1. An advisory panel to the Finance Ministry proposed stricter guidelines for closing down troubled lenders, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported. 2. An advisory panel to the Finance Ministry proposed new guidelines for closing down troubled lenders. 3. Earlier this year, the FTC proposed new guidelines in response to prodding from New Balance and other US manufacturers to loosen the label standard. 4. Guidelines Expected for Utilities The federal agency that oversees the utility industry is expected to propose guidelines on access to transmission lines and the access fees utilities can charge. 5. In addition, the FDA proposed voluntary guidelines for companies wishing to state whether their products were made with, or without, ingredients developed through biotechnology. 6. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, a former Arizona governor, pledged in December to propose guidelines for interstate sales of water. 7. Kevorkian, who was with the group when it proposed its guidelines Monday, is a founding member of Physicians for Mercy. 8. Last year, a panel of educators proposed similar guidelines for teaching history. 9. Recognizing the potential damage satellites and related technology could do to civil liberties, the ABA appointed a task force to propose legal guidelines. 10. The agency also proposed voluntary guidelines on product labeling. |