regulation
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19 Sep
UK financial advice: is a price war on the horizon?
UK-based wealth managers are uncertain what effect the new EU regulations will have on their relationships with clients.
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18 Sep
Mobile World Congress Americas: why regulation could make or break 5G
Early 5G demos and launch commitments may be flashy, but they ignore a critical reality: regulation will play a much more critical role in the success of future 5G networks and services.
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11 Aug
Why does the BBC have to be neutral? What are the rules and who makes them?
Another day, another drama at the BBC.
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20 Jul
Software is now the largest sector for EU antitrust fines — and its time tech giants took this seriously
When the European Commission slapped Google with a €2.4bn ($2.7bn) fine for giving priority placement in search results to its own shopping service, it set a precedent other tech giants need to pay attention to.
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18 Jul
UK advertising watchdog to crack down on sexist adverts
Advertisements that promote sexist stereotypes should be banned under proposals put forward by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).
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17 Jul
Snortable chocolate: game-changer or imminent threat to society?
Legal Lean’s new Coco Loko infused raw cacao snuff is likely to go down as one of the most controversial new product launches since Palcohol’s powdered alcohol in 2014.
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14 Jul
GDPR: What’s a company to do?
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means the EU is getting serious in terms of protecting personal data and with potential fines of €20m or four percent of turnover, companies are nervous about the implications.
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3 Jul
Liza project: Guyana needs to be careful not to lose its oil revenue to corruption and price swings
As Exxon Mobil’s Liza project moves into the development phase the challenge for the Guyana government is to strengthen the regulatory framework.
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22 Jun
What we are seeing is truly candy-flavoured tobacco: San Francisco ban highlights tobacco discrimination
San Francisco has become the first city in the US to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
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19 Jun
Shedding light on Grenfell: inquest versus inquiry
The Grenfell disaster can be the last of its kind.
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1 Jun
Here’s how 4G and data use is expected to change in Western Europe in coming years
Mobile revenue has been struggling recently in Western Europe.
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30 May
Kinder Joy eggs are coming to the US — here’s how Ferrero made it happen
Kinder Joy eggs — Italian chocolatier Ferrero’s toy-in-a-chocolate similar to the well known Kinder Surprise — will soon be available in the US due to a change to the classic design.
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24 May
China public hospital reform: a storm is coming
There is bad news for global pharmaceutical and medical devices companies; China has developed a set-in-stone timetable to conduct government-driven price management and reimbursement controls.
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9 May
With the departure of the OCC head, US fintech charter plans have fallen in to doubt
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is in the midst of a heated battle with state regulators and the loss of its chief means plans to grant special purpose national bank charters to financial technology firms (fintechs) will collapse.
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20 Apr
China’s now a bigger pharma market than Japan and it’s still growing
In developed markets, especially the US, pharmaceutical companies are facing a period of uncertainty, with pricing and reimbursements concerns causing significant barriers to revenue potential.
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11 Apr
A banking lobby group has a plan to get the UK EU market access
A regulatory advisory group — sponsored by the City of London Corporation and TheCityUK — has hatched a plan for the UK to retain EU market access post-Brexit.
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10 Apr
Despite Brexit, MiFID II is here to stay
The launch of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II is fast approaching.
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27 Mar
Is it game over for e-sports energy drinks?
A lot of negative chatter around energy drinks is unsubstantiated, but the sheer quantity of stories cannot be denied.
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21 Mar
Meet the pot e-cigarette that’s going to change how you think about getting high
Cannabis is increasingly affecting all aspects of retail in the US.
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10 Mar
Don’t be fooled, Openreach is still part of BT
It was announced today that BT has given in to the regulator Ofcom’s demands to legally separate from Openreach.
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6 Mar
Despite widespread legalisation, federal regulations are keeping cannabis research under wraps
After many decades of prohibition doctors in the US now prescribe medical cannabis for a range of conditions, from HIV and Aids, to nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, pain and epilepsy.
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3 Mar
Bitcoin is now worth more than gold — why is it on a tear?
The cryptocurrency bitcoin’s hit a milestone, and a quite a big one.
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24 Feb
The sorry tale of Ross McEwan, RBS, and the never ending UK banking embarrassment
The Royal Bank of Scotland — still 73 percent tax-payer owned since the financial crisis — has just reported its ninth consecutive year of losses.
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20 Feb
Search engines crackdown on illegal streaming websites
Today, some of the most popular online search engines including Google and Bing, promised to make it harder for users to access illegal streaming websites.
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10 Feb
Here are some of the regulatory challenges that oil majors are facing around the world
Oil investment is increasingly competitive with countries desperate for oil majors not to axe projects in their region.
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7 Feb
What does the new FCC chairman really think of net neutrality?
US president Donald Trump has appointed Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and people are worried it means the death of net neutrality.
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27 Jan
Why does Tesco want to buy a wholesaler?
Tesco has made a surprising, and very bold move to acquire food wholesaler Booker for £3.7bn ($4.6bn) this morning.
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25 Jan
Alibaba’s everything-to-everyone model couldn’t work in the West
Think Amazon combined with eBay combined with PayPal combined with Twitter – add to that a bank and wealth manager – that’s Alibaba Group for you, and not even in its entirety.
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23 Jan
The US sugar tax could be an early casualty under Trump
While beginning to take hold in West Europe, the sugar tax on soft drinks was still very much in its infancy in the US in 2016.
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19 Jan
Will Trump break our hearts?
Over the past few months, there has been a great deal of speculation around what kind of impact Donald Trump‘s presidency will have on healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.