Let's face it: In 2012, an ordinance against public profanity is like fining people for burping.
And it is about more than just firing the miscreants and fining the banks.
In the end, U.S. securities regulators may end up fining the exchange group 1% of that.
It seems to be more interested in compliance and getting behaviour change rather than fining drivers.
Similarly, the EPA seems to derive perverse pleasure from fining refiners for failing to use nonexistent fuels.
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But he added that fining people was a superficial solution and did not stand up to practical scrutiny.
And that does bother me: for we are seeing regulators of various types fining companies more money more often.
The NBA began fining players this year for trying to fool referees into calling fouls when there had been limited contact.
Last year Hazelton, a small Pennsylvania town, began fining landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and penalising employers for hiring them.
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti resigned after criticism for only suspending and fining the coach after the video was brought to his attention.
Prof Ken Reid, an adviser to the Welsh government on its truancy and behaviour policy, said fining parents was the wrong approach.
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Now, with Medicare fining facilities that don't reduce readmissions enough, the nation is at a crossroads as hospitals begin to take action.
The city will begin fining sellers for violating the ban in mid-June.
The European Court of Human Rights says France violated freedom of expression by fining a man for insulting former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
But other cellar treatments have less predictably happy results--fining and filtering, for example, which can strip away a wine's flavor at the last minute.
The administration is already fining employers in states that mandate E-Verify for technical violations of its regulations, which are costing employers thousands of dollars.
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"Eating shark's fin feels luxurious but I think fining is a cruel process so I think it's good that we find alternatives, " says 16-year-old Richard Loo.
Lionsgate is distributing the film but Hamm and Westfeldt decided to produce it independently which meant fining investors willing to take a chance on their film.
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In an update posted to the Library of Congress, we're told that the Republic of Belarus will begin fining citizens that host domestic sites on "foreign" domains.
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Or the commission could punish Boeing by fining any European airline that bought Boeing jets or by impounding new aircraft as they fly into Europe from Seattle.
Mr Lambourne said the airport's promise of reduced night-time flights and a fining system for aircraft which breached noise limits, offered as a response to the consultation, was "spin".
The players contend that the league is penalizing and fining them for dangerous hits while at the same time marketing the game as exciting in part because of those hits.
Fining the company, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis said that he took account of the change of ownership and of the steps taken since to improve health and safety at the Perthshire storage plant.
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Rice was fired by Pernetti on Wednesday, but the athletic director immediately came under criticism for only suspending and fining the coach after the video was brought to his attention four months ago.
U. for cartel activity in 1997, thinks fining a company like Microsoft 10% of its revenue does little to deter the individual managers who might be most responsible for scrupulous activity, punishing shareholders instead.
Blaenau Gwent was the first in Wales to use a private contractor to back up its policy of fining people who drop litter, or dog walkers who fail to pick up their pet's mess.
Linton organized a sting operation earlier this year by hiring an Uber vehicle and then fining the driver for multiple violations, including not disclosing an hourly rate before the ride starts as the law requires.
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Once in the winery, the grapes are fermented with the yeasts on their own skins and with as little manipulation as possible--no fining or filtration, or acidification or de-acidification, or added sugar to boost alcohol or machines to reduce it.
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