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Thames Water Plugs Leaks to Win Project Backing: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Thames Water hopes to win backing for controversial infrastructure projects by cutting leakage from its ageing pipe network and encouraging water users in southeast England to use less through metering. The London-area water supplier, owned by a consortium led by Australia's...; Tags: Regulator, Regulations, Government, Meters, Oukbs, Thameswater; News items 2008-05-07
BHP Says Chinese Likely to Take Stake: BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers says Chinese interests will take a stake in the mining giant.The prediction comes as BHP Billiton says it is just "weeks" away from formally filing its $179 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto Ltd.The market was awash with rumours last month after an...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Regulator, European Union, BHP, Regulations, Corporate Law, Government, Business Operations, AAP; News items 2008-05-07
New Pension regulator Powers Could Hurt M&A: By Simon Challis LONDON (Reuters UK) - Proposals to beef up the powers of the pensions regulator to make companies put more money into their schemes could threaten M&A deals and even make firms think twice about refinancing, pension consultants argue. "This is dynamite. It could...; Tags: Regulator, M&A, Pension, Benefits, Regulations, Human Resources, Government, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-15
Thames Water Seen at Risk Due to High Debt: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Thames Water (MBL) is among a list of 11 debt-laden utilities at financial risk from the credit crisis, an investment bank has warned. The country's biggest water company, which has around 13 million customers in the greater London area, has debts of...; Tags: Bank, Regulator, Thames Water, Financial Services, Regulations, Government, Oukbs, Pound; News items 2008-04-21
What Power Consumers Want: Electric power distributors make huge infrastructure investments to improve their reliability - whether or not regulators require them to do so. But McKinsey research shows not only that much of this investment is ineffective but also that consumers in markets where power cuts are relatively rare - most developed countries,...; Tags: Regulations, McKinsey & Co., regulator; White papers

Power by the Minute: Can the electricity industry be deregulated and still avoid a California-style energy crisis? The best way to do so, argue the authors of this piece, would be for regulators to link electricity prices in retail and wholesale markets through "Dynamic Pricing," which lets utilities pass on to the consumer disparities...; Tags: Pricing, Regulations, McKinsey & Co., regulator, pricing strategy; White papers
Satisfying regulators, Delighting Investors: SAS Activity Based Management Delivers the Answers to MGTS: Like most telecom companies in Europe, the Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) operates within a strict regulatory framework where many tariffs are subject to approval by the regulator, while at the same time being subjected to the rigors of increased competition. The company wanted to strengthen profitability and competitiveness by...; Tags: Free trade, Pricing, Managerial accounting, tariff, activity-based management, SAS Institute, regulator, financial; Case studies
Some Pension Schemes Need More Regulation: By Simon Challis LONDON (Reuters UK) - The pensions watchdog needs to step up regulation of defined-contribution pension schemes and raise governance standards at many schemes, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday. The Pensions Regulator has so far made good progress in regulating defined-benefit pensions,...; Tags: Regulator, Pension, Scheme, Pensions Regulator, Regulations, Benefits, Government; News items 2008-04-24
Thames Water Fined For Poor Service: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Water company Thames Water said on Thursday it had been fined nearly 10 million pounds by regulator Ofwat for poor customer service and misreporting information. The company said the fine was revised down from an original penalty of 12.5 million pounds...; Tags: Pound, Regulator, Fine, Regulations, Government, Oukbs, Servotronics Inc.; News items 2008-04-17
Ambac May Need Capital: NY regulator: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state's top insurance regulator said on Thursday that bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc (ABK) may need more capital. "I think it's possible that they may need to raise additional capital," Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo said ...; Tags: Investment, Ambac Financial Group Inc., bond, MBIA Inc., mortgage-backed security, insurance company, insurance, municipal bond, Washington, Thomson Reuters Corp., TV, security; News items 2008-04-24
