Sentences with phrase «of watchdogs such»

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Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

WASHINGTON, April 26 - The head of the U.S. derivatives watchdog on Thursday said he would like to allow more flexibility in the way swaps are traded while at the same time tightening requirements for reporting of such trades.

It therefore has a lot of incentive to play nice, which is another way of saying that regulators, competition watchdogs and government have plenty of reasons to be wary of any such partnerships.

(Incidentally, the UK's data protection watchdog is conducting just such an audit of Cambridge Analytica right now, after obtaining a warrant to enter its London offices last month — as part of an ongoing, year - long investigation into social media data being used for political ad targeting.)

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. derivatives watchdog on Thursday said he would like to allow more flexibility in the way swaps are traded while at the same time tightening requirements for reporting of such trades.

Recently, religious freedom watchdogs have begun emphasizing more the different sources of persecution, such as government and social hostilities.

The fertilizer watchdog committees have been tasked to monitor the movement of subsidized fertilizers across neighboring countries, and report such perpetrators to the security agencies for arrest and prosecution.

Russ Haven, general counsel for the New York Public Interest Research Group, an Albany - based government watchdog group, said in an email Saturday that such financial disclosure gives the public useful information about candidates» work, assets and potential conflicts of interest.

«I think 9 percent from one industry is starting to become a significant portion of his overall funds, such that the public might perceive the industry could have an outsized influence,» said Alex Camarda of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, noting that such contributions are legal.

But major victories for good - government watchdogs such as public financing of political campaigns and ending the practice of donating unlimited funds to political campaigns through a web of limited liability companies has alluded passage so far.

Such a move was first mooted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last month, when the watchdog expressed concern that BAA had such a strong hold on the British aviation indusSuch a move was first mooted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last month, when the watchdog expressed concern that BAA had such a strong hold on the British aviation indussuch a strong hold on the British aviation industry.

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

«Such a scheme violates the fundamental checks - and - balances principle that underlies our state constitution, as it does not establish the independence required of a procurement watchdog and therefore will not achieve the real accountability and reform our State desperately needs.

The Long Island Board of Realtors, AAA and government watchdogs such as Reclaim New York on Monday criticized the fee hikes.

Dick Dadey of the civic watchdog group Citizens Union called such donations «completely illegal,» adding, «the IRS should investigate.»

The state Authorities Budget Office, a relatively young watchdog charged with overseeing such entities, applauded the bill signing as «a significant step forward in reforming the vast and archaic web of public authorities in New York.»

The fertilizer watchdog committees will monitor the movement of subsidized fertilizers across neighboring countries and report such perpetrators to the security agencies for arrest and prosecution.

Conditions have deteriorated at an immigration removal centre to such an extent that it is a «place of national concern», the prisons watchdog says.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

A projected increase in toxic trash — such as analog television sets expected to become obsolete by the end of 2009 — has government agencies and environmental watchdogs pushing for recycling options and the use of environment - friendly components in new devices.

The legislation, which covers details only an accountant could love, embraces recommendations from NSF's inspector general, the agency's in - house but independent watchdog, as well as from outside bodies such as the National Academy of Public Administration.

In a 2008 grocery prices report, consumer watchdog the ACCC backed claims that staples such as eggs, milk, cheese and bread were much of a muchness.

Oppenheim and Larraín's ability to overturn so many stones and explore so many corners of both American life and Jackie's personal descent into melancholia, all under the watchdog snouts of overeager politicians, public scrutiny and the constant threat of the media's clicking cameras, is nothing shy of hugely impressive, especially operating within such a relatively constrained run time, a mere 110 minutes.

The watchdog said up to a quarter of pupils in England identified as having special needs would not be labelled as such if schools focused more on teaching for all their children.

Despite those early misgivings, Pronoun earned the approval of indie authors, including myself and fellow ALLi Watchdog Giacomo «Jim» Giammatteo, and ALLi decided to give the service the benefit of the doubt and observe closely what unfolded.So Monday's sudden announcement of the closure of Pronoun was a shock and a disappointing end for a service that held such promise.

The watchdog has listed a total of 94 companies, including names such as Ayrex, Binary Tilt, CT Option, Investoo.com, Option888, and many others.

With such a tough criteria to meet before you receive an alert, these services are hardly the vigilant watchdogs of your credit that the credit bureaus would have you believe.

