WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said any new “net neutrality” rules imposed by U.S. regulators need to apply to Web companies like Google Inc as much as to phone companies to ensure a level playing field.In a letter Friday to the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau, the biggest U.S. telephone company argued that Google would have an unfair advantage if its Voice service is not subject to the same rules proposed by the FCC on phone operators.”To the extent ‘net neutrality’ is animated by a concern about ostensible Internet ‘gatekeepers,’ that concern must necessarily…

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South Koreans will soon join the millions of others worldwide as its government on Wednesday approved the sale of the iPhone there.(Credit: Apple)For years, the Korea Communications Commission used technical rules to stifle competition, allowing homegrown companies like Samsung and LG to take over the market, according to a Wall Street Journal report.With an estimated 93 percent of South Korea’s population subscribing to a mobile service, Apple should be able to overcome one of the biggest barriers to smartphone success in South Korea–applications. Apple has been able to entice developers worldwide to build apps for the iPhone, with 75,000 apps…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s decision to restrict tire imports from China after union workers complained of a surge could lead to copycat cases in areas such as steel, clothing, paper, machinery and consumer goods, trade experts said on Monday “It’s a target-rich environment,” said Lewis Leibowitz, a lawyer who represents the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, which opposed relief in the tires case. “There’s almost anything you can hit. And even within import categories that have gone down, there may be smaller product categories that have gone up,” Leibowitz said. However, the question of which industries could…

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WASHINGTON: The first responsibility of the US Securities and Exchange Commision is to protect long-term investors if their interests conflict 10 most trade-friendly economiesBen Bernanke: Face of the FedMore on Financial crisisEconomies out of recession with short-term traders, the head of the SEC said in a letter revealed on Monday. “I firmly agree that the commission’s focus must be on the protection of long-term investors,” SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said in a Sept 10 letter to Senator Ted Kaufman, Democrat of Delaware. Kaufman had asked the SEC to review what he called “questionable” developments in the structure of capital markets…

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“The economy appears to be at a turning point,” the commission said. It forecast growth of 0.2% for the July to September quarter, with Germany and France continuing to grow and Italy exiting recession. The commission also forecast the UK economy, which is outside the eurozone, would grow by 0.2% during the third quarter, marking the end of recession. Separately, official figures showed that eurozone industrial production fell by 0.3% in July compared with the previous month.

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NEW DELHI: Here’s good news for serving and retired civil servants. The government has increased dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners by 5% with effect from July 1. This will put additional purchasing power in the hands of civil servants to the tune of Rs 2,903.55 crore, up to end-February, after which another instalment of DA would kick in. This comes as good news for marketers gearing up for an action-packed festive season, and would increase consumption in the economy. The Union Cabinet’s decision to increase DA to 27% is in accordance with the…

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