Sentences with phrase «federal trade officials»

The Canadian Press has learned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will notify B.C. Premier Christy Clark that he is seriously considering her request for a ban or a tax on thermal coal exports, and that it's being explored by federal trade officials.

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Further escalation of trade tensions could raise worries about the global economic recovery, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.

U.S. government debt prices were mixed in choppy trade as investors eyed fresh economic data and remarks from Federal Reserve officials.

Former Federal Trade Commission officials say that Facebook Inc. appears to have breached a 2011 consent agreement to safeguard users» personal information and may be facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.

The Toronto Financial Services Alliance and AdvantageBC today announced a partnership with Ontario, B.C. and federal government officials to promote a Canadian trading centre for the redback.

Global worries over an emerging «trade war» pose an uncertainty for the Federal Reserve, officials said Wednesday.

Those top 60 companies initiated almost 1,100 meetings with senior federal officials last year alone, while their five most active trade associations initiated another 729 meetings.

Ad hoc actions were taken by Mr. Paulson and officials at the Federal Reserve, like letting Lehman fail and compensating the trading partners of the American International Group.

In a 2006 Scripps Howard / Ohio University poll, 36 percent said it was «very likely» or «somewhat likely» that «federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon or took no action to stop them because «they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East».»

The infant formula industry, in which Abbott Laboratories is the U.S. market leader, will be investigated for possible anticompetitive practices, an official of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.

The PATH rail system may not install a new crash - prevention system by December 2015 after all, even though the federal deadline was one reason that officials gave just weeks ago for shutting down weekend service between Jersey City and the World Trade Center for a year.

The sprawling federal probe evolved from an investigation into favor - trading between public officials and fundraisers and campaign contributors for the mayor.

FPI joined the rally, where ordinary tax payers, elected officials, community organizations and labor unions called for a 0.5 % New York State tax on stock buyback trades, which would mean corporations using their federal tax cuts simply to benefit their shareholders would have to pay a small New York State tax on... (read more)

«The voters of New York State rightfully expect their elected officials to represent the voters» interests, not to trade on their positions of power to line their own pockets,» said Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch.

ESD last year tried to direct $ 15 million from the «transformative investment fund,» a $ 400 million pot created in the 2015 - 16 budget by former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who left office after he was convicted of several federal felonies for trading official actions for payments to his son.

Slaughter authored the STOCK Act which banned insider trading for federal officials including members of Congress.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

Federal officials said Blagojevich was looking to sell or trade the position.

A construction union official and former NRL star charged with blackmail during the trade unions royal commission receives a payout courtesy of the Australian Federal Police, who he took to court claiming he was maliciously prosecuted.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that Mayor Bill de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

Silver, who has represented the Lower East Side since 1977, is accused by federal prosecutors of trading official favors for $ 6 million in «kickbacks» disguised as legal fees.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A former top official at the country's third - largest pension fund and two broker - dealers were charged Wednesday in what a federal prosecutor described as a classic bribery scheme that steered $ 2 billion in trades in exchange for drugs, prostitutes, vacations and U.S. Open tennis tickets.

The following day, the federal complaint from Bharara's office charged Percoco — who is also identified as «a / k / a «HERB,» the defendant» throughout — and several upstate development executives (including the CPV executive referenced in the email) with taking part in a wide - ranging scheme to trade money for official favors.

Republican members of the State Senate will convene behind closed doors this morning to discuss whether it's time for Skelos, a Long Islander who has led their conference for just shy of seven years, to relinquish the reins as he fights federal charges that he traded official favors with a major developer and environmental company that gave a job and money to his son.

The members also said Silver, facing federal felony charges that he traded official favors for $ 6 million in payments disguised as legal fees, would vacate his leadership position before Monday's scheduled session.

The incoming administration must coordinate its efforts with Federal, State and Local officials in eradicating the illegal tobacco trade.

Major electricity providers and some government officials in West Virginia, the state leading the charge against federal climate change regulations, want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to public records obtained by ClimateWire.

