Sentences with phrase «cracking down»

While the world has been busy criticizing Russia for the way it is hosting the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, its government is busy cracking down on virtual currencies that allegedly can be used for criminal activities such as money laundering and terrorism.

Cracking down on asylum - seekers — particularly Central American children and families.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is cracking down on telecommuting at the tech giant, but that's not stopping Congress from considering the benefits of alternative workspace.

Today, we'll talk about why banks may be cracking down on cryptocurrency purchases with credit cards, Coinbase potentially refunding cash advance fees, and what we'll be watching for ahead.

On a call with CNN last week for an unrelated story, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said cracking down on sexual assault is a «new priority for us.»

«Congress ought to spend its time addressing the student loan crisis, cracking down on serial lawbreakers like Wells Fargo, and ensuring companies like Equifax pay a meaningful price for massive data breeches — not deregulating the financial services industry,» said Lisa Donner, executive director, Americans for Financial Reform.

Overseas, India is cracking down on traders.

Beijing has been cracking down on all forms of risky lending, including payday lenders like Qudian, which Chinese students have increasingly used to buy more material goods.

Nevertheless, authorities around the world have been cracking down heavily on various drug dealers ever since Silkroad's Ross Ulbricht was caught and tried.

Communities from California to Connecticut have been cracking down on these roadside gatherings.

Chinese state cryptocurrency to feature negative interest rates: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has been working on a possible state cryptocurrency for some time, while cracking down on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum.

«These are all growing pains,» said SJ Oh, a Hong Kong - based trader at Octagon Strategy Ltd. «And while hurtful today, the fact that regulators are cracking down will be good for the long run.»

New government regulations cracking down on financial risk caused a selloff in both bonds and stocks.

By Day 100, the plan says, Trump would continue NAFTA renegotiations, would pursue cracking down on China by seeing if they could be labeled a currency manipulator and through bilateral trade negotiations.

The solution likely lies in simultaneously cracking down on «anything goes» with emotional support animals and extreme restrictions on pet in cabin.

While many, many companies break the law in this area, the government has been cracking down.

Australian regulators are cracking down on «misleading or deceptive conduct» among initial coin offerings.

Some countries like China are cracking down on virtual currencies, while other countries like the U.S. have been cautious, encouraging their use in limited ways.

Governments are cracking down on «black markets» that accept bitcoins as a form of payment.

Instead, Facebook has used Cambridge Analytica as an example of abuse it's trying to combat, and as a justification for cracking down on developers both malicious and benign around the world.

The same September, 2012, Industry Canada document suggested there could be «unintended consequences» to cracking down on price differences — such as conflict with Canada's obligations under international trade agreements.

The government has apparently been cracking down on cryptocurrencies that it considers fraudulent, and on related firms, in the first quarter of 2018.

Aside from cracking down on ICOs and cryptocurrency trade, regulators have not yet made up their mind about blockchain development, especially in the financial industry, Chen noted.

But Mr. Gensler soon developed a reputation for cracking down on Wall Street during his time at the agency.

On the regulatory front, the French government just announced it will be cracking down on unregulated cryptocurrency trading.

About half of the cost is due to increased consumption of natural gas that will be the side - effect of cracking down on coal.

Long story short, the IRS is more serious than ever about cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders, and it has three ways of getting its fair share from virtual token users.

The post also outlines a number of other ways that Facebook is cracking down on third - party access to data.

Around the same time, reports emerged that CCTV 2, a Chinese state - run television channel, aired a story describing a newly formed alliance between the PBoC and four other governmental departments to cooperate in cracking down on cybercrime, ostensibly including fraudulent digital assets and cryptocurrency firms.

And after a couple of years spent cracking down on wealth - making activities through a fierce anti-corruption campaign, Beijing could also reassure business and financial elites that it had their interests at heart.

British MPs have blasted Google, Facebook and Twitter for their lack of efforts in cracking down on abuse and hate speech, while Germany is considering big penalties if they don't do something about it.

The research also suggested bosses would be smart to quit cracking down on what employees are doing online: Excessive Internet monitoring and surveillance only makes employees do it more, they said.

Apparently, they're filling in for their Chinese counterparts, who aren't feeling particularly chipper this year, with the economy there slowing and Beijing cracking down on lavish gifts to corrupt officials.

Though Cisneros didn't indicate a specific reason why now, of all times, the city is cracking down on license - free drivers, San Francisco did finally get an online business registration system operational last month.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on Canadian online pharmacies selling cheap prescription drugs to Americans.

Advocates for kratom tend to argue that the FDA is protecting big pharmaceutical interests — or at the very least isn't keeping an open mind — by cracking down on the product.

And Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, told a reporter on Thursday that the «federal government has better things to focus on,» than cracking down on marijuana.

Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on what is believed to be the country's largest player: Winnipeg - based Canada Drugs.

That's why statements like, we're «cracking down on abuse... strengthening our policies, and making it easier for people,» as we see in their press release, don't do enough for us.

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

Every company I've worked for has had a different approach for cracking down on employees.

In recent months, governments around the world have been cracking down on cryptocurrency ventures.

Speaking in Toronto at the Canadian Club this morning, he stressed the proposal is aimed at cracking down on international money laundering and terrorism financing.

«Despite all the hoopla about how Trump was cracking down, it was more bark than bite,» he says.

Still, Dimon also took aim at several of Trump's policies and promises, warning of the dangers of scrapping longstanding trade agreements and of cracking down on immigration, although he did so without explicitly criticizing the President.

Candidate Hillary now talks up the need for criminal justice reform to undo the 1994 crime bill her husband championed; decries the wages on American workers of NAFTA and subsequent free - trade deals he ushered in; and calls for cracking down on a financial sector he helped deregulate.

Twitter and Reddit are cracking down on controversial content.

And now that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is cracking down on sanctuary cities, where immigrants can live without fear of local authorities turning them in to the federal government, these groups are vulnerable to the recent deportation raids.

Start cracking down, however, and everyone falls in line surprisingly quickly.

Since late last year, Beijing has been cracking down on overseas investment as wads of cash flew out of the country, adding downward pressure to an already depreciating yuan.