Such dogs were expected to do a variety of roles around the ranch: play with the kids, watchdog, move the livestock, and then do a bit of hunting work (in this case, hunting for hogs).

They are feared due to their capabilities and versatility of doing things beyond that of a typical dog, such as pulling a sled, herding reindeer and serving as a watchdog.

The Cane Corso is known as a watchdog and hunter of difficult game such as wild boar.

They are loyal, lovable and extremely protective of their owners and as such make an excellent watchdog.

Breeds of dogs such as hounds, and those bred to be watchdogs, as well as many dogs from the working breeds are more prone in excessive barking.

Preludes also pointed out that with such a vast team at work communication was downright terrible, saying, «The coordination of resources between all of these teams separated by thousands of miles and differing time zones was a damn joke, and at the same time studio resources were constantly stolen for work on Watchdogs and Far Cry 3»

Sony reiterated their partnership deals with the likes of Ubisoft for games such as Assassin's Creed and Watchdogs but Microsoft appear to have trumped them with the frankly astounding announcement that they will be giving away free copies of FIFA 2014 with Xbox One pre-orders.

With the combination of huge blockbusters such as Killzone Shadow Fall, Destiny, FIFA, Watchdogs and Call of Duty Ghosts, alongside a vast array of Indie titles such as Transistor, The Witness, Rogue Legacy and Hotline Miami 2, PS4 promises to be the best place to play.

Despite an oversupply of credits and waning confidence in the CDM from both market players and civil society watchdogs, the report presented an optimistic and biased view of the CDM and its future while failing to recommend concrete solutions to address some of its fundamental flaws, such as additionality testing.

They're routinely forewarned by organic watchdog groups such as the Organic Trade Association about dangerous levels of copper and arsenic in poultry manure.

One major role of the media is, after all, to be the government watchdog and as such it's understandable to usually focus on lackings and suggested improvements.

Such rationalisation of ULIPs commissions could also help narrow the gap between it and mutual funds, he said responding to queries over how a compromise could be reached between insurance regulator IRDA and capital market watchdog SEBI on the ULIPs issue.

To end the acrimony between the two regulators, the government issued an ULIP Ordinance on June 18 as capital markets regulator SEBI and insurance watchdog IRDA could not resolve their dispute over which of them was empowered to regulate such products.

The insurance industry will remember 2010 as an eventful year in which insurance regulator Irda came out on top in a turf war with market watchdog Sebi over the regulation of Unit - Linked Insurance Products, with the end result of such schemes becoming investor - friendly.

There was a lot of great conversation that day and one of the pillars we all left with was the idea that there has to be a nationless internet provider if we ever want Wikileaks and other such watchdog institutions to have any sort of real credit.

Watchdog group OpenSecrets got a hold of Internal Revenue Service records that show Mercer gave $ 2 million in 2016 to Secure America Now, a group that worked with Facebook and Google to target voters in states such as Nevada and North Carolina.

Virtual currencies such as bitcoin have shown clear signs of a pricing bubble and consumers could lose all their money, the European Union's banking, securities and insurance watchdogs said on Monday.

Japan's financial watchdog will soon pay very close attention to the internal systems of exchanges for virtual currencies such as bitcoin.

Trading volumes in BCH / KRW pair offered by Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, have gone up by 42 percent in the last 24 hours and currently has the highest volume at $ 1,296,300,000 ranking as number one market according to CoinMarketCap.This may be due to the fact that the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Choe Heung - sik said Thursday that the watchdog is not considering digital tokens, such as Bitcoin, as legitimate currency and thus has no plan to supervise transactions of the cryptocurrency.

This may be due to the fact that the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Choe Heung - sik said Thursday that the watchdog is not considering digital tokens, such as Bitcoin, as legitimate currency and thus has no plan to supervise transactions of the cryptocurrency.

Such a strategy would also help the Japanese financial watchdogs making their regulations more coherent, as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) sees bitcoin in a favorable light.

Some real estate professionals provide a list of third - party resources for their buyers to check on crime statistics in an area, such as Family Watchdog to locate registered sex offenders in an area; CrimeMapping.com's mobile app to uncover crime activity near your current location; and sites like DiedInHouse.com that reveal if any deaths occurred at the property in the past.