Social media firms that ignore children's well-being may face regulation: U.K. health minister
Britain's health minister, Jeremy Hunt, threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people using their services. Hunt said the groups were "turning a blind eye" to the effect social media had on children's well-being — an ...
A Republican U.S. senator warned on Sunday that Facebook Inc. may need to be regulated to address concerns about the company's privacy and foreign propaganda scandals, saying they may be "too big" for the social media company to solve alone. "My biggest worry with all ...
Japan's financial regulator warns of 'problematic' investment vehicles
The nation's financial regulator is concerned that banks and securities companies are selling complex funds that charge high fees to individuals who may not understand the risks, and it is talking to the firms about whether the sales are appropriate. Funds that bundle investments in ...
The world's richer countries created their regulatory infrastructure over generations, during a time of little direct global competition. Emerging markets need to create theirs in a greatly compressed time frame to strengthen their growth capacity.
Nuclear energy industry needs 'major change' in safety: atomic think tank chief
Japan's utilities need a "major change" in their attitude toward nuclear safety in light of the Fukushima disaster, the head of Japan's new nuclear think tank said. George Apostolakis, a former commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, heads the private Nuclear Risk Research Center, ...
LDP mulls reversal on consumer lending; interest rates would soar to 29%
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may loosen restrictions imposed to block usury and coercive lending in the consumer finance industry.
The Abe administration decided Tuesday to consider taking steps to regulate bitcoin trading, if necessary, after obtaining more information about the digital currency. But the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not say whether it will immediately seek a legal system to regulate bitcoins, ...
What to do with banks that are 'too big to fail'?
The travails of JPMorgan Chase have reopened the debate about what to do with American and European banks that are "too big to fail." The result so far is an uneven playing field.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
The nuclear watchdog proposes requiring utilities to implement detailed measures to protect their atomic power plants from tsunami in a revision of current guidelines.
