But recent push-back from groups like pizza companies raises important questions about the proper size and scope of such regulations.
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That position is supported strongly by the natural gas industry, which says that such regulations should remain at the state level.
Supporters say such regulations will cut pollution caused by burning fossil fuels.
Reforming such regulations, however, need not mean an end to social supports.
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But in the current climate there is also the danger that such regulations may be used in bigger economies to grab back power from the ECB.
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Still, such regulations can stop neither multinational companies, which may repatriate profits, nor determined wealthy individuals, who travel frequently, hold foreign bank accounts and run their own cross-border businesses.
As I pointed out in 2008, this renders such regulations toothless against the most likely source of anti-competitive conduct: cable companies throttling Internet service to preserve their paid television monopolies.
Such regulations should be efficient, the World Bank states, striking a balance between safeguarding some important aspects of the business environment and avoiding distortions that impose unreasonable costs on businesses.
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According to an analysis of the Federal Register by George Mason University's Mercatus Center, the Cabinet departments and agencies finalized 84 such regulations annually on average in President Obama's first two years.
The inference clearly being that those intent on wrongdoing are prepared to tolerate the high-sounding and well-meaning corporate governance restrictions only to the point where such regulations do not inhibit the making of a buck or the avoidance of a loss.
No deduction shall be allowed for amounts paid or accrued for such taxes and carrying charges as, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, are chargeable to capital account with respect to property, if the taxpayer elects, in accordance with such regulations, to treat such taxes or charges as so chargeable.
But simplifying the tax code will eliminate bureaucratic waste and huge costs that are currently spent to comply with such complicated regulations.
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Most surveys of this type simply analyze a variety of business-friendly factors such as regulations, hiring laws, and business-support services and seeing how each location ranked in each area.
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The managers of those businesses that have easily survived the tax code (as they perceive it) are more likely to complain about other things, such as regulations, if they complain at all.
To certify a client's conformity with regulations such as antitrust and environmental laws, they would have to be legal experts.
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Secular drivers such as environmental regulations and increasing product returns for companies entering the e-commerce segment will also support this growth.
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At once, then, it would be possible to oppose both the recent government bailouts and government regulations such as Sarkozy-style caps on executive salaries.
There is probably a role for a small, lean, efficient government agency dedicated to disaster relief, and in particular to provide temporary respite from federal regulations such as Davis-Bacon.
Indeed, as conventional trade barriers, such as tariffs and import quotas, have come down over the past half-century, others, such as discriminatory regulations, have sprung up to take their place.
Once that happened, a slave-holder could be prosecuted for a range of offences including false imprisonment, assault and, in more modern times, for breaching specific employment regulations such as health and safety.
Employment legislation has become more and more onerous as Labour has implemented new regulations such as the working time directive (from Europe), and new rights for consultation through works councils (again from Europe).
While Environmental Protection Agency clean air regulations such as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) can explain some of the future expected displacement of coal by natural gas, shale gas economics is a significant reason for the displacement.
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Other regulations such as the Check 21 Act which paved the way for paperless remote deposit of checks, and the JOBS Act crowd funding provision are examples of technologically and entrepreneurially progressive laws that create opportunities for entrepreneurs and tech companies.
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As a veteran in the automotive industry, Wind River is an expert in handling complex matters such as automotive regulations and combining the latest automotive innovations with integration services, life cycle support offerings, testing and validation, while working closely with a dynamic partner ecosystem to meet the needs of the automotive market.
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Add new regulations such as eCall in Europe for automatic emergency calling and the Contran resolution in Brazil requiring all vehicles to be fitted with an anti-theft tracking device to help reduce car thefts and lower car insurance rates, and you can see how all these scenarios offer ample opportunities within the industry.
China has been the victim of cyberattacks and "has laws and regulations prohibiting such actions, " the spokesman, Hong Lei, said at a regular news briefing.
Regulations for such deals were very strict, contemplates Friso Visser.
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Dressing is expensive because of the process time involved (up to two or three weeks) and the cost of complying with ever-tightening environmental regulations for such things as chemical disposal.
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