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(Crain’s) — Although there are plenty of great reasons to run a small business in New York City, let’s face it: A business-friendly government is not one of them. The city’s reputation for creating a Kafka-esque regulatory environment for small businesses dates to the World War II era. In regulation, as in most things, the city […]
(Crain’s) — As construction work neared completion on the Harlem Masters barbershop two years ago, the contractor told owner Timothy Greene that, according to the city building code, he would have to leave some plumbing and electrical work temporarily exposed. That way, the building inspectors could see that it had been done properly. But when the […]
(FT.com) — European countries led by France and Germany plan to push through controversial hedge fund regulations next week after turning down British pleas to defer a vote in Brussels. The refusal by Paris and Berlin to delay a decision on the new rules, which are opposed by the UK, has set up a bruising […]
(LATimes) — A battle is about to erupt between federal regulators and telecom companies, and nothing less than the future of the Internet could be on the line. At issue is a seemingly benign question: Is the Net an information service or a telecommunication service? As it stands, high-speed Internet service is classified by the […]
Stop me if you've heard this before...a government agency apparently comes up short in meeting their responsibilities and the knee-jerk reaction is more money and more authority