Sentences with phrase «as a regulator on»

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Now, some are pinning SoMoLend's fall on the NASAA's «overzealous» regulators that see the crowdfunding industry as a threat to investors.

On top of their history of operating as legitimate businesses — which endears them to state regulators — they have brand recognition among users, notes Paul Grootendoorst, an expert in health economics at the University of Toronto.

A renewed push for a common securities regulator will be seen as yet another assault on provincial sovereignty.

Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70 % from its all - time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.

On Tuesday, the trade regulator distributed a policy statement about native ads, as well as a guide for businesses that spells out its rules for what is acceptable and what isn't.

Regulators globally have been taking a tougher stance on the sector as well.

It zoomed into hydrogen, only to put on the brakes in the mid-2000s after regulators found that Shell vastly overbooked oil reserves, a scandal that prompted Shell to refocus on what it saw as the part of its business that really counted.

From the 1960s on, some of the most popular, esteemed auto giants have been embroiled in controversy and lawsuits as investigations — by the media and regulators — linked engineering and safety problems to injuries and deaths.

As demand for cryptocurrency grows, global regulators are divided on how to keep up.

VANCOUVER — Canadian Heritage Minister Shelly Glover says she has asked the federal broadcast regulator to prepare a report on so - called pick - and - pay television services as a preliminary step toward putting an end to bundling channels into all - or - nothing packages.

Today, in an interview on CNBC and a short blog post, New York Times columnist Joe Nocera challenges Geithner's qualifications as a bank regulator:

Meanwhile, Nevada regulators moved on Thursday to reclassify DFS as gambling, requiring FanDuel and DraftKings to either obtain gaming licenses or cease operations in the state.

At the time of Centra's crowdfunding effort, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators had not clearly signaled that cryptographic tokens would be regulated as securities, but it has since begun prosecutions on that basis.

Regulators may not look too kindly on Skyteam adding yet another airline to the heap and could even go so far as to reject Virgin's entrance into the price setting cabal.

As my conspiracy theory went, I posited that Bell was testing the waters on cutting out throttling in exchange for the regulator granting it UBB.

It also might give regulators a way to take on Apple and the preferential treatment it gives on the iPhone to its own apps, such as the Safari browser, and its own services, including Apple Music.

Beyond the requirements that liquidity and regulators impose on us, we will purchase currency - related securities only if they offer the possibility of unusual gain — either because a particular credit is mispriced, as can occur in periodic junk - bond debacles, or because rates rise to a level that offers the possibility of realizing substantial capital gains on high - grade bonds when rates fall.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

Although far from complete, it is as close as Ottawa has come to establishing a national regulator since the late Jim Flaherty took the issue on as almost a personal crusade shortly after taking office in 2006.

Regulators ordered Twitter - like social media channel Weibo and two other video platforms, ACUN and iFeng, to immediately stop broadcasting unlicensed video and audio content as they «comment on current affairs and spread negative comments.»

As a financial regulator during the time, I worked with members of the House and Senate on some of the Dodd - Frank provisions and helped craft (and vote for) over 60 regulations.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 24 - Wells Fargo & Co executives planned to convey a message of atonement to shareholders at the bank's annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday as it works to convince investors and regulators a sweeping sales scandal is a thing of the past.

As things stand in 2014, the prospects for 2039 for the building and what happens inside it hinge on three things: Just how far the trading community pushes automation, how hard regulators push back and how well the 80 or so locations now where stocks are traded can maintain their trust and credibility with the investing public.

While these skills initiatives and research investments can probably be largely taken at face value, they also provide Facebook with useful lobbying points at a time when regulators and lawmakers across Europe are taking on the company over issues such as hate speech, privacy and tax.

Since then, commodities trading has come under pressure at big banks as funding costs have risen and regulators have clamped on their ability to make bets with their own money.

As a matter of practice, the SEC does not follow up on settlements to ensure there are no violations, according to a spokesperson for the regulator.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday the British telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, announced the names of the carriers that have qualified to take part in upcoming frequency auctions in that country: EE, Hutchison 3G UK (which trades as the Three network), Vodafone, Telefonica, Airspace and Connexin.

However, rates have also been slowly creeping higher on their own, as regulators look set to persist with the current «de-risking» campaign taking much longer than policy crackdowns in the past.

