Sentences with phrase «use by regulators»

Market - based systems are not fit for use by regulators, because ratings are supposed to be like fundamental investors, and think through the intermediate - term.

They are used by regulators — whether authorizers, portfolio managers, or harbor masters — to identify good and bad schools, to determine whether they should be included as choice options, and to shape the goals schools should pursue.

Fortunately, we have a recent study that examined whether the criteria used by regulators in New Orleans are predictive of test score growth — even if we accept test gains as a reliable indicator of quality.

It is used by regulators and examines fee income, dividend, and total interest as they apply to loans and investments as a percentage of average earning assets.

@Judith The social cost of carbon, as used by the government in its cost - benefit analyses of new and revised regulations, is a carbon tax only if models used by the regulator accurately predict the induced change in behavior.

Professional regulatory statutes often contain confidentiality provisions that make records or other documents used by regulators during investigation and disciplinary processes, e.g., documents relating to complainants or other patients, non-compellable during civil proceedings.

Not exact matches

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

Russia's state communications regulator on Tuesday said it had blocked IP addresses owned by Google and Amazon, saying they were being used by the Telegram messaging service which Moscow moved to ban this week.

In September, London's transport authority declined to renew Uber's private - hire operator license over concerns about its vetting of drivers, its under - reporting of crimes by drivers, and the tactics it has used to undermine regulators in the past.

Agricultural chemicals are labeled by the manufacturers, in collaboration with regulators, to specify the exact methods and purposes of use that are allowed.

Other major publishers continued to use the authority's seal, but the regulator no longer vetted each individual book, instead relying on publishers to abide by the guidelines.

State securities regulators appreciate bipartisan interest in modernizing privacy protections relating to information stored on internet service providers, but urge Congress not to inadvertently or unjustifiably curtail crucial investigatory authorities used by state regulators and other civil law enforcement agencies.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

An executive said that the company was prohibiting the use of Greyball «to target action by local regulators» but that «it will take some time to ensure this prohibition is fully enforced.»

«We are expressly prohibiting its use to target action by local regulators going forward,» Mr. Sullivan said.

Texan regulators have had a lot on their plate: in addition to the filing against Bitconnect in early January by state officials, the state's banking commission also clamped down on AriseBank, for violating the law and using the term «bank» in its name, when it was not registered to do so.

«In addition, we are expressly prohibiting its use to target action by local regulators going forward.»

Although not using the word «blockchain,» we can surmise that some form of a blockchain may be the solution sought by the EU that would satisfy both regulators» need to know while protecting user privacy.

European regulators and courts are equipped to support people who wish to protect their own data, or to know how it is used by companies or politicians that seek to influence them.

Subject to certain exceptions to be approved by the relevant regulators or certain facts to be ascertained, the public offer will not be made directly or indirectly, in or into any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction, or by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including without limitation, facsimile transmission, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility of a national securities exchange, of any such jurisdiction.

The Chamber said in a letter to the PCAOB in May that its members believe the PCAOB, the independent auditing regulator established by the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002, is imposing new «burdens» on business by using the inspections process to pressure auditors to ask more of companies.

The only way to ensure that Bitcoin can remain permissionless, censor - resistant and unseizable is by making sure that anyone can get some bitcoin, store it, and send it without any intermediaries or regulators; if people lose the ability to use Bitcoin freely, it will have lost most of its value.

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.

Founder Elizabeth Holmes, who is facing a two - year ban by U.S. regulators from running a clinical testing company, used the session at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's annual scientific meeting to introduce the «miniLab» testing device, a 95 - pound diagnostic tool that can fit on a tabletop.

According to the SEC's letter, cryptocurrency investors should see if they are using an exchange approved by the regulator.

The Central Bank of Iran has not prohibited the use of cryptocurrencies by law and only sought to warn people of the potential risks inherent in them, as the regulator has yet to announce its official stance.

