Sentences with phrase «interest in banning»

However, he has no interest in banning digital currencies.

Not exact matches

«If the banks claim they have an actual interest in the physical commodity, they'll say they should be exempt from the ban on bank speculation.»

There are numerous public interest groups vying to ban GM crops, most notably in Europe.

Walden took interest in proposing legislation to ban the option because he thought the idea of minting a platinum coin to work around the debt ceiling was a particularly absurd idea that exemplified «the problem of people in Washington not understanding the reality» of the national debt.

Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko is fighting a lifetime ban from the Olympics and FIFA officials thanked him for stepping aside «in the interests of the 2018 World Cup in Russia,» state - run media reported.

Korean leaders to meet at North - South border on Friday: BBC Chinese geologists say N. Korea's main nuclear test site has likely collapsed: WaPo China air force intimidates Taiwan with military flights around island: Reuters Conservative Supreme Court justices appear to back Trump's travel ban: The Hill French president expects Trump will withdraw from Iranian nuclear deal: BBC Rising interest rates keep Wall Street on edge: CBS Investors will focus on various inflation numbers in days ahead: Bloomberg A closer look at the 10 - year Treasury yield's rise to 3 %: Calafia Beach Pundit T. Rowe Price's assets under mgt top $ 1 trillion — a sign of active mgt growth: P&I World trade volume slumped 0.4 % in Feb, first monthly loss since Oct: CPB

As described in this 2015 YouTube video (embedded below), a low social credit score is meant to isolate unruly citizens from the rest of the population and deny them access to state services and benefits via travel bans, increased prices for day - to - day products, higher bank interests, and others.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

The clergymen have been spearheading a campaign in the House of Lords to have payday loans banned before 9 pm, because children are using «pester power» to pressure their parents to take out the high interest credit in order to buy them things.

Muslim fundamentalists have a special interest in this because Islam is the only major religion that, from its foundation, declared an absolute ban on the consumption of alcohol.

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

What is interesting to note is both countries saw an increase in all types of murder after the ban was put in place.

It claims some missteps (Samuel's push for price signalling bans on banking chiefs and his readiness to accept «the wholesale monopoly» of the NBN), highlights some controversy (including the claims of conflict of interest regarding the DFO and the ACCC's pursuit of Richard Pratt) but concludes that overall «Mr Samuel's energy and focus have resulted in an expansion of the size and the powers of the ACCC, which has also developed a clearer pro-market approach than it had under his predecessor, Alan Fels»

Despite the ban on processing acceptances and paying shareholders, Saputo's relevant interest in WCB continues to rise.

It is no coincidence that many products on Nigeria's import ban lists are items in which Dangote has major interests.

Rain fell in sheets on the day of the fight and the police, in the interests of guaranteeing visibility for all, banned umbrellas.

While Atleti hope to win an appeal against their transfer ban which runs until 2018, Monaco have no interest in selling Lemar in January and so any movement will have to wait until the summer.

In an attempt to be popular (that spectacularly backfired) the FIA decided to ban helmet changes for 2015, meaning we no longer see interesting new designs throughout the season.

With Suarez having been banned for a combined total of 20 games in less than three seasons for multiple misdemeanours — including using racist language towards Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic — Rodgers could almost have been forgiven had he capitalised on Arsenal's summer interest and sold the controversial Uruguayan for a modest profit in August.

We have not had to worry about Barcelona and their interest in any of our players in over a year now though, because they have been under a transfer ban.

Manchester United's long - running interest in Antoine Griezmann appears to have come to an abrupt end with The Independent reporting the Atletico Madrid attacker will not leave the Spanish side this summer while the club remain under a FIFA transfer ban.

The 27 - year - old has also been heavily linked with moves away, however, with Premier League side Manchester United having been interested in signing the exciting talent before Atletico were hit with a transfer ban last summer.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport also played a major role as they upheld Atletico's transfer ban at the start of the season, which subsequently made United cool their interest in Griezmann.

