Sentences with phrase «under more scrutiny by»

There are compelling reasons why cryptocurrencies should be under more scrutiny by regulators and supervisors.

«Platforms like Facebook need to be very, very careful with data, and they will come under more scrutiny by the government going forward,» said Rich Raddon, co-founder of Zefr, a Los Angeles start - up that helps brands target YouTube content for advertising.

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But as these recent fiery debates within the drug industry underscore, pharma's price hike tactics, now under constant public scrutiny, may well lead to more far - reaching change — whether imposed by legislation or by biopharma companies upon themselves.

Judge argues that services provided by PE firms to their affiliated funds and portfolio companies are investment advisory services, a designation that already faces more scrutiny under the Dodd - Frank Act.

Facebook's data collection practices, the core of its ad - based business model, have come under broad scrutiny in recent weeks as the company has been forced to raise its estimates of how much user information was leaked and to admit that «most» of its more than two billion users may have had their public profile data scraped by outside harvesters.

Yet many who found Dr. Gruber's condescension akin to fingernails scraping down a blackboard were even more appalled by a paper Gruber wrote in 1997, which came under scrutiny during a recent congressional hearing at which the MIT professor was a witness.

With all the scrutiny the food industry has been under with consumers demanding more transparency on the food they consume, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added to the industry's responsibilities last month by finalizing its menu labeling requirements for food establishments.

A push for a new sugar tax from the backbench has been shot down by Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, but one Nationals «sugar belt» MP says food manufacturers might need to come under more scrutiny over how much sugar they add to food.

Defenders are often under more scrutiny than anyone else on the pitch, so when they're signed by a club and don't deliver pretty quickly, the heat gets turned up and they can be judged quite harshly.

More than half the money given to the candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Sen. Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny following criminal investigations into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising operation.

Republicans in the Senate have been previously at odds with de Blasio, but the dispute has taken on a more pronounced posture in recent weeks as the mayor's fundraising activities on behalf of Senate Democrats in 2014 have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

More than half the money given to candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny.

Of the thousands of dollars in 2013 campaign donations returned by New York City Comptroller John Liu, more than half were connected to so - called intermediaries, often - prolific fund - raisers whose role in his operation has recently come under scrutiny.

Donations to de Blasio's shuttered nonprofit group have been under high scrutiny for more than a year now, with investigations by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Never far from the headlines due to ongoing problems, NYCHA is under even more scrutiny courtesy of a series of audits by City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who has made the authority a central focus of his early tenure.

This last point is one that has yet to be addressed; the retention of clinician - scientists is one of the key issues currently under scrutiny by a task force initiated and overseen by CIHR (see the CIHR Web site for more details), with a mandate to design programs and infrastructure that will optimize opportunities and facilitate excellent clinical research.

Though their cinematic collaboration seemed harmonious, behind the scenes, their relationship was tumultuous and bitter, made all the more difficult by the fact that it was under constant public scrutiny.

All standardized test makers have been under extra scrutiny in the last year, but few have been beaten up more than the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), one of two groups tapped by the federal government to make tests aligned to the Common Core.

Trailed by religious zealots and under intense media scrutiny, the orphans and their new caregivers are forced into seclusion, even as the children's behavior grows more unsettling.

The card companies have been under scrutiny by the lawmakers for making sudden changes in interest rates in many... Read more»

Covered by the Wall Street Journal, among others, the show (May 27 - June 25, 2014) has come under scrutiny for featuring too many images of Pharrell, more art by men than women and a photograph by Terry Richardson, who has been accused (but never charged) of sexual assault and harassment by several models.

Environmental considerations aside, as the percentage of electricity generated by wind increases, renewable energy is coming under a lot more scrutiny now for one simple reason — money.

Under intense public scrutiny led by Ona and aided by the World Bank, Gabon renegotiated the mining contract on more favourable terms in May 2008.

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

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Furthermore, truck drivers who transport hazardous materials are under even more strict scrutiny by the government.

Combined with the technology audits marketed by Casey Flaherty, it could put lawyers and their billing practices under more scrutiny than ever.

Where solicitors intended to claim a share of costs incurred by other solicitors, it would be wise for them to ensure that the terms of the agreement between the solicitors were clearly defined, to demonstrate more easily that the bill under scrutiny was reasonable and proportionate.

One potential benefit of helping other cryptocurrency and blockchain companies grow is lending more stability to the sector, which is currently under scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and considered risky by many investors.

Under intense scrutiny, the social media giant announced Wednesday that it was scrubbing even more accounts, ads and other content generated by the Russia - based Internet Research Agency (IRA).

Facebook's data collection practices, the core of its ad - based business model, have come under broad scrutiny in recent weeks as the company has been forced to raise its estimates of how much user information was leaked and to admit that «most» of its more than two billion users may have had their public profile data scraped by outside harvesters.