Conversion of any Second Cup cafes to dispensaries will be conditional on obtaining a license from provincial regulators as well as the approval of the applicable franchisee and landlord.

If the SEC regulators make Title III of the JOBS Act workable (as it relates to crowdfunding), thereby imposing less restrictions on non-accredited investors, the uncapped crowdfunding market will continue to swell through more innovative platforms and startups.

Iger appeared on Good Morning America on ABC (a network owned by Disney) as well as CNBC's Squawk on the Street on Thursday morning to discuss the massive deal, which (if it is approved by regulators) will drastically alter the media and entertainment landscape.

With the ongoing Let's Talk TV consultation, the regulator is amassing opinions on how television — and also so - called over-the-top video such as Netflix and YouTube — should be regulated.

As Duke Energy takes heat over private meetings it had with its regulator, corporate boards should expect tough questions from shareholders on political activities this proxy season.

If the mechanism as described on Friday becomes law, it would let Europeans complain to data protection authorities in their own countries about how the likes of Google and Facebook treat their data, rather than having to approach regulators in the country where those firms have their European headquarters.

As the two companies wait to hear whether their merger is approved by U.S. regulators, Office Depot will stay focused on merging its business with OfficeMax, yet another office - supply store that Office Depot bought in November of 2013.

Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai — a former Verizon lawyer appointed by Trump as the nation's top telecommunications regulator in January — is expected to unveil his approach for rolling back the 2015 net neutrality rules during a speech on Wednesday.

Halliburton, which tried to buy Baker Hughes over a year ago but was blocked by regulators, has embarked on steep cost cuts as it expects price pressures to continue.

But then the DOJ sued to block the merger on antitrust concerns in April 2016, while European Union regulators were expected to raise objections as well.

April 23 - Nasdaq Inc on Monday said it will ask regulators to let it give thinly - traded companies that list on its main U.S. stock exchange a choice as to whether their shares can be traded on other exchanges, with the aim of making it easier for investors to buy the stocks.

Even if regulators sign off on the deals, there are risks to execution for both Walmart and CVS, as they try to integrate health insurance, pharmacy, and primary care services at such a large scale.

Its stock fell as much as 12 percent in the four weeks after it agreed on Sept. 8 to pay $ 185 million to settle charges by regulators and a Los Angeles prosecutor regarding the sham accounts.

She revealed as much in a deposition she gave on February 16, 2007 as part of the SEC Inspector General's investigation into the regulator's failures in the Pequot insider - trading probe.

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters)- The U.S. derivatives regulator has sent a subpoena to two of the world's largest cryptocurrency platforms, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, as watchdogs globally increase their scrutiny of the emerging asset class.

People will have a little more freedom to say, share an e-book with a friend, as regulators focus more on halting piracy, said Laurence Pulgram, chair of the copyright litigation group with Fenwick & West in San Francisco.

Regulators talk sometimes about regulating the big bond mutual - fund complexes as «systemically important» institutions, on the theory that liquidity requirements, stress testing, regulatory oversight, etc. could make them less vulnerable to herding and the shock of redemption requirements.

BLUE SKY FEES AND EXPENSES: $ 35,000 A disadvantage of going public on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, as Multicom discovered, is that state regulators do not automatically accept the new security for sale by brokers in their own states as they do with companies listed on the Nasdaq National Market, the New York Stock Exchange, and the American Stock Exchange.

Shanghai's cyberspace affairs regulator has asked two companies, popular Spanish clothing and accessories retailer Zara and US medical device maker Medtronic, to rectify listing Taiwan as a «country» on their websites and publish an apology on their websites before 6 pm on Friday.

Regulators have asked more companies, including Delta Airlines and Zara, to correct content on their websites in which they list Taiwan as a «country,» coming a day after Marriott International's website and app in China were shut down for one week for the same reason.

But that has prompted regulators in the country to crack down on the cryptocurrency sector, in a bid to stamp out potential financial risks as consumers pile into a highly risky and speculative market that has seen unprecedented growth this year.

The ruling sets up yet another battle between state regulators and the $ 41 billion Uber Technologies, which is on a quest to become a global car service that relies on drivers who don't require costly benefits such as health care.