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US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok
US lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Senator Mark Warner, who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday.
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Trade Pact With European Union May Take Longer To Conclude: Piyush Goyal
Active negotiations for the FTAs (free trade agreements) are ongoing with two-three countries and the EU, Piyush Goyal said speaking at the Technotex event here organised by industry lobby Ficci.
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UK Opens Probe Into Former PM David Cameron's Lobbying Activities: Report
The British government has opened an official independently-run investigation into former Prime Minister David Cameron's lobbying activities for financier Lex Greensill, The Sun newspaper reported.
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Saudi-Backed Lobbyist Paid For 500 Rooms At Trump Hotel After 2016 Polls
Lobbyists representing the Saudi government reserved blocks of rooms at President Donald Trump's D.C. hotel within a month of Trump's election in 2016 - paying for an estimated 500 nights at the luxury hotel in just three months, according to organizers of the trips and documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Note Marked 'Secret' Faulted Bloomberg Charity For Anti-Tobacco Lobbying
India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to come under scrutiny.
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IT Industry Body Nasscom Steps Up US Lobbying On Visa Concerns
Indian IT industry body Nasscom paid a total amount of $1,50,000 (nearly Rs 1 crore) to its two registered lobbyists in the first quarter of 2017.
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South China Sea Tensions Scuttle Asia Defence Chiefs Statement: US
A meeting of Asia-Pacific defence ministers has scrapped plans for a joint declaration after the Chinese delegation lobbied to block mention of Beijing's island-building activities in the disputed South China Sea, a US defence official said today.
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Funds Could Face Market Curbs After Lobbying Backfires
A global G20 task force is rethinking its initial approach which involved targeting the biggest funds, and could opt for a more intrusive method that would affect more funds by limiting their market activities during periods of turbulence, the sources told Reuters.
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Softbank in Deal to Merge Sprint, T-Mobile: Report
SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son has been actively lobbying in Washington to win over regulators.
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After Walmart, Amazon lobbies in US for Indian FDI
After supermarket giant Walmart, it is online retail major Amazon which has begun lobbying with the US lawmakers to seek their support for facilitating its "foreign direct investment in India".
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Walmart case: Government mulls defining lobbying activities, says report
In the wake of a probe into Walmart's US lobbying efforts to enter Indian retail market remaining inconclusive, the government is now considering a possible framework to define 'lobbying' to differentiate between legitimate and illegitimate activities, according to experts.
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Tatas step up US lobbying on immigration, education issues
According to the latest Lobbying Disclosure Forms filed with the US Senate, Tata America International Corporation and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are among the entities whose lobbyists engaged in lobbying activities in the last quarter ended September 30, 2013.
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Cabinet to soon take up Mudgal probe report on Walmart
The Cabinet is expected to soon discuss the findings of Mudgal panel which probed allegations of lobbying activities by Walmart to enter the Indian market, as well as the pursuant Action Taken Report.
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Cabinet does not take up Mudgal probe report on WalMart: report
The Cabinet did not take up on Thursday the report of Justice Mukul Mudgal panel that looked into alleged lobbying activities by US retail giant WalMart for entering the Indian market.
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Government examining probe panel report on Walmart lobbying
The one-man probe committee headed by former Justice Mukul Mudgal was set up to look into lobbying activities in contravention of any Indian law and any other matter relevant to this issue by Walmart.
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US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok
US lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Senator Mark Warner, who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday.
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Trade Pact With European Union May Take Longer To Conclude: Piyush Goyal
Active negotiations for the FTAs (free trade agreements) are ongoing with two-three countries and the EU, Piyush Goyal said speaking at the Technotex event here organised by industry lobby Ficci.
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UK Opens Probe Into Former PM David Cameron's Lobbying Activities: Report
The British government has opened an official independently-run investigation into former Prime Minister David Cameron's lobbying activities for financier Lex Greensill, The Sun newspaper reported.
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Saudi-Backed Lobbyist Paid For 500 Rooms At Trump Hotel After 2016 Polls
Lobbyists representing the Saudi government reserved blocks of rooms at President Donald Trump's D.C. hotel within a month of Trump's election in 2016 - paying for an estimated 500 nights at the luxury hotel in just three months, according to organizers of the trips and documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Note Marked 'Secret' Faulted Bloomberg Charity For Anti-Tobacco Lobbying
India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to come under scrutiny.
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IT Industry Body Nasscom Steps Up US Lobbying On Visa Concerns
Indian IT industry body Nasscom paid a total amount of $1,50,000 (nearly Rs 1 crore) to its two registered lobbyists in the first quarter of 2017.
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South China Sea Tensions Scuttle Asia Defence Chiefs Statement: US
A meeting of Asia-Pacific defence ministers has scrapped plans for a joint declaration after the Chinese delegation lobbied to block mention of Beijing's island-building activities in the disputed South China Sea, a US defence official said today.
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Funds Could Face Market Curbs After Lobbying Backfires
A global G20 task force is rethinking its initial approach which involved targeting the biggest funds, and could opt for a more intrusive method that would affect more funds by limiting their market activities during periods of turbulence, the sources told Reuters.
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Softbank in Deal to Merge Sprint, T-Mobile: Report
SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son has been actively lobbying in Washington to win over regulators.
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After Walmart, Amazon lobbies in US for Indian FDI
After supermarket giant Walmart, it is online retail major Amazon which has begun lobbying with the US lawmakers to seek their support for facilitating its "foreign direct investment in India".
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Walmart case: Government mulls defining lobbying activities, says report
In the wake of a probe into Walmart's US lobbying efforts to enter Indian retail market remaining inconclusive, the government is now considering a possible framework to define 'lobbying' to differentiate between legitimate and illegitimate activities, according to experts.
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Tatas step up US lobbying on immigration, education issues
According to the latest Lobbying Disclosure Forms filed with the US Senate, Tata America International Corporation and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are among the entities whose lobbyists engaged in lobbying activities in the last quarter ended September 30, 2013.
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Cabinet to soon take up Mudgal probe report on Walmart
The Cabinet is expected to soon discuss the findings of Mudgal panel which probed allegations of lobbying activities by Walmart to enter the Indian market, as well as the pursuant Action Taken Report.
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Cabinet does not take up Mudgal probe report on WalMart: report
The Cabinet did not take up on Thursday the report of Justice Mukul Mudgal panel that looked into alleged lobbying activities by US retail giant WalMart for entering the Indian market.
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Government examining probe panel report on Walmart lobbying
The one-man probe committee headed by former Justice Mukul Mudgal was set up to look into lobbying activities in contravention of any Indian law and any other matter relevant to this issue by Walmart.
