EC's

The EC's bank plan encouraged investors to return to the market.

Gold Locks in Gains on EU Bank Plan Tatyana Shumsky 2011

The last thing, in my view, that the US needs is for the agencies to take on an overly regulatory model like that present in the EC that does not always look at competition and consumer welfare, but focuses on behavior as opposed to effects-based analysis (notwithstanding the EC's half-hearted protestations to the contrary).

Discourse.net: Why Aren't Hardware Limits on Netbooks an Anti-Trust Violation? 2009

But Joaquin Almunia, the EC's competition commissioner, warned that "the commission will continue to keep a close eye on the behaviour of all market players in the sector, particularly the increasingly strategic use of patents."

Google's Motorola subsidiary takeover could trigger patents battle with Apple 2012

Some had suggested that Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules, under which clubs will be permitted to make losses of no more than €45m £38m over the first two-year period from 2011-12, would not be compatible with the EC's laws on freedom of trade.

European Commission seeks role in regulating football transfers 2011

The last thing, in my view, that the US needs is for the agencies to take on an overly regulatory model like that present in the EC that does not always look at competition and consumer welfare, but focuses on behavior as opposed to effects-based analysis (notwithstanding the EC's half-hearted protestations to the contrary).

Discourse.net: Why Aren't Hardware Limits on Netbooks an Anti-Trust Violation? 2009

This volume, which I'm barely halfway through, is a pure revelation of the lean (yet at times gloriously excessive) storytelling style at play in EC's absurdly rich back catalog.

What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

If Apple can show that MMI is abusing FRAND patents, that could bring the case to the attention of Joaquin Almunia, the EC's competition commissioner, who warned in a speech on Friday that "Owners of such standard essential patents are conferred a power on the market that they cannot be allowed to misuse."

Google's Motorola subsidiary takeover could trigger patents battle with Apple 2012

The EC's confidence figures for December showed manufacturers and retailers in the euro zone became significantly more optimistic about their prospects during the month, although consumer confidence ebbed on concerns about the economic outlook and the jobs market.

Euro-Zone Retail Sales Fall Unexpectedly Nicholas Winning 2011

In fact, many of the best comics were already addressing themes far more grim and gruesome than anything in EC's old "Tales From the Crypt."

Daniel Clowes's new graphic novel "Wilson," reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010

At my first comicon in 1970 in Oklahoma city I was able to buy a Captain Midnight and Captain Marvel affordable because the title had been cut off the cover--a common practice even when I bought comics and, my prize, for $5.00 I went to a kid's hotel room and bought EC's Impact #1.

Comic: Blue Bolt Zen Tiger 2010