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The New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) Efforts were made for 6 years to rectify the deficiencies found in the original accord, now known as Basel I. On 26 June 2004, the committee came out with new Basel norms that are expected to change the complexion of banking throughout the world...

EVEN its biggest fans—if such people exist—would be hard-put to find the Copenhagen Accord on the climate a rousing success. "Many," admits Ban Ki-moon, "will say it lacks ambition." Despite the emotional support and demands of tens of thousands of activists gathered in the Danish capital...

FACED with the undoubted grandeur of climate change, a grand response seems in order. But, to the immediate disappointment to most of those participating and watching, the much anticipated UN climate conference held in Copenhagen in December led to no such thing. Initial ambitions for a legally...

It's a deal: Senate gives 86-13 thumbs up to historic accord WASHINGTON: The India-US civil nuclear deal is finally done with the US Senate giving a resounding 86-13 approval to the historic accord visualised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush over three years...

Basel II Capital Accord The Committee circulated the revised version during June 2004 (called Accord II), for adoption by the Central Banks in different parts of the world according to priorities of the respective central banks. The fundamental objective behind this revision is to further...

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision High-level principles for the cross-border implementation of the New Accord August 2003 3 Principle 1: The New Accord will not change the legal responsibilities of national supervisors for the regulation of their domestic institutions or the arrangements...

Mittal Steel Co., the world's largest steelmaker, may sign by November an agreement with India's Orissa state to build a $8.7 billion plant in the country, a minister said. Mittal will build a 12 million ton-a-year plant in Orissa, Chairman Lakshmi Mittal said July 7 in Bhubaneswar. The project...