For most, adoption option impractical, iffy

For couples in Japan who can't have a child, adoption is not considered a viable option. Seiko Noda, 50, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who recently announced she got pregnant by using an egg from a woman in the U.S., wrote in a magazine that she was turned down by a private adoption agency because she works full time and, when she applied, was nearly 50 years old.

Nile calls for another vote on same-sex adoption bill

THE conservative upper house MP Fred Nile has called for the same-sex adoption bill before NSW Parliament to be resubmitted to the lower house, saying the legislation will not succeed if another vote is held.

Google invites Yahoo users to log into services via OpenID

Yahoo users can now use their Yahoo logins to sign up for Google services thanks to OpenID, with other providers coming soon. Google announced Tuesday that it was implementing the OpenID standard for its login process in hopes of making things easier for Internet users who have too many logins to keep track of, though whether users will actually use it remains to be seen. For those who aren't ...

Symantec Offers Services For PCI-DSS Compliance

PETALING JAYA, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- Symantec Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is extending its services to merchants, banks and other financial institutions in the country to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

RS Investments Completes Adoption of Oak Value Fund

SAN FRANCISCO----RS Investments, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, announced that its adoption of Oak Value Fund was completed today, following shareholder approval of the reorganization of Oak Value Fund into RS Capital Appreciation Fund .