Tag: inquiry

  • Aged care royal commission: Oakden whistleblower fronts inquiry

    Aged care royal commission: Oakden whistleblower fronts inquiry

    [ad_1] The woman who blew the whistle on widespread abuse of dementia patients at Adelaide’s infamous Oakden nursing home has urged the royal commission into aged care to use the evidence it hears to fix the broken system. Barb Spriggs, whose husband Bob died in 2016 after being mistreated and overmedicated at Oakden, appeared as…

  • Australia’s bruised big banks offered respite in inquiry wash-up

    Australia’s bruised big banks offered respite in inquiry wash-up

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – After a year of bruising interrogation, Australia’s oligopoly banking system has emerged from a government-appointed inquiry with reputations tarnished and some top executives removed – but also an unexpected opportunity to rebuild. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian is reflected in the window of a branch of the Australia and New Zealand Banking…

  • Elizabeth Wettlaufer confession to smothering a patient kept secret during inquiry

    Elizabeth Wettlaufer confession to smothering a patient kept secret during inquiry

    [ad_1] Ontario prosecutors knew serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer had committed a second additional crime against a patient in her care, but appear to have kept it secret from the public and a multimillion-dollar inquiry looking into why the former nurse’s crimes against patients went undetected for so long. CBC News has learned that police determined Wettlaufer used…

  • Australia bank inquiry does not recommend individual criminal charges

    Australia bank inquiry does not recommend individual criminal charges

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – A powerful public inquiry into Australia’s finance industry referred 24 instances of bad corporate behavior to regulators for possible prosecution but did not suggest any individuals be criminally prosecuted in its final report released on Monday. The behavior included the widespread charging of fees for services not rendered. The inquiry’s recommendations…

  • Australian Treasurer says bank inquiry to end industry uncertainty

    Australian Treasurer says bank inquiry to end industry uncertainty

    [ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The new Treasurer Josh Frydenberg attends the swearing-in ceremony in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Monday said the final report of a wide-scale inquiry into the banking system would end uncertainty hanging over an industry that was “a key artery” of the…

  • Australia to overhaul regulators after landmark banking inquiry

    Australia to overhaul regulators after landmark banking inquiry

    [ad_1] Australia’s corporate regulators will be subjected to a new oversight body in a shake-up of the banking sector designed to combat the excessive greed and unethical practices that have engulfed some of the country’s biggest financial institutions. FILE PHOTO: A combination of photographs shows people using automated teller machines (ATMs) at Australia’s “Big Four”…

  • Public inquiry knew serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed to more crimes

    Public inquiry knew serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed to more crimes

    [ad_1] The lead lawyer for the public inquiry into how former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s attacks on patients went undetected for so long, now concedes the inquiry has known for a year that the serial killer made more confessions. Mark Zigler, the inquiry’s lead co-counsel, issued the statement Thursday night after CBC News reported that Wettlaufer made more confessions…

  • Tech companies didn’t provide enough data to Senate Russia inquiry

    Tech companies didn’t provide enough data to Senate Russia inquiry

    [ad_1] Tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter did “the bare minimum” to comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian misinformation on their platforms, according to two new third-party reports compiled for the committee. The reports were released Monday. The reports, commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, were conducted by…

  • IOC inquiry leaves amateur boxing federation’s Olympic future in doubt

    IOC inquiry leaves amateur boxing federation’s Olympic future in doubt

    [ad_1] The International Olympic Committee ordered an inquiry Friday into the amateur boxing federation, which elected an alleged heroin trafficker as president four weeks ago. The IOC said AIBA cannot contact organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the inquiry. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the inquiry into finance, governance and ethics by a three-member…

  • Australia’s bank chiefs to face the music as misconduct inquiry wraps up

    Australia’s bank chiefs to face the music as misconduct inquiry wraps up

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – The CEOs of Australia’s top banks and wealth manager will testify at a public inquiry into financial-sector misconduct in two weeks of hearings starting on Monday, in the final stages of a year-long process that looks set to transform the industry. FILE PHOTO: A Commonwealth Bank of Australia logo adorns the…

