Sentences with phrase «of clampdowns»

Fears of clampdowns on mining and exchanges in South Korea, China, and Russia sent values plummeting and major operators looking to set up shop elsewhere.

But the effectiveness of the clampdown isn't clear.

The Nigerian Navy in support of Operation Delta Safe has carried out raid on some illegal refinery sites in continuation of the clampdown on crude oil thieves in the maritime areas.

Finally, in Greece, centralization of the financial and all other control mechanisms, and moreover the reduction of commercial banks along with the increase of tax and other controls, which refer to earlier than 10 years controls and the rapid rythms of clampdown on preventive measures by authorities (i.e. freezing of funds / accounts commitments), in connection with the multi-law effect in tax cases, intensify the unstable enterpreunership's development environment.

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At the center of the selling was Google's parent company, Alphabet, whose better - than - expected quarterly sales were overshadowed by rising expenses and a looming regulatory clampdown.

Bitcoin hit a low of $ 4,037 Tuesday - falling by more than $ 300 - as it continued to digest a Chinese clampdown on cryptocurrencies

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Pentagon has ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with key information about US war efforts in Afghanistan, accelerating a clampdown on data, such as the size of the Afghan military and police forces, that indicate how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

China, separately, is reported to be deepening its clampdown of its digital currency market.

Chinese users had trouble using the WhatsApp app on Tuesday, and many fear this is part of Beijing's internet clampdown, the SCMP reports.

But two years of fiscal clampdown have hurt economic growth.

China telecoms clampdown: The Trump administration is considering executive action to restrict the ability of some Chinese companies to sell telecommunications equipment in the U.S. based on national - security concerns, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Risk - averse traders have dumped tech stocks globally as trade tensions between China and the US escalate and Facebook's Cambridge Analytica debacle spur fears of a regulatory clampdown.

Russia recently became the third major economy in the span of a month to put the clampdown on cryptocurrency trading.

China's clampdown on cryptocurrencies and the subsequent trading halts on a number of crypto exchanges have caught hundreds of mainland investors unaware and unprepared, driving some entrepreneurs to seek alternative listing of their tokens in Hong Kong to raise funds.

Over the past year, Chinese regulators have tightened their clampdown on foreign investment, detaining several of the country's most prolific New York real estate buyers, including Anbang Insurance Group's Wu Xiaohui and Fosun International's Guo Guangchang.

Bitcoin, Ethereum and every other major cryptocurrency collapsed on Tuesday, as fears of regulatory clampdown in South Korea triggered a mass exodus from the digital asset...

As Lucinda Shen of Fortune recently pointed out, the new clampdown will have no impact on the platform's fake news problem (which is apparently bigger in the realm of cryptocurrency).

(CNN)- Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 31 Shiite activists, the latest clampdown on the opposition amid continued unrest in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

Paul Song says he was falsely accused of calling one inmate a «terrorist», claiming the true motivation behind his removal was to clampdown on Christian ministry.

Elsewhere it appeared that «top whistle - blower» Mark Clattenburg had decided that the new dissent clampdown didn't apply to Wayne Rooney — on any of a number of occasions during the course of the match.

I was disappointed that the referee failed to see the clear holding of Antonio's shirt at a corner when we were 2 - 1 down — it just depends which referee is in charge as to whether or not you would benefit from this «clampdown» on holding.

Police officers in 12 high - crime areas will be told to prosecute anyone caught carrying a blade as part of a fresh clampdown on knife crime.

«It is also on record that in June 2013, President Buhari told the Federal Government to stop the clampdown of Boko Haram insurgents, accusing the government of killing and destroying houses belonging to Boko Haram members while the Niger Delta militants were giving special treatment.

The result that has come from this mini English Civil War has been a Clampdown at the BBC where producers are being made to take Complete Control after being accused of being Pretty Vacant by letting the programme go out to air.

«I don't see what it is which gets an economy out of [trouble] now when you have got such a fiscal clampdown.»

Tory officials said detailed measures would be announced in the autumn statement, but hundreds of millions of pounds would be saved from the multinational clampdown on corporate tax avoidance.

