Sentences with phrase «city regulators in»

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber admitted it used a tool to thwart city regulators in a statement Wednesday that announced a review of its controversial Greyball technology.

Not exact matches

One thing that remains to be seen is how local regulators will respond, especially in cities like New York where it's illegal to rent out one's full unit in an apartment building on Airbnb for less than 30 days.

A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an investigation into the former boss.

The media outlet also said that Barclays had «started scouting the city for office space this month and has been in contact with Irish regulators about expanding its operations,» according to its unnamed sources.

Uber is already available in 42 cities, from New York to Taipei, and isn't slowing down, despite noise from regulators: A new round of $ 258 million in funding values it at $ 3.4 billion (see Uber feature story).

Though losing one city won't seriously slow down either Uber or Lyft, the rush of alternatives suggests some shortsightedness in their decision to play chicken with city regulators.

We don't like to barge in and not be licensed, we like to work with the regulator to help the city create a better transportation matrix.

Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

Last December, Texas's regulator for payday and auto - title lenders announced - without naming TitleMax - that it was «concerned» about the practice of offering a zero percent loan to customers in those cities.

Mr. Leissner has since left the bank, and in March, Singapore regulators banned him from dealing in securities in the city for 10 years.

So when it comes to the executive functions of a national security regulator, it can be truly national in that it does not have to be centred in any one city.

Another early morning in Vancouver, BC and a meeting starts with a full house of equity crowdfunding industry participants including entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, securities regulators, government, tech and finance executives who want to make sure this city keeps its crown as the entrepreneur and tech startup capital of Canada.

Uber Technologies Inc. is making progress in its bid to appease London's transport regulator ahead of a critical court battle over its license to operate in the city.

The Bitcoin Center NYC has also played a vital role in the promotion and preservation of the crypto - currency with city's famous news outlets and regulators.

He has directed barbs — in speeches and videos, and on Twitter — especially fervently toward the taxi industry, but also toward city and local regulators across the country (and now the world), his rivals, and sometimes even his own customers when they dare to question his company's practices.

Backed by more than $ 250 million in venture capital funding, Bird, LimeBike, and Spin have dumped hundreds of scooters for adults on the city in recent weeks, much to the chagrin of regulators.

New regulations — the federal government's in 2016 and the banking regulator last month — limit the creation of new highly indebted households, and should reduce demand in cities like Toronto where speculative demand has been a factor, the central bank said.

«While our investigation is ongoing and we will inform the City if this conclusion changes, our review indicates that Uber has not used the Greyball technology with respect to regulators in Portland at any time during or since the implementation of Portland's [Transportation Network Company] regulations and pilot program in April 2015,» Uber wrote.

The City of Chicago actually recently banned crib bumpers because «federal regulators for years have received reports of babies suffocating in cases that involved crib bumpers, yet have failed to warn parents or investigate all deaths.»

At the same time, the measure would change the Multiple Dwelling Law and allow New York City residents to share a single home and give regulators information in order to target bad actors.

In June, New York state and city agencies announced $ 34 million in tax credits for Aetna — the health insurance giant that threatened to pull out of Obamacare exchanges as it tried to persuade federal regulators to approve a controversial mergeIn June, New York state and city agencies announced $ 34 million in tax credits for Aetna — the health insurance giant that threatened to pull out of Obamacare exchanges as it tried to persuade federal regulators to approve a controversial mergein tax credits for Aetna — the health insurance giant that threatened to pull out of Obamacare exchanges as it tried to persuade federal regulators to approve a controversial merger.

A Las Vegas technology company, Frias Transportation Infrastructure, gave $ 25,000 while pitching software to city taxi regulators designed to monitor cabbies» whereabouts in real time.

At 10 a.m., community organizations release report highlighting lack of oversight of for - profit commercial bail bond industry in New York City and call on elected officials and regulators to take immediate action to rein in predatory and illegal practices, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

An in - depth report by ProPublica's Marcelo Rochabrun and Cezary Podkul reveals that city and state regulators stood by as developer Two Trees Management disregarded laws requiring rent stabilization in exchange for the large property tax break it received.

State regulators blame the use of firefighting foams at Stewart Air National Guard Base for the contamination and, in response, have funded Newburgh's purchase of water from New York City and a new filtration system designed to eliminate PFOS from water.

Ride - sharing companies can currently operate in New York City under an arrangement with the city's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivCity under an arrangement with the city's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivcity's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivers.

Mark Field, Conservative MP for the City of London and Westminster has said that an «independent regulator» was needed regarding funding «party matters», in order to avoid further damage.

Popular ride - sharing firm Uber has had its licence to operate in London revoked in a surprise move by the city's regulator.

Cities, counties, and state legislators and regulators all have political interests in the schools that may or may not line up with the interests of a school district's current board and management.

Although cities haven't generally gotten involved in regulatory proceedings, Laurent said their endorsements can help to alleviate the skepticism that regulators often bring to new utility projects.

Instead, Martha Rudolph, who is one of the leading health and environmental regulators in the state as director of environmental programs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, recommended «taking baby steps» on pushing climate action and cautioned that the City of Boulder's potential climate lawsuit against oil and gas developers might not be the best approach in pushing an environmental agenda.

City regulators denied the merger in August, saying Exelon's generation mix — including a fleet of aging nuclear plants it is struggling to keep afloat — did not appear in line with Washington's goal to add more renewable and distributed energy.

The study upends more than half a century of research that assumed outdoor air pollution in cities was to blame for higher asthma rates — a hypothesis repeatedly used by EPA regulators to justify the agency's regulations.

«Arkansas - based Murphy Oil Corp. has been meeting with environmental regulators from the State of Wisconsin and the federal government to find out what permits it would need to launch its own $ 6 billion refinery expansion in the lakeside city of Superior.

The main thrust of the complaint against the LSB was whether it was «truly performing the role of oversight regulator... or whether, in the words of the Bar Council, there has been «mission creep»», former senior partner of City firm Herbert Smith Lord David Gold said.

Wyoming Tight Gas Litigation (Amoco) Multi-district antitrust § 1 class action litigation in Kansas City between major oil companies, states and federal natural gas regulators and utilities, involving claimed natural gas price - fixing (Kansas City).

As Justice Dunphy points out, «[t] he goal of statutory interpretation is not to start with the desired outcome that the regulator seeks in light of new developments to see what means can be found to stretch the words used to accomplish the goal,» [69] which as he says is what he would have had to do in order to rule for the City in this case.

Insurance companies have submitted rates to the regulator for motor insurance of each city depending on the risks of accident and theft in the region.

Earlier this month a European startup called Taxify was told by the regulator to cease operating in the city almost immediately after it had launched — after the startup had sought to fast - track the licensing processing by acquiring an existing cab firm (yet apparently without gaining approval for a change in the licensing conditions).

Ride - hailing giant Uber was also grilled over what one committee member dubbed its «aggressive» response to TfL's recent decision to strip its operator license in London — describing its claim that the city regulator risked putting 40,000 drivers out of work as hypocritical since Uber does not actually employ any of those drivers, while also pointing out that its business is intent on trying to automate the driving function via developing driverless car technology.

Beijing's intellectual property regulator has ordered Apple to stop selling iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the city.

Regulators scrambled to block them in many cities, but by the time they did, the services were so popular that officials caved to pressure and relented.

London's transport regulator, Transport for London, has released details of a new more expansive and expensive system of tiered license fees for private hire operators that will drive up the fees that ride - hailing companies like Uber need to pay to operate in the city.

The city's transport regulator is overhauling laws for private hire vehicles to bring them in line with new technologies.