That Act would further restrict the Fed's 13 (3) lending operations by requiring that they be approved by at least two - thirds of the FOMC (as opposed to the present 5 - member requirement); by disallowing the use of equity as collateral for 13 (3) loans; by requiring that loans be approved not only by the Federal Reserve Board but by all Federal banking regulators having jurisdiction over the prospective borrowers; and by allowing emergency lending to be extended beyond a term of 30 days only by means of a joint resolution approved by Congress.

Altering the restrictions on the use of data collected by the regulator to make it easier to do follow - up research.

Choosing Safe Food Containers - Letter to The New York Times» editor from Lynn Bragg, May 9, 2012 Concerns about the use of bisphenol - A, commonly known as BPA, have been raised by scientists and regulators for many years.

Major retailers which use freshly baked bread to entice shoppers into stores may have to change the way they make or market bread after a crackdown by the competition regulator.

ATF veterans are pushing back against suggestions by Republicans that the embattled firearms regulator is to blame for approving the bump - stock device that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used to such devastating effect, killing 58 and wounding over 500.

A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, urged regulators to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn used his role as an adviser to the White House to gain unfair trading advantages in the market for renewable fuel credits.

A former top state agriculture regulator used his position to steer $ 100,000 in aid to a nonprofit group that employed his wife as a consultant, according to an IG report obtained by the NYT.

At the same time the papers supported unvetted «off - label» uses for HRT that were not approved by drug regulators, including healthier skin, protection against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and a generally higher quality of life.

Using the model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, the researchers identified over 400 new mRNA editing sites — the majority regulated by ADR - 1 — and declared the protein the first global regulator of RNA editing.

In addition, using methods for the analysis of regulatory networks developed by the Califano lab in the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Systems Biology, the researchers identified a number of transcription factors (gene regulators) that have the potential to mimic the environmental signals that trigger papillae to induce new hair growth.

Among other things, the proposal — which will have to be approved by Parliament — calls for increased consultation with Canada's indigenous groups, expanding reviews to include social, economic and climate impacts, and making greater efforts to explain the kinds of information regulators are using in evaluations.

Using sophisticated genetic sequencing technology, King and Yin identified a common set of genes that are controlled by a shared network of genetic regulators known as microRNAs.

THE worst recorded drought in California's history has forced state regulators to restrict people's water use by a quarter.

To trace the lineage of liver cells, scientists used a telltale marker — the cells» response to signals delivered by a known stem - cell regulator called Wnt.

In fact, «it also opens the way to using drugs that block the NMDA receptor — another regulator of neuronal excitability leading to hypersensitivity in painful processes — and to avoiding the serious side effects resulting from their high toxicity — sedation, nausea, dissociative reactions, behaviour modification, etc. — nowadays induced by these drugs,» argues Hipólito.

Water regulators said they approved a plan by some of the state's most senior water rights holders to voluntarily cut back water use by 25 % in exchange for assurances they would not face further cuts

As required by executive orders and a 2008 court ruling, federal agencies use the SCC to inform regulators about the economic consequences of rules they adopt.

UVALDE — A study by researchers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde shows the use of externally introduced plant growth regulators can have a positive effect on onion germination and root structure.

Tamás plans to use ARN to identify major autophagy regulators targeted by intestinal pathogens, such as Salmonella, and to identify the systems - level change of cells in Crohn's disease.

In effect, these patients become lifetime consumers of medications that were expressly designed — and approved by regulators — to be used for a limited time only so they could get on with their lives.

In a hastily posted note on Monday (which misspelled â $ hamster, â $ but was later corrected), Good Guide clarified that it tests toys using something called XRF technology, which is different from that used by government regulators.

So, I think almost every credible researcher would agree that the vast majority of ways in which test scores are used by policymakers, regulators, portfolio managers, foundation officials, and other policy elites can not be reliable indicators of the ability of schools or programs to improve later life outcomes.

Questions would have to go through quality assurance processes before being used for a real exam and the plan would need to be approved by the exams regulator Ofqual in order to go ahead.

What might be more surprising is that the recent study I've been referencing that finds no connection between the criteria regulators use and future test score growth was co-authored by none other than Doug Harris.