Sentences with phrase «federal regulators about»

Facebook Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Rob Sherman says the company would be willing to speak with federal regulators about the use of personal data by a political research firm tied to the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

Facebook Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Rob Sherman says the company would be willing to speak with federal regulators about the issue.

A recent report has discovered that nearly two - thirds of the people who complain to federal regulators about medical debt collectors do not owe medical debt at all.

But it didn't tell drivers, riders or state and federal regulators about the breach, even though almost every state in the country requires companies to inform customers about major cyber intrusions.

Interestingly, Mulji says Amur has not received any inquiries from federal regulators about the growth of its loan portfolio.

Not exact matches

«The regulator always has to worry about finding the right point in that balance,» says a former senior federal official who spoke on background.

Federal regulators have warned about these companies, but they haven't done much to regulate the industry.

One question that remains unanswered about a potential Gannett - Tribune combination is whether federal antitrust regulators will frown on the merger.

Camden R. Fine, president and CEO of the IBCA says that the seemingly constant drumbeat of stories about big banks taking advantage of consumers and entering into huge legal settlements with federal regulators will only help small banks increase their deposit share.

«The twitter feed of @AfueraHerbaLIES contains not only defamatory, disparaging, and deceptive posts about Herbalife and its products,» said the company in its filing, «but also contains numerous insulting and offensive statements about Herbalife's management team, its members, and even federal regulators.»

Even with the act's regulations in place, there will probably be lingering questions about whether crowdfunding sites are serving merely as information portals or as securities broker - dealers that must register with federal regulators.

Walgreens, which operates about 8,000 U.S. stores, had proposed to sell off hundreds of stores to regional rival Fred's (fred) to mollify regulators, but many media reports suggested the Federal Trade Commission was not convinced that the plan would do enough to preserve competition.

Horner said Alberta has tried to address some of Ottawa's complaints about the current system by pitching its own proposal — one that would create a new national enforcement agency as well as a national systemic risk committee made up of all 13 regulators and chaired by the federal minister.

Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

In 2011, federal and state securities regulators warned investors of the potential risks associated with self - directed IRAs, saying they had noted an increase in complaints about fraudulent investment schemes that used these types of IRAs as a «key feature.»

Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn was charged in federal court in Detroit with conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

Industry Minister Tony Clement has indicated again that the federal government, rather than the sector's regulator, will make the decisions about issues of foreign ownership in Canadian telecommunications.

It has also opened questions about the extent to which federal regulators should police industries fueled by personal data.

Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the potential misuse of Facebook data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.

But government regulators, lawmakers and consumer advocates have voiced a host of concerns about the practices of companies that collect payments on student loans on behalf of the federal government and private lenders.

Cafeteria managers across the state had complained for a year about food that reeked of ammonia, but state and federal regulators failed to alert school districts.

Ron Jenkins, a lawyer for Gateway, said his client notified federal regulators and state and city officials about the ammonia leak when it occurred.

Nothing new, of course — I remember talking with a Post ad salesman eight years ago about using «workplace targeting» to bombard congressional staff, regulators at a given federal agency or even a corporate target with ads, to create the impression of a massive campaign.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has quietly signed off on giving $ 850 million to be split among more than 600 nursing homes around New York state — even though about two - thirds of them have been classified by federal regulators as some of the most deficient facilities in the country.

Shortly after being informed of the situation this fall, the EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck took prompt action and federal regulators issued the warning about drinking.

The state health department has come under intense criticism for its handling of the unfolding Hoosick Falls crisis, including the distribution late last year that also downplayed risks of PFOA exposure after federal regulators pushed for a wider public alarm about the situation.

Cuomo's administration has quietly signed off on giving $ 850 million to be split among more than 600 nursing homes around New York state — even though about two - thirds of them have been classified by federal regulators as some of the most deficient facilities in the country.

A Department of Investigation probe revealed that Olatoye falsely certified, to federal regulators, inspections for lead paint hazards in about 55,000 units.

On Wednesday, Cuomo also repeated his claims that his administration was aggressive in its response to Hoosick Falls, despite evidence the state health department aggressively pushed back on federal regulators who wanted to sound an alarm about the municipal water pollution.

After federal regulators created a new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley, two new power plants in the Hudson Valley, Danskammer and Bowline, will bring back about 1,000 megawatts of power.

And a former utility commissioner was indicted on federal bribery charges last year, prompting fresh questioning about the relationship between Arizona regulators and the companies they oversee.

The «you people» Solomon was talking about were federal regulators, and his speech was intended as a criticism of the executive agency that actually writes the rules.

Nearly 10 years later in 2007 Purdue would plead guilty in federal court to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors, and patients about the drug's risk of addiction as well as its potential to be abused.

As required by executive orders and a 2008 court ruling, federal agencies use the SCC to inform regulators about the economic consequences of rules they adopt.

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed it was investigating how Facebook handles information about its users, after a number of regulators and law enforcement officials demanded to know more about the platform's privacy practices.

Federal regulators have placed a hold on a $ 71 million charter - school grant awarded to Ohio in September in response to concerns about the state Department of Education's rigging of charter - school evaluations.

Read what others have said about the companies you're considering, including whether they are involved in a lawsuit with any state or federal regulators for engaging in deceptive or unfair practices.

Should I wait to refinanceThere is so much hype about Mel Watts being the new regulator of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the potential of him promoting a new HARP 3 program that many homeowners who are under water and should be refinancing today are getting caught up thinking that HARP 3 will somehow get them a lower payment than the current HARP 2 program.

And now, it's about to get harder for buyers to get financing as Federal regulators proposed rules last week that are designed to discourage risky lending but that will also likely further restrict lending.

Mid-Atlantic complains most about credit card problems — Washington, D.C., and neighboring states file the most complaints per capita about credit cards with the federal consumer financial regulator... (See Complaints)

Through its diverse, member - directed activities, NASC brings about understanding among manufacturers, retailers, distributors, federal and state regulators, veterinarians, the media and animal owners about the importance of safe, high quality products for the health and well - being of companion animals.

This was about the time that members of Congress, federal regulators and the media were focusing a great deal of attention on the need for credit card industry reform.

In recent years, concerns about the effects those emissions might have on the climate have prompted the Congress, federal regulators, and others to consider policies to reduce them.

«This case is about whether Ohioans and other customers across the country will be made to subsidize uneconomic power plants at a time when Ohioans should be benefitting in their electric bills from lower prices in the competitive generation markets,» said a filing by the Office of the Ohio Consumers» Counsel with federal regulators.

On March 9, the nation's regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-- what they are doing about grid «resilience» and what, if anything, FERC should do about it.

Uncertainty about the magnitude of methane emissions from leaking wells makes it difficult for federal and provincial regulators to identify and set up programs to control methane emissions, a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.

It was not immediately clear Monday whether Trump's Interior Department would continue a broad review of the federal coal leasing program even as it restarts sales; that analysis is already about a third complete, with regulators unveiling a broad blueprint of possible changes earlier this year.

Under the new rules, which the NEB put in place at the direction of the federal government in response to overwhelming opposition from the public during the NEB's review of the Northern Gateway pipeline, Ontario residents who live along the 639 - kilometre pipeline route and want to submit public comments about their concerns — are you ready for it — fill out a long and complex application to ask permissionfrom the NEB, Canada's pipeline regulator, before they can even submit a letter to the NEB on the Line 9 pipeline proposal.