Sentences with phrase «government regulate the industry»

Instead, the government regulates the industry to make sure there is no gouging and that prices are fair.

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Frankly, the federal and state governments, by and large, no longer have the personnel, skills, or resources to regulate these matters in many industries.
The government appears to have backed away from rumoured new regulations for the airline industry and, rather than regulating credit card fees, will instead compel more transparency.
They are distinct from the organ and tissue transplant industry, which the U.S. government closely regulates.
Veterans of government say it still has plenty of career employees on staff to regulate a challenging industry like autonomous vehicles.
In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the public.
Cab companies and governments the world over have cried foul, claiming the service violates the heavily regulated industry's rules.
For most of oil's history, someone has tried to regulate supply to stabilize the price because neither industry nor governments enjoy volatility in a commodity that is the lifeblood of modern civilization.
Salesforce (crm) CEO Marc Benioff compared social media to the tobacco industry, suggesting that the government regulate it in the same way.
«Playing abroad in a regulated industry requires constant interaction with foreign government officials.
A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.
Confronted with the committee's findings, and facing more than 100 pieces of legislation by state and local governments, the comics industry opted to self - regulate.
Her husband Liu Chunhang, a former Morgan Stanley finance guru, created Fullmark Consultants in the BVI in 2004 and was the sole director and shareholder of the firm until 2006, the same year he took a government job at the agency that regulates China's banking industry.
That's where Margrethe Vestager serves as the European Union's chief competition regulator — and it's a perch from which she's swiped at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google even at a time when the U.S. government seems a little lost on how exactly to regulate the tech industry.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of several government agencies that regulate the mortgage lending industry, has set a date for the implementation of two new mortgage documents.
Although regulation of the oil industry lies with the provincial governments, oil exports are regulated by the National Energy Board in Canada.
Given that the traditional banking industry is regulated by the federal government, most banks have been slow to accept (and service) legal dispensary and related business activity, even if individuals or businesses are legitimate under state law and attempt to... Read more»
The solar industry in Japan is regulated by the government, and utility companies are required to purchase renewable energy at fixed prices.
The TPP's controversial ISDS rules will limit government powers to regulate in the public interest, including by supporting industries that create good local jobs, and protecting the environment.
Organic food production is a self - regulated industry with government oversight in some countries, distinct from private gardening.
The FAA Act sought to cure many of the perceived problems with the alcoholic beverage industry that existed prior to Prohibition, and the U.S. government agency tasked with enforcing the FAA Act and regulating the industry — currently the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)-- promulgated regulations interpreting and supplementing the FAA Act.
They found that companies which had signed up to an industry - regulated marketing code were still advertising food that would be considered unhealthy by government standards.
At a competition law conference in Sydney last Friday, Mr Bradbury reiterated earlier warnings that the government would look at alternative options to regulate the industry if the voluntary code was not strong enough.
In April 2010, it was reported that the Government had «lost its appetite to regulate» the advertising and marketing industry with regards to obesity and alcohol abuse.
Australian Certified Organic is an independent subsidiary of Australian Organic, responsible for the certification of organic foods and fibres and was set up in 2001 to distinctly separate the task of certifying and regulating organic products from that of promotion of the industry and representing the industry's interests to government.
After Animals Australia's iconic 2011 investigation exposing the brutal treatment of Australian cattle in Indonesia, the Gillard government introduced a new system in an attempt to properly regulate the live export industry for the very first time.
Modern pig farming is regulated by the government and thus the trichina worm is non-existent in the commercial pork industry.
«We welcome the recommendations from the Committee on the Rights of the Child calling for the Government to better promote, protect and support breastfeeding and regulate the formula industry.
Commercial infant formulas are the most highly regulated food, and are carefully quality - controlled and manufactured to the highest industry and government standards.
This Tory government stubbornly refuses to properly regulate the energy industry.
Officials believe legalisation allows the government to regulate the industry, helping the fight against those who force women into prostitution and protecting minors from the industry.
«These are industries that exist, and they exist beyond sort of what government can do, so it's in our interest to regulate them for the public's well being.»
The list of top donors to housekeeping accounts is dominated by special interests that are highly regulated and / or subsidized by state government: real estate firms, health - care and pharmaceutical interests, labor unions, telecom companies, the beverage industry, big tobacco and gambling interests.
The lawsuit centered on how much of a dedicated fee on insurance policy - writers headquartered in the state has gone to other parts of state government beyond that which regulates the insurance industry.
Later this month the Government is due to publish its long - delayed proposals to regulate the lobbying industry amid fears they have been significantly watered down in face of lobbying by the lobbyists.
«We're a highly regulated industry so we definitely have to partner with state government all the time.»
«Melissa's argument was a couple of things: Government has a role to play in regulating this industry, that this could hurt the jobs of folks in the taxi industry because Uber is growing fast and furious, and that this pause was not a bad thing to do,» said one member close to the speaker and the negotiations.
It says these occurred within BP, its contractors and the former Minerals Management Service (now the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, the government agency responsible for regulating the oil industry.
As you're probably aware, the federal government regulates the dietary supplement industry.
When the government began seeing footage of graphic video games, they stepped in with an ultimatum for the industry: Regulate yourselves, or we'll do it for you.
To identify what makes turnarounds successful, we reviewed dozens of studies across a wide range of organizations: nonprofits of differing sizes, some in highly regulated industries such as health care; government agencies with varying missions; and for - profits in numerous industries.
If the government begins to regulate, and they will eventually, the automotive finance industry it will be the beginning of dark times for the retail automotive sales industry.
I think we chatted in the past about how regulated industry, the financial, health care and government, and that remains to be the number one focus of mine and my team and the rest of the consumer space we will reach out through our partners.»
This FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification provides confidence to a variety of security - conscious organizations, including U.S. government agencies, companies in regulated industries and other organizations dealing with sensitive information, that data stored on smartphones running BlackBerry 6 can be properly secured and encrypted.
The standard was developed through the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), which certifies products for use by U.S. government agencies and regulated industries that collect, store, transfer, share and disseminate sensitive information.
The credit repair industry is regulated and recognized by state and federal government.
This government agency currently regulates the nation's commodity futures industry.
A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.
The credit repair industry is regulated and recognized by state and federal governments.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of several government agencies that regulate the mortgage lending industry, has set a date for the implementation of two new mortgage documents.
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