By David Lawder WASHINGTON – U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to investigate how two former FBI officials vilified by former President Donald …
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ISTANBUL – Turkey’s BDDK banking watchdog on Thursday eased some of the regulations that restricted FX-rich companies from obtaining Turkish lira loans. A decision published on the BDDK’s website showed …
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By David Milliken LONDON -Britain faces an unsustainable debt burden more than three times its current level unless future governments raise taxes to fund increasing costs from an ageing population …
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BERLIN -Germany’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday that U.S. ecommerce giant Amazon’s position is of outstanding, cross-market importance for competition, a classification that allows the authority to prohibit any anti-competitive …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated a law that limits the political participation and speech of federal employees during an interview in late 2021, a …
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BERLIN – Germany’s financial stability committee on Monday said the direct effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine are manageable for Germany’s financial system as a whole as the direct claims …
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BEIJING – Risks in China’s medium-sized and small banks are generally under control despite some individual banks having engaged in criminal activities, the vice chairman of the country’s banking and …
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By Huw Jones LONDON – The financial sector should not bet on remaining deadlines changing for the phasing out of the use of Libor interest rates, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority …
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VALLETTA – The world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF) said on Friday that Malta was no longer subject to its increased monitoring process, a decision welcomed by the …
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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Demands Senate Ethics Probe Democrat’s ‘Clear Violation’ Of Stock Filing Law After DCNF Investigation Gabe Kaminsky on June 15, 2022 A federal watchdog is urging the Senate Ethics …
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Watchdog Demands Congress Investigate Dem Member Who Flagrantly Violated Stock Disclosure Laws Gabe Kaminsky on June 9, 2022 A watchdog that probes ethics and transparency in government is demanding an …
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Watchdog Group Sues IRS Over Stonewalled Investigation Into Massive Tax Record Leak Laurel Duggan on June 8, 2022 An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation into a massive 2021 leak of …
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OTTAWA – Prices in Canada are rising at their quickest pace in 31 years, but that is not yet feeding in to a wage spiral, Canada’s budgetary watchdog said on …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports and rival Elite Sports broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of certain branded clothing products of Rangers Football Club, UK’s …
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LONDON – The Financial Reporting Council has fined accounting firm PwC around 5 million pounds ($6.22 million) as part of a package of sanctions following an investigation into audit failures …
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Americans ‘Deserve To Know’ Who Ran Transportation Department When Buttigieg Took Paternity Leave, Demands Watchdog Gabe Kaminsky on June 3, 2022 The Department of Transportation (DOT) is being sued by …
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ZURICH – Swiss financial market supervisor FINMA on Wednesday extended through August a ban on the Swiss arm of Russia’s largest lender Sberbank from making payments and transactions, as well …
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ISTANBUL – Turkey’s banking sector needs to prioritize sectors that will have a long term contribution to the economy, the country’s banking watchdog Chairman Mehmet Ali Akben said on Monday. …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – The biggest factor that led to the collapse of the Afghan military in August last year was the U.S. decision to withdraw forces and contractors …
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LONDON – Britain’s competition watchdog will conduct an investigation into the London Stock Exchange’s acquisition of Quantile Group, it said on Tuesday. LSEG said in December it had acquired Quantile …
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TRENTON, NJ – As Governor Phil Murphy continues to threaten New Jersey residents with further gun control and second amendment violations, Senator Ed Durr introduced a bundle of five gun …
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By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS – The head of France’s data privacy said on Wednesday she was considering triggering the process of fining U.S.-based Clearview AI, a facial recognition company the …
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SAO PAULO – The technical body of Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade has recommended the approval of the acquisition of pharmacy chain Extrafarma by rival Pague Menos, the company said on …
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TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey’s plastic bag and styrofoam ban went into effect on Tuesday. Few at the Statehouse, the state capitol building where lawmakers gather to vote on new …
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(Removes ‘to’ from headline) By Huw Jones LONDON -Staff at Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) went on strike for the first time on Wednesday as a protracted dispute over pay …