My mission was originally going to be an organic, whole foods based cookbook for families with allergic children, but the more I learned about ingredients that we use in the USA that are banned elsewhere, the more I became interested in finding products that were holistic.

While the use of food dyes has been a concern for years, the U.S. nonprofit watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest made a plea to the Food and Drug Administration to ban the chemical in American foods.

And while the science may be disputed, depending on who is funding the study, as to whether commonly used food dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40 and 6 others made from petroleum pose a «rainbow of risks» that include hyperactivity in children, cancer (in animal studies), and allergic reactions, because of the problem of hyperactivity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout Europe.

An outright ban on synthetic dyes is unlikely, though the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest just petitioned the FDA to outlaw caramel colorings that use ammonium compounds, and in 2008 asked it to revoke approval for several synthetic food dyes.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, is asking the agency for a synthetic food - dye ban and to place warnings on products until the colors are removed.

I was always interested by the way indigenous tribes used them and in particular the lab experiments with LSD in the years between its invention and the ban.

Of course this did not justify threatening Rushdie with violence or even banning his book, but what I found interesting was the fact that in the course of the controversy his Muslim critics managed to forcibly insert themselves into the exclusive conversation he had set up with their religion as its subject.

The city's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doing so.

Their calculations are based on the difference in borrowing costs two types of Clean Water loans and the Thruway borrowing using a Bond Anticipation Note or BAN at 0.8 % interest for five years.

We have since introduced a ban on MPs» claiming for mortgage interest to make sure that this issue can not rumble on or be replicated in the future.

• Banning people who previously supported the Greens when there was no Labour representative they could relate to, who are now enthused by Labour because they have someone representing their interests in Jeremy Corbyn, is against the party's long - term interests and negates the fact that the Greens share a lot of Corbyn's ideas and values.

The Brooklyn councilman, who is running unopposed for re-election in November, has said he became interested in revoking the 1926 dancing ban after reading about its original intent to discourage interracial mingling at clubs during the Harlem Renaissance.

Health minister Norman Lamb told the BBC he is «very interested» in banning the use of face - down restraint.

Amidst a nationwide debate about a policy on immigration, President Donald Trump's recently blocked travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim nations has captured the interest of top elected officials in Westchester.

And lawmakers would be banned from earning money from anyone who has an interest in any pending bill or resolution in the legislature.

Obama banned PAC and lobbyist donations during the presidential campaign to square with his pledge to limit the influence of special interests in Washington.

«That is why they have banned it but people are still interested in smuggling them in, that is why we intercepted them.

BASC has insisted there is no justification for a site - wide ban on the use of lead shot in its response to Natural England's consultation on the proposed confirmation of the West Pennine Moors as a site of special scientific interest.

The root of much of the public corruption that takes place in Albany is the rule that lets state lawmakers have outside business interests, according to Democratic AG hopeful Eric Dinallo, who said he supports a ban on moonlighting because «people should be fully committed to their public service responsibilities.»

But whether it was appropriate to accept the donations — which came from unions who have contracts with the city, real estate firms with interests in re-zonings and others matters, activists calling for a horse carriage ban and others — has been questioned.

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It points to the environment secretary's crackdown on sales of ivory, his plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 and his interest in a deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans.

You might also be interested in the other direction of the same issue; I recall some Christian Scientists faced jail for not letting doctors treat children with life threatening issues where treatment was banned by the religion.

Chief among those clean - election laws was a ban on state contractors» money in state election campaigns, which was supposed to keep special - interest money out of state elections.

Only 19 % supported a «ban on Tory frontbenchers pursuing outside paid interests while in opposition» and 42 % supported a «one - third reduction in MPs» own pension benefits»; something proposed by Mark Field.

He believes in public campaign financing, term limits, banning outside income, and closing the LLC loophole that allows interest groups to avoid contribution limits.