...conducted by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services. Eighteen percent of those polled said they were increasingly fearful of being sued for violating securities rules, said the study. The survey comes as regulators and the Obama administration sort through the debris of the financial crisis and try to crack down on white-collar crime. Deloitte suggested that fears may be increasing because about...
... become even more powerful. The accounting industry used to regulate itself and was criticized for weak standards and enforcement, as well as potential conflicts of interests because private regulators were dependent on industry for funding. (Reporting by Rachelle Younglai; editing by Steve Orlofsky,John Wallace and Andre Grenon) (c) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0716810420091207
FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees Associated Press Dec 4, 2009 2:51 PM (ET) http://ping.fm/WMKOw NEW YORK (AP) - Federal regulators are asking Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on some of their phones. In November, the carrier hiked its early contract termination fee for "smart" phones to $350 from $175. Like ...
...t really need new rules. The rules are there. What we need are regulators willing to use them. The Fed has all the power it needs. And...t want us to examine their decisions, so they point the finger at regulators. Regulators don’t want us to ask the hard question, “Why didn... that solves the problem. The real problem was we didn’t have regulators willing to do what they should have done. Who was it? ...
...that, while harmless in rodents, are dangerous to people. To add to the confusion, using different strainsof rats produces conflicting results (15). Disturbingly, the LRB is still considered by regulators to be 'the standard' for predicting human carcinogenicity. The food industry has not been slow to exploit the muddled results produced by the LRB. For example, the widely consumed artificial ...
...and control. The crackdown also is not without costs. The UAE, which conducts nearly $15 billion in annual trade with Iran, has received numerous complaints over what Tehran calls unwarranted interference by UAE regulators. Yet, UAE officials insist that they are acting in their own interest, and not in response to pressure from the United States or anyone else. "No one can tell us that we can'...
... at the appropriate time to stop the casino-type activities of large financial companies," Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press. Lax oversight by the Fed as well as other banking regulators has been blamed for contributing to the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. Sanders told the AP he placed a "hold" on Bernanke's nomination. The Senate would need to have 60 votes to...
...Credit Suisse analyst Craig Seigenthaler agreed with the panels' concern about equity dilution from the massive offering. He said most regional banks are not in the same position as Bank of America because regulators want to see a decline in non-performing assets. Terranova and Finerman pressed Gasparino about the timing of the repayment. Terranova said he didn't think it was a near-term event, ...
US regulators have approved 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for use in scientific research. They are the first batches of embryonic stem cells - the building blocks of the body - that have been made available to US researchers in almost a decade. The move comes after President Barack Obama eased restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. Another 96 lines could...
... for this story. 6) California Requires More Energy-Efficient TVs... Environmental/Wackos http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575555,00.html November 19, 2009 SACRAMENTO, California — California regulators have adopted the first energy-efficiency standards for televisions in the U.S., a move that will eventually ban power-hungry sets from the state's store shelves. Wednesday's ...
