threat of rising sea levels, are still likely to push strongly for a deal in December that would move beyond the existing voluntary accord struck in Copenhagen.
Cadman was fired for writing "several unacceptable emails" that indicated the program was voluntary, according to ICE Director John Morton.
The voluntary accord obliges its signatories to come together every five years to set new, more ambitious goals in hopes of capping global warming at no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial temperatures.
