It has also been reported that the RBI and the Indian government may set up a joint regulator to oversee virtual
currency activities in the country.
Not exact matches
But this day of typical Easter
activities was preceded by something considered an anomaly by any President except this one: several early morning tweets defending his decision not to label China a
currency manipulator — a policy reversal from his campaign rhetoric — and criticizing the protesters
in Saturday's tax marches who demanded he release his returns.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign
currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring
activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing
activities and uses of cash, including
in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption
in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes
in political conditions
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and
currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result
in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including
in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted
in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is
in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued
in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Factory
activity is shrinking
in China, euro zone business growth remains weak and emerging market giant Russia is
in a spiraling
currency crisis.
Regulators have been unsettled by the virtual
currency space due to severe swings
in prices and dubious
activities associated with it.
While bitcoin has been associated with illicit transactions, estimates of the proportion of the digital
currency used
in illegal
activities vary.
The global economy is ending the year
in a fragile state with factory
activity shrinking
in China, euro zone business growth remaining weak, and emerging market giant Russia
in a spiraling
currency crisis.
In the last two months, the economic news coming out of China was both depressing and worrying: a spectacular stock market crash, a sudden
currency devaluation, and anemic economic
activities suggesting that the economy will miss the official target of 7 % annual growth for 2015.
This doesn't mean, of course, that everyone will heed the rule, especially as an IRS investigation revealed that only 802 customers of Coinbase, a popular digital
currency exchange, filed a 8949 form related to Bitcoin - related
activity in 2015.
Thus, buyers of crypto -
currencies could be involved
in unlawful
activities.»
«From the date of release of this Notice, any so - called platform that provide trading and exchange services for coin offering shall not engage
in exchange businesses between legal tender and token or «virtual
currency»; or engage
in proprietary trading
activities or trading as an central counterparty of tokens or «virtual
currencies»; or provide pricing services or act as information intermediary for tokens or «virtual
currencies.»»
Nokia kick - started its digital health business about a year and a half ago with the $ 170 million ($ 200 million
in today's
currency) purchase of French smart health gadget maker Withings, which had made a name for itself
in activity trackers, smart scales, blood pressure monitors and other health and fitness devices.
The Bank of Korea stresses the importance of regulation for digital
currencies due to the susceptibility of criminal
activity and identifies regulatory
activities in the U.S., EU, and Japan as examples.
While wrongdoers unfortunately exist
in all facets of society, there is no basis to conclude that virtual
currency is enabling violence or other criminal
activity, or that stricter regulation of virtual
currency would have a meaningful impact on those
activities.
Just last year, following the shootings
in Paris, the media tried to tie illegal
activity to virtual
currencies.
The proposed act claims that virtual
currency business
activities are similar to money transmitter services, and would require comparable regulations and licensing
in order to fulfill consumer protection requirements.
There have already been calls for a reduction
in the anonymity of digital
currencies in an effort to weed out potential illegal
activity, something that evangelists have battled against.
The 2016 BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and OTC Derivatives Markets
Activity was undertaken in two parts: the turnover portion measured activity in FX and OTC single - currency interest rate derivatives markets in the month of April, while the outstandings portion — not yet available — measured the amount of OTC derivatives outstanding as at the end
Activity was undertaken
in two parts: the turnover portion measured
activity in FX and OTC single - currency interest rate derivatives markets in the month of April, while the outstandings portion — not yet available — measured the amount of OTC derivatives outstanding as at the end
activity in FX and OTC single -
currency interest rate derivatives markets
in the month of April, while the outstandings portion — not yet available — measured the amount of OTC derivatives outstanding as at the end of June.
Is there the potential for some
currencies to be preferred by people engaged
in activities that they want to conceal from the outside world?
In assessing the ease with which an exposure can be hedged, ideally one would look at hedging activity in a particular location and activity for a particular currency in all location
In assessing the ease with which an exposure can be hedged, ideally one would look at hedging
activity in a particular location and activity for a particular currency in all location
in a particular location and
activity for a particular
currency in all location
in all locations.
In sum, the U.S. payments deficit and central bank movements out of the dollar, aggravated by U.S. military activity in Iraq and other countries, may indeed trigger a shift of international currency holdings into euro
In sum, the U.S. payments deficit and central bank movements out of the dollar, aggravated by U.S. military
activity in Iraq and other countries, may indeed trigger a shift of international currency holdings into euro
in Iraq and other countries, may indeed trigger a shift of international
currency holdings into euros.
Or, almost no one: «The license is not required for merchants or consumers that utilize Virtual
Currency solely for the purchase or sale of goods or services; or those firms chartered under the New York Banking Law to conduct exchange services and are approved by DFS to engage
in Virtual
Currency business
activity.»
«The wild fluctuations of the digital
currencies along with competitive business
activities underway via network marketing and pyramid scheme have made the market of these
currencies highly unreliable and risky,» the central bank was quoted as saying
in a Farsi report by the Iran newspaper's website.
Historically, after a country experienced a financial crisis, growing foreign demand and
currency depreciation have often led to a sharp improvement
in the trade account that has put a floor under economic
activity.