Pension regulator to Be Given New Powers: By Simon Challis LONDON (Reuters UK) - The pensions watchdog will have tougher powers under changes being proposed by the government to make firms put more into their pension schemes if it feels members' pensions are threatened. The extra powers are aimed at giving the Pensions...; Tags: Regulator, Pension, Power, Pension Scheme, Benefits, Government, Human Resources, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-14
Google Optimistic regulators Won't Bar Yahoo: Source: By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG) believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc (YHOO) because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking...; Tags: Business structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Channel management, SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Google AdSense, antitrust, regulator, partnership, merger, Internet search, U.S. Department of Justice, search engine, San Francisco, Internet search advertising, barrier, a; News items 2008-04-25
Basel Bank Watchdog Plans Crackdown on Risk: By Thomas Atkins ZURICH (Reuters) - The world's top bank regulator launched a crackdown on Wednesday in response to the global credit crunch, saying it aimed to raise the costs of complex debt securities and risky practices. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...; Tags: Financial services, Regulations, Investment, liquidity, bank, crackdown, banking, Zurich, loophole, regulator, regulation, asset, Britain, financial, arbitrage, financial system, Balanced Scorecard, supervisor, radar, Thomson Reuters Corp., insurance, security; News items 2008-04-16
regulator Settles With Ex-Fannie Mae Execs: By Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ex-Fannie Mae (FNM) chief Franklin Raines and two other former executives agreed to pay more than $31 million in a settlement over their roles in a 2004 accounting scandal at America's largest home financing agency, ...; Tags: Litigation, Investment, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, settlement, accounting, regulator, accountability, mortgage, stock option, stock, payment, attorney, CFO, America, insurance, government, agency, Thomson Reuters Corp., New York, ear; News items 2008-04-18
regulators May Have a Beef with JBS Deal: Plans by JBS SA, a major global meatpacker based in Brazil, to spend about $1.2 billion in cash and stock to acquire two U.S. beef businesses are so audacious that they seem almost intent on drawing the close attention of federal regulators The deals are almost certain...; Tags: Processor, Acquisition, Regulator, Target, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Regulations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Government, Dan Mitchell; Blog posts 2008-03-12
regulators May Have a Beef with JBS Deal: Plans by JBS SA, a major global meatpacker based in Brazil, to spend about $1.2 billion in cash and stock to acquire two U.S. beef businesses are so audacious that they seem almost intent on drawing the close attention of federal regulators The deals are almost...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Regulations, Dan Mitchell, JBS SA; Blog posts 2008-03-12
Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing In The Shadow Of The regulator: As part of a trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this paper, we examine how regulatory enforcement activities influence organizations' decisions to self-police. We created a comprehensive dataset...; Tags: Regulations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, regulator, regulatory compliance, U.S., monitor, industry; White papers 2007-06-28
Finite Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Will Concern in the United States Shape the Global Debate?: The investigations of several reinsurance contracts characterized as nontraditional or finite by various regulators inside the United States have demonstrated increasing concerns over the potential misuse of finite reinsurance. The regulators' primary concern is that insurers are using finite reinsurance as a method of concealing their true financial results from...; Tags: Insurance, Guy Carpenter & Co., reinsurance, regulator, International Financial Reporting Standards, U.S., agency, environment, financial; White papers 2005-09-01
Leadership and the Independent regulator: Being a utility regulator is has perils because the independence of the regulator necessarily removes power from politicians, operators, and others. Furthermore, regulators are sometimes scapegoats for unpopular policies and unavoidably become involved in shaping the policies that they are supposed to implement. As a result of such frictions, regulators...; Tags: Regulations, University of Florida, regulator, leadership, environment, game; White papers 2005-06-21
Avoiding The regulator's Red Flag On Outsourcing: Outsourcing can be an extremely effective means of reducing costs while at the same time maintaining - or even improving - standards of service. However, regulators are increasingly recognizing the risks of outsourcing and will take action to protect customers. The primary requirement from a regulatory and corporate governance perspective...; Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., outsourcing, regulator, risk, corporate governance, outsource; White papers 2004-11-01