Well, maybe, but he broke his vow of ethical chastity, and placed the 80-year-old Buffett and Berkshire in the hot-seat of regulatory focus.
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The discussion is a financial-industry echo chamber at times, as insiders focus on regulatory minutiae.
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Regulatory agencies need to focus on farms in order to have a major impact on food safety, Doyle said.
Its focus on regulatory reform and harnessing federal lands and offshore areas to produce more traditional energy underscore this fact.
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Private sector resources could be better allocated to address specific problem areas while public sector stewards might likewise focus their regulatory attentions more efficiently.
Additionally, an away account in the name of a registered person or one in which that individual has a beneficial interest is a frequent focus of regulatory concern.
Rolf Ziesing, Westinghouse's director of nuclear licensing, said the shield building design "was the focus of intense regulatory review" and improvements were made as a result of concerns expressed by critics.
With its sales in the atomic-power sector falling by a third since the Fukushima accident, India "would be a major focus of business if regulatory clearance is given by the government, " a spokesman said.
Both Benanke and Volcker say that instead of re-arranging the regulatory deck chairs, Congress should focus on plugging the gaps in existing regulations, such as establishing a process for officials to unwind faltering non-bank financial firms.
One solution is simple: Lessen the temptation by removing some, or all, of the regulatory powers from exchanges, freeing them to focus on profits, like any other company.
The FSA is advising consumers who feel they were mis-sold to complain to the firm responsible adding: "Our work now will focus on identifying and taking appropriate regulatory action against anyone found responsible for failing to meet regulatory standards" .
The adoption of a regulatory and supervisory approach with a heavier macroprudential focus has a strong rationale, but we should be careful about over-promising, as we are still rather far from having the capacity to implement such an approach in a thoroughgoing way.
"This new agreement allows LightSquared an opportunity to focus its efforts on obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals to begin building the nation's first, coast-to-coast wireless broadband system, " said Doug Smith, LightSquared's interim chief operating officer and chief network officer.
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Rather, we will continue to focus on building robust and reliable legal and regulatory frameworks.
The main areas of focus included business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.
Given our due diligence to date, we anticipate that the remaining due diligence would focus on key business, accounting, legal and regulatory matters and could be completed quickly, assuming full cooperation of Dell and its advisors.
Many brilliant accountants, lawyers and scientists focus not on devising superior products, but navigating Byzantine regulatory mazes.
"This is definitely an area of focus for us, " said a spokesman for the regulatory arm of the Big Board.
Due to regulatory and liability pressures, it is important for chemicals companies to focus on managing the risk of making and shipping hazardous materials.
It seems to me that energy policy should focus on the environmental consequences of the former and the regulatory issues that inhibit the latter.
Initially the focus was primarily on executive compensation (largely in response to legislative and regulatory demands).
Both parties purport to focus on jobs but sift our time, energy and resources through a regulatory sieve.
The chemicals industry has historically operated under high levels of market competition and regulatory scrutiny with the result that chemicals companies typically have for many years maintained a sharp focus on operational risk.
Underwhelming investors, U.S. Treasury Secretary announced on Thursday a series of planned regulatory moves to right the wrongs that led to the current economic malaise, with a focus on revamping mortgage and credit regulations.
Corporate and political leaders should keep three main things in mind, says Michael Robinson, chair of the corporate and regulatory practice at Levick Strategic Communications, in Washington: Immediacy, full-throatedness and a focus on the future.
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