These objectives allow the Reserve Bank Board to focus on price (
currency) stability while taking account of the implications of monetary policy for
activity and, therefore, employment
in the short term.
Security Risk: Critics of virtual
currency pinpoint that since the identities of parties involved
in a transaction are not recognizable and transactions are not traceable, they can be misused for unlawful or criminal
activities like:
While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike
in consumer inflation;
in the event of a negative outcome
in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK
currency could slide further, leading to a rise
in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England
in a very precarious situation
in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown
in economic
activity.
Hence, it's no surprise that readers took an interest
in a story about how virtual
currency can be used to prevent criminal
activity.
According to recent reports, Intelligence Agencies
in India have just issued an official report stating that virtual
currencies such as Bitcoin can be used for the funding of illegal
activities, by people who also move their funds through hawala transactions.
In examples that appear to be modelled after the ill - fated e-Gold service, FinCEN describes the typical
activities of these types of entity as the electronic distribution of digital certificates of ownership of real
currencies or precious metals.»
Such a hypothesis,
in our opinion, does much to explain the incongruity of a declining gold price while fundamentals for paper
currency, and the US dollar
in particular, obviously deteriorate; while demand for physical gold has exceeded new mine supply for several years running; and while above - ground 400 - ounce.999 gold bars located
in London, New York, and other financial capitals (
in cohabitation with speculative trading
activity in paper markets) have steadily dwindled and disappeared into Asian financial centers reformulated as.9999 kilo bars.
«Given the involvement of the
currency in illegal
activities, that is entirely warranted.
However,
in the framework of prevention
activities for the legalization of incomes, received by criminal way and financing of terrorism and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, banks will have to identify suspicious financial transactions of customers that can be associated with buying and selling tokens for Belarusian rubles, foreign
currency and electronic money.
The XRP II, LLC is registered and licensed by the New York State Department of Financial Services to engage
in the Virtual
Currency Business
activity.
According to LeapRate,
in its response to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee inquiry into digital
currencies, CryptoUK has set out new plans for the HM Treasury to make cryptocurrency investment a regulated
activity under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The central bank also warned the public against investing
in virtual
currencies and announced that it was working with other institutions to clamp down on some crypto - related
activities.
The former is an existing digital
currency, while the latter phrase means a fraudulent investment
activity that got its name from Charles Ponzi, an infamous swindler
in the 20th century.
* XRP II, LLC is licensed to engage
in Virtual
Currency Business
Activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services.
(1) Persons that are chartered under the New York Banking Law and are approved by the superintendent to engage
in Virtual
Currency Business
Activity
On 5 December 2013, the People's Bank of China announced
in a press release regarding bitcoin regulation that whilst individuals
in China are permitted to freely trade and exchange bitcoins as a commodity, it is prohibited for Chinese financial banks to operate using bitcoins or for bitcoins to be used as legal tender
currency, and that entities dealing with bitcoins must track and report suspicious
activity to prevent money laundering.
In summary, FinCEN's decision would require bitcoin exchanges where bitcoins are traded for traditional
currencies to disclose large transactions and suspicious
activity, comply with money laundering regulations, and collect information about their customers as traditional financial institutions are required to do.
The company later issued a clarification to the ISA
in which it said, «the aim of the venture is a further application of the company's existing
activity, and,
in the framework of the venture, the company has no intention of investing
in or setting up a trading arena for digital
currencies.»
The section calls for the undersecretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, along with «appropriate Federal partners,» to «develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding the actual and potential threat posed by individuals using virtual
currency to carry out
activities in furtherance of an act of terrorism.»
This week Paypal users reported receiving an official - looking email from Paypal, warning users about «
activity [involving] the trading or transfer of crypto
currency [sic] which is prohibited under our Acceptable Use Policy,» asking the receiver to «cease any
activity that results
in the trading or transfer of crypto
currency.»
After years
in the doldrums, increased business
activity and slightly rising prices are good news for the single
currency area.
«The government does not consider crypto -
currencies legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate use of these cryptoassets
in financing illegitimate
activities or as part of the payment system,» Jaitley said.
Registered users of this free network (who must have a qualified foreign exchange broker account) have access to: (1) an indicator of the aggregate positions of the entire network
in specific
currency pairs; and, (2) a real - time view of the trading
activity of mutually accepted «friends.»
And then, just to clarify, I know this was a big discussion topic kind of intra-quarter, but which of your non-U.S. countries have the most significant amount of pricing that are done
in dollars, and has there been any material amount of discounting or extra competitive
activity in these countries just given how much other
currencies have depreciated versus the dollar
in recent months?
The entire economy of the city of Jerusalem was built on temple
activities, bathing before the offerings for a fee, dressing for going to the temple, for a fee, buying the offerings, for a fee, paying the priests, temple entrance fees, food prep fees, growing and feeding the animals for the sacrifices, being paid for them,
in the thousands and thousands at festival times, ALL
in Jewish
currency only, which was required for their rituals, and most people used Roman
currency for their civil affairs.
«Manufacturers are tapping into new home building and renovation
activity in Australia and a more competitive
currency internationally to make sales at home and abroad,» chamber boss James Pearson says..