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HP endorses new SEC rule on conflict minerals

Legal

Thursday, August 30, 2012

A new regulation issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week requiring publicly traded companies to trace the origin of specialty industrial minerals and disclose those from the Democratic Republic of Congo, or neighboring regions, has strong support from computer maker Hewlett-Packard because it can help cut off the proceeds to violent militias that abuse local populations, a top executive said Tuesday. Under the rule , which was required by the 2010 Dodd-...

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