  • Snapchat Parent Hands Over Data for US Inquiry

    Snapchat Parent Hands Over Data for US Inquiry

    [ad_1] Snapchat’s parent company Snap said Wednesday US officials are looking into how forthright the company was with aspiring investors prior to its stock market debut last year. Snap has been responding to subpoenas and request for information from the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, a spokesperson said in response to an…

  • German prosecutors search BlackRock in dividend-stripping inquiry: source

    German prosecutors search BlackRock in dividend-stripping inquiry: source

    [ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Prosecutors searched the Munich offices of BlackRock (BLK.N) on Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as part of the country’s largest post-war fraud investigation. FILE PHOTO: A sign for BlackRock Inc hangs above their building in New York U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo The practice being…

  • Cellphone retailers fail mystery shopping test, researchers plan to tell CRTC inquiry

    Cellphone retailers fail mystery shopping test, researchers plan to tell CRTC inquiry

    [ad_1] When Sean Grassie​, Kristianne Anor and Tara Hristov headed to cellphone retailers in the Ottawa area recently, they weren’t your average customers looking for a cellphone plan — they were University of Ottawa law students, on assignment as mystery shoppers. Their mission? To test the consumer experience at the cellphone counter. The students and the team’s co-leader will present their “frustrating”…

  • Brazil Opens Public Inquiry Into Homophobic, Misogynistic Steam Game That Features Far-Right Election Candidate Jair Bolsonaro

    Brazil Opens Public Inquiry Into Homophobic, Misogynistic Steam Game That Features Far-Right Election Candidate Jair Bolsonaro

    [ad_1] Brazil has opened a public inquiry into a controversial Steam game called Bolsomito 2k18 over concerns of homophobia, misogyny, racism, and destabilisation of the ongoing 2018 elections in the South American country. The game is titled after far-right, controversial politician Jair Bolsonaro, who is poised to win the Presidency after leading in the first…

  • Danske CFO says U.S. inquiry differs from one that shut Latvia’s ABLV

    Danske CFO says U.S. inquiry differs from one that shut Latvia’s ABLV

    [ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The involvement of U.S. authorities in an inquiry into alleged money laundering at Danske Bank is very different to the case of Latvia’s ABLV, the Danish bank’s interim chief financial officer Morten Mosegaard told Reuters on Friday. A general view of the Danske Bank in Copenhagen, Denmark September 25, 2018. Ritzau…

  • Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors

    Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors

    [ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) deepening money laundering scandal dragged its shares to a four-year low on Friday as Denmark’s biggest bank sought to calm investors over the impact of a U.S. criminal investigation into its Estonian branch. General view of the Danske Bank building in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen…

  • Danske Bank faces U.S. criminal inquiry over suspicious Estonian accounts

    Danske Bank faces U.S. criminal inquiry over suspicious Estonian accounts

    [ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over a 200 billion euro ($230 billion) money laundering scandal involving its Estonian branch, confirming long-held investor fears. FILE PHOTO: General view of the Danske Bank building in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo Denmark’s largest bank…

  • Kavanaugh hearing LATEST: Donald Trump orders FBI INQUIRY following crunch Senate vote | World | News

    Kavanaugh hearing LATEST: Donald Trump orders FBI INQUIRY following crunch Senate vote | World | News

    [ad_1] The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee approved Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination following extensive hearings from the nominee and his accuser Dr Christine Blasey Ford, sending it to a full Senate vote. The deciding vote was cast by moderate Republican Senator Jeff Flake, who requested that President Trump pursue an official FBI investigation into the allegations made…

  • British inquiry intensifies Danske Bank money laundering scandal

    British inquiry intensifies Danske Bank money laundering scandal

    [ad_1] COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) money laundering scandal spread on Friday to Britain where the National Crime Agency (NCA) said it is investigating the use of UK-registered companies. Concern about the extent of possible money laundering involving Danske Bank’s Estonian branch is mounting and European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager joined a growing…

  • British inquiry widens Danske Bank money laundering scandal

    British inquiry widens Danske Bank money laundering scandal

    [ad_1] COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) money laundering scandal spread to Britain on Friday as the National Crime Agency (NCA) said it is investigating the use of UK-registered companies. Thomas Borgen, resigned CEO of Danske Bank before the press conference about the money laundering scandal in the bank in Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen,…

  • Danske Bank CEO resigns over $300B money-laundering inquiry

    Danske Bank CEO resigns over $300B money-laundering inquiry

    [ad_1] Danske Bank chief executive Thomas Borgen has quit following an investigation into payments totalling some 200 billion euros ($302 billion) through its Estonian branch, with the Danish bank saying many of them were suspicious. “It is clear that Danske Bank has failed to live up to its responsibility in the case of possible money…

  • Google’s China plan spurs inquiry from U.S. lawmakers, staff departures

    Google’s China plan spurs inquiry from U.S. lawmakers, staff departures

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Thursday if it would comply with China’s internet censorship and surveillance policies should it re-enter the Chinese search engine market. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France,…

  • Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up until September with details about killer nurse’s time in home care

    Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up until September with details about killer nurse’s time in home care

    [ad_1] The Wettlaufer inquiry wrapped up Thursday for a summer hiatus with more details of the killer nurse’s brief time working in home health care.  As a nurse with St. Elizabeth Home Health Care, serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer administered a deadly dose of insulin to her patient Beverly Bertam — who narrowly survived. That insulin dose was stolen from another…

  • Care-home overseers unable to detect ‘wilfully hidden’ crimes, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    Care-home overseers unable to detect ‘wilfully hidden’ crimes, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    [ad_1] The offices charged with inspecting Ontario’s long-term care homes do not have the manpower to conduct inspections “in a timely manner,” according to the manager of compliance inspection at the Hamilton Service Area Office during testimony at the Wettlaufer inquiry on Tuesday.  Karin Fairchild said care homes, nurses and the public have a number of ways to report…

  • Goldman Sachs under U.S. scrutiny in Malaysian fraud inquiry: NYT

    Goldman Sachs under U.S. scrutiny in Malaysian fraud inquiry: NYT

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors drafted a criminal complaint against a former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker early this year for his alleged role in a Malaysian fraud, but the charges were never filed because of a Justice Department turf battle, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. A sign is displayed in the reception of…

  • London, Ont., nursing home had multiple problems with neglect and medication, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    London, Ont., nursing home had multiple problems with neglect and medication, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    [ad_1] Provincial long-term care inspectors found immediate problems with how a London, Ont., nursing home stored, administrated and disposed of medication, the Wettlaufer inquiry heard Thursday.  When she went into Meadow Park Long-Term Care two days after finding out nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer had confessed to killing resident Arpad Horvath, 75, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care…

  • Health Ministry inspections couldn’t have stopped serial killer, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    Health Ministry inspections couldn’t have stopped serial killer, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    [ad_1] An Ontario Health Ministry inspector who makes sure nursing homes are safe for residents doesn’t think the provincial inspection process could have prevented the “evil” that serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer brought into long-term care homes, an inquiry heard Wednesday.  It could have happened anywhere, in any home,” Rhonda Kukoly testified at the long-term care inquiry at…

  • Serial killer’s confession prompted immediate nursing home inspections, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    Serial killer’s confession prompted immediate nursing home inspections, Wettlaufer inquiry hears

    [ad_1] Ontario government inspectors were dispatched to the three nursing homes where Elizabeth Wettlaufer worked after she checked herself into a psychiatric facility and confessed to killing eight patients, the inquiry into long-term care in the province heard Monday.  Karen Simpson, who was director of the long-term care inspections branch with Ontario’s Ministry of