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Industry groups remain strongly opposed to more-stringent U.S. rules potentially covering packaging, sizes of battery shipments and extra training for workers distributing, handling and loading lithium-battery packages.
FAA Issues Lithium Battery Fire-Safety Alert Andy Pasztor 2010
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BRUSSELS—The European Commission on Wednesday set out proposals to shore up European banks in the face of the region's escalating sovereign-debt crisis, calling for a more-stringent review of the banks that will likely result in a broad recapitalization program.
EU Pushes Bank Plan Matthew Dalton 2011
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The proposals, which come more than two years after Bernard Madoff 's giant Ponzi scheme crumbled, would require more-stringent audits of the roughly 300 brokerage firms that hold customer cash and securities.
SEC Proposes Post-Madoff Rules for Brokerages Jessica Holzer 2011
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And pilot groups have been pushing for years for more-stringent safeguards covering cargo planes.
FAA Issues Lithium Battery Fire-Safety Alert Andy Pasztor 2010
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The equity-options market has boomed in the U.S. and abroad over the past decade, spurring the SEC and other watchdogs to press for more-stringent surveillance of options trading.
Options Trading in SAC Probe Jenny Strasburg 2011
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Rising regulatory costs and more-stringent capital requirements may slow revenue and profit growth for the next few years, they fear.
Rejuvenated Banks Raise Dividends Robin Sidel 2011
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By contrast, businesses of all sizes oppose the House bill, which contains more-stringent requirements on employers to offer health coverage to employees.
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The reduced debt, combined with an influx of deposits, will help improve their financial profile ahead of expected more-stringent capital regulations, analysts said.
Banks Ramp Up Debt Sales Katy Burne 2012
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The proposals, which come more than two years after Bernard Madoff 's giant Ponzi scheme crumbled, would require more-stringent audits of the roughly 300 brokerage firms that hold customer cash and securities.
SEC Proposes Post-Madoff Rules for Brokerages Jessica Holzer 2011
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Prices of some of the 17 rare-earth materials have risen as much as 10-fold in the past two months alone, as some Japanese companies had reported delays in receiving shipments from China due to more-stringent customs checks by Chinese authorities.
ETF Targets 'Rare Earths' Matt Whittaker 2010
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