The FINANCIAL -- This week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BUSINESSSEUROPE will host the first joint event on competition policy to highlight both organizations’ pledge to work with international forums toward the development of best practices for providing due process. 

The FINANCIAL -- Meeting on the sidelines of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Egypt this week, ICC Secretary General Jean Rozwadowski encouraged Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, and Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel, to express their support of the forum as a unique venue of exchange on a wide range of Internet governance issues.

The FINANCIAL -- Following on the heels of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings in Barcelona, ICC has continued its intensive outreach programme to key government policymakers, meeting with top Swedish government officials last week.

The FINANCIAL -- Ci&T, a consulting and technology outsourcing services company, on November 18 announced that McDonalds Brazil has leveraged its unique offerings to optimize IT processes across 568 restaurants around the country, according to press-release distributed by Marketwire.

The FINANCIAL -- Spain has joined 16 other countries that have signed the OECD / Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, marking a new step forward in international efforts to combat tax fraud and evasion.