Federal law forbids senior government officials from owning, trading, or purchasing properties that pose a direct conflict of interest with their official roles, explained Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen.

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.

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Credit bureaus and even government officials employed by the federal trade commission want you to believe that it is not possible to delete bad credit from your credit report.

This gigantic tome represents a wealth of information on pet ownership, consumer habits and other statistics that we reference when discussing the broader pet trade with elected officials at the federal, state and local levels.

Thompson will, in the days and weeks ahead, be contacting state and federal officials to stop the improper sales of Grand Theft Auto IV to anyone under seventeen years of age, as any such sales violate state and federal fraudulent and deceptive trade practices statutes.

In 1988 and 2000, federal officials considered imposing trade sanctions against Japan because Japan violated international whaling rules.

Just when leaders in the U.S. Senate admitted to abandoning their plan of issuing a federal climate bill by the end of this year, top Chinese officials were discussing how to launch carbon trading programs under their country's next Five - Year Plan (2011 - 15).

We are working with stakeholders, including federal, state and local officials, water management agencies, irrigators and conservationists, on innovative water - sharing and trading schemes that would allow water to move more freely from place to place and user to user, depending on need and supply in any given year.

Evidence showing that cap and trade can bolster a new revenue stream has some state and federal officials quietly seeking answers.

[2] In a Scripps - Howard Poll in 2006, with an error margin of 4 percent, some 36 percent of respondents assented to the claim that «federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Center or took no action to stop them.»

But while wildlife officials in Africa continue to do their part to keep poachers at bay, U.S. federal agents have begun to dismantel important elements of the illegal trade of wildlife elsewhere.

Given that the Federal Government very recently made significant amendments the Trade - marks Act — indeed, the most significant changes to the Act since 1956 — and specifically chose not to make revisions to the official mark provisions despite this criticism, perhaps one should question whether such official mark rights should be so significantly limited judicially.

The US team includes former senior officials of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission, the SEC and two former General Counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio

The program is deeply committed to protecting volunteers» privacy and employs privacy measures developed collaboratively with Federal Trade Commission officials, academic privacy experts and others to analyze and process mobile data that could potentially identify specific smartphones.

It's caught the eye of lawmakers across the world — Zuckerberg has been summoned by Parliament in the UK and asked to testify in Congress by multiple senators; Facebook is now under an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission about its mishandling of Cambridge Analytica data; and across the world, company executives are getting skewered by governments in nations like the UK and, worse, Singapore, where officials suggest the company has lost their trust.

Some former federal officials have also begun talking about whether Facebook's lack of control over the data constituted a violation of a 2011 Federal Trade Commission consent decree with Facebook that its users must explicitly give consent before their data is shared, per the Washingtofederal officials have also begun talking about whether Facebook's lack of control over the data constituted a violation of a 2011 Federal Trade Commission consent decree with Facebook that its users must explicitly give consent before their data is shared, per the WashingtoFederal Trade Commission consent decree with Facebook that its users must explicitly give consent before their data is shared, per the Washington Post.

It's a story you've likely heard of by now, and following everything that's already happened, the Federal Trade Commission has decided to issue its official statement on the matter.

To guard against insider trading and financial conflicts, members of Congress and federal officials must file regular reports on their assets — including stocks, bonds and derivatives.

Two former U.S. officials who negotiated the 2011 agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook say the company may have broken its promises, potentially triggering many millions of dollars in fines.

This Director, Healthcare Policy will work with member companies, federal, state and local officials, trade associations, and other third - party stakeholders as an industry advocate.

Federal officials intend to publish long - awaited rules that will enable the general public to use small, unmanned aircraft for commercial activities before the end of spring, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials told a group of real estate professionals who visited the agency in Washington Thursday afternoon during the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

That's according to Federal Aviation Administration officials who told Realtors ® today during the When, Where and How can I Use My Drone session at the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.