Regulating Spam: Directive 2002/58 and Beyond

Regulating the Financial Analysis Industry: Is the European Directive Effective?

New regulations aimed at curbing conflicts of interests in the financial analysts’ profession have been adopted both in the US (Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 501) and in the European Union (Market Abuse Directive and CD2003/125). While more than 60% of the US recommendations have been shown to be potentially biased because of investment banking relationships, this proportion is as low as 2% to 8%...

MYC in Regulating Immunity: Metabolism and Beyond

Myelocytomatosis oncogene (MYC) family members, including cellular MYC (c-Myc), neuroblastoma derived MYC (MYCN), and lung carcinoma derived MYC (MYCL), have all been implicated as key oncogenic drivers in a broad range of human cancers. Beyond cancer, MYC plays an important role in other physiological and pathological processes, namely immunity and immunological diseases. MYC largely functions...

Regulating billions of blood platelets: glycans and beyond.

The human body produces and removes 10(11) platelets daily to maintain a normal steady state platelet count. Platelet production must be regulated to avoid spontaneous bleeding or arterial occlusion and organ damage. Multifaceted and complex mechanisms control platelet production and removal in physiological and pathological conditions. This review will focus on different mechanisms of platelet...

Spam and Beyond: An Information-Economic Analysis of Unwanted Commercial Messages

The phenomenon of unwanted commercial messages (UCM), including e-mail spam and emerging forms that target other Internet communications facilities, is analyzed from an information-economics perspective. The UCM industry is characterized as a tragedy of the commons. UCM traffic pays off for its senders when it is noticed and consumed by Internet users, and the industry is, therefore, dependent ...

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