Activists, who have turned to securities regulation as a tool for pressuring companies to withdraw from controversial investments, said this marks the first time the SEC has publicly singled out concerns over human rights, national security or religious freedom as a trigger for closer examination of a foreign firm's application to list its stock in U.S. markets.

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From the perspective of resource economics, it is not obvious that LCA is the right tool for regulation.

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Soldiers call it mission creep, and statutory regulation would not just provide a tool for misguided politicians at home.

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Asked whether he thought some bankers would use Davos only as a lobbying tool against the kind of banking regulation favored by Sarkozy, Schwab remained positive.

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The regulation and supervisory oversight of financial institutions is another critical tool for limiting systemic risk.

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As a Presidential candidate, Giuliani portrays his gun-control advocacy as an anti-crime tool, particular to New York, and says that gun regulation is best left to the states.

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The tool the Chinese government used to discipline Unilever on Friday was the country's Price Law, a regulation that limits public commentary about future prices to avoid anticompetitive practices, including price fixing.

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