(Reuters) – The U.S. rail regulator has asked the country’s biggest freight carriers to continue reporting crucial service metrics for six more months, following its initial order aimed at fixing…
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it would fine Barclays 50 million pounds ($55 million) for its failure to disclose fees paid to Qatari entities during its financial…
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian economy is set to shrink by 0.2% in the third quarter of the year, the Italian parliament’s budget watchdog said on Wednesday, adding it expected…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Tuesday said it has fined an accountant with its largest-ever civil monetary penalty against an individual and sanctioned his…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s markets watchdog curbed activities of twice as many consumer investment firms in the last financial year as the previous year, it said on Tuesday, as it…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Standard setters must work faster to avoid hardwiring differences between their finalised climate-related company disclosures, which would fragment markets, the G20’s Financial Stability Board…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s proposed “disinformation” bill threatens free speech and could further harm journalism ahead of next year’s elections, a European rights watchdog’s legal body said, calling for Turkey’s…
House Republicans Request Gov’t Watchdog Investigate Foreign Investments In American Farmland Gabe Kaminsky on October 3, 2022 More than 100 House Republicans are asking a government watchdog to probe…
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Astonishing’: Watchdog Sues Biden Admin For Records On Trump Law Targeting Illicit Drugs That Took Years To Put In Place Gabe Kaminsky on October 1, 2022 The Functional…
ZURICH (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was seeking information about the director general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant whom the state-owned company in charge…
By Huw Jones and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Crypto companies were undeterred by initial failure to obtain licences to operate in Britain and were submitting new applications, the Financial…
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Data Protection Agency has asked Facebook to clarify the activities the social media giant has engaged in ahead of Sunday’s national elections, it said on Thursday.…
PARIS (Reuters) -France’s nuclear watchdog ASN on Wednesday said it had found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at a plant containing uranium in southeastern France…
BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s air safety watchdog on Wednesday said it was extending a restriction on Indian budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd’s flight departures until Oct. 29. The airline will be…
Watchdog Files Lawsuit Against DHS For Not Releasing Alleged Secret Service Records On Hunter Biden Gun Incident Gabe Kaminsky on September 20, 2022 A watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Link Fund Solutions, which managed the collapsed LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, could be forced to pay up to 306 million pounds ($358 million) in…
EXCLUSIVE: Dem May Have ‘Violated’ House Rules After Appearing In TV Ads, Watchdog Alleges Gabe Kaminsky on August 31, 2022 Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Matt Cartwright may have “violated” congressional rules…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s markets watchdog said on Thursday it was on red alert for contagion after inflation stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has…
By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has been criticised by a global watchdog for failing to do enough to tackle money laundering, such as by prosecuting very few for…
SHANGHAI – China’s corruption watchdog said on Tuesday regulators were investigating three former and current executives linked to a firm that manages the country’s largest state-backed chip investment fund, widening…
‘Violating The Laws Of War’: Human Rights Watchdog Slams Ukrainian Military For Taking Cover In ‘Civilian Structures’ Micaela Burrow on August 5, 2022 A global human rights watchdog accused Ukraine…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Homeland Security Department Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who has been embroiled in controversy over the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, violated ethics…
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – The U.S. public company accounting regulator will not accept any restrictions on its access to the audit papers of Chinese companies listed in New York,…
By Katanga Johnson and Michelle Price WASHINGTON – The top U.S. consumer watchdog plans to scrutinize the use of cryptocurrencies for real-time payments and ramp up oversight of Big Tech…
Watchdog Sues DHS To Obtain Hunter Biden Secret Service Records For Obama And Biden Administrations Gabe Kaminsky on July 21, 2022 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is being…