Sentences with phrase «levied against the nation»

They want to see trade penalties levied against nations that do not comply with any international agreement.

The class action suit levied against the nation's sixth...

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The largest fine the DEA has levied against a drug distributor was the $ 150 million that McKesson, the nation's largest drug wholesaler, recently agreed to pay following allegations that it failed to report suspicious orders of painkillers.

Now, Lazio's ties to Wall Street and his congressional votes to deregulate the nation's banking system - a bill that critics say helped lead to the nation's recent financial crisis - are an issue in his battle for the GOP gubernatorial nomination against Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino.

Levies of up to 12 percent part of bank rescue plan; citizens of divided nation united against scheme.Cyprusvoted down a controversial bank bailout deal.

Funding will come from a two per cent levy on revenues generated by the clean development mechanism, the scheme allowing industrialised nations to pay for carbon credits produced by emission - reduction projects in the developing world and credit them against their own emissions targets.

Today, it continues its long court battle challenging the constitutionality of the nation's landmark 1980 Superfund law, which gives the EPA the right to order recalcitrant companies to clean up their hazardous wastes and levy hefty penalties against them.