«Any attempt to promote clampdown on the political rights of fewer Liberians has the propensity of disuniting the country,» he said.

«While we recognize the obligation to protect against hate speech that constitutes incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence, this should not be used as a pretext to clampdown on legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression that does not constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

«While other parties have purged themselves of the arbitrariness and unconstitutionality that led to fractionalization, the All Progressives Congress has adopted those same practices and even gone beyond them to institute a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy within the party and the government it produced.

He praised the Terrorism Act 2006 for allowing a clampdown on terror websites and publications, but warned ministers were concentrating too much energy on «distracting initiatives» such as ID cards which were «not the answer to the threat of terrorism».

The Work and Pensions Secretary will make the concession this week, as part of moves to head off possible protests about the clampdown, which will see housing benefit payments capped at # 400 a week.

Mr Osborne's combination of # 32 bn additional spending cuts by 2014 - 15 and an # 8 bn net tax hike amounts to an unprecedented fiscal squeeze, including an extremely severe clampdown on the welfare bill.

In the absence of this, he should be released forthwith; else one will also believe the insinuation that the EFCC is holding him (Babangida) as part of the APC - led Federal Government clampdown on anyone that is perceived as having presidential ambition in 2019.»

The Chancellor announced a major clampdown on the use of so - called «corporate envelopes» to purchase residential property — a device popular with wealthy foreign buyers acquiring property in London.

«The extra # 1 billion a year clampdown on tax avoidance is hugely unambitious at a pitiful 0.8 % of the total tax lost to our economy every year.

In view of the foregoing, the Nigerian Navy wishes to reiterate that the clampdown on illegal refineries and their operators, crude oil thieves and other criminal activities in the maritime domain will continue to meet operational objectives in line with the Chief of Naval Staff's Strategic Directive.

Mr Osborne announced an increase in the threshold before workers start paying income tax to # 8,105, financial support for first - time home buyers, a two per cent cut to corporation tax this year, a tax on private jets, a clampdown on non-doms, the introduction of # 140 flat - rate state pension, a review into a merger of national insurance and income tax and a fair fuel stabiliser, including a 1p cut on fuel duty.

Mr Cable, who had lobbied hard to ensure that the coalition's immigration clampdown does not affect companies» ability to transfer highly - skilled workers to the UK, said much of non-EU immigration «is crucial to British recovery and growth».

A significant clampdown on the number of international students coming to Britain could force tuition fees up further, the Institute for Public Policy Research has argued.

None of the three main parties has stood up and made the only logical argument possible in the face of Ukip's crafty and increasingly well - organised crowd - pleasing: that the greatest problems facing Britain are not caused by excessive immigration, and that an excessive clampdown on people coming in will have thoroughly unwanted consequences.

In continuation of its determination to clampdown of criminal elements and miscreants in the state, operatives of the Delta State Police Command have cracked several kidnapping and armed robbery cases with the rescue of a kidnapped victim and recovery of her Infinity car.

Speaking at a retreat organized to sensitize youth and the community at Rigasa, lgabi local government area of Kaduna State, the Health Chairperson to the association, Pharmacist Aisha Ishaq Tukur, said it was imperative for government to impose a ban on drug hawkers for a total clampdown on drug abuse in the country.

Clampdown: The Tories will impose tax hikes on strong beer, cider and alcopops in a bid to rid Britain of anti-social behaviour and binge drinking

However, separate figures from the Department of Health (DoH) show more children are eating five or more portions off fruit and vegetables a day, thanks to schemes offering free fruit in schools and a clampdown on junk food.

In Nigeria, such a gay marriage would have met with a clampdown from authorities as a result of the country's Same - Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Law, which prescribes up to 14 years imprisonment upon conviction.

The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over what it called the commencement of a vicious Federal Government induced clampdown on opposition figures.

State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who hinted on this said the clampdown on Okada across the State was a fall out of the Government's resolve to address the security concerns posed by their operations.

Another set of ministers talking tough about benefit changes, clampdowns, sticks and carrots.

«It is also on record that instead of lending his voice to the federal government efforts to dislodge Boko Haram insurgents, President Buhari opted to describe the clampdown on Boko Haram as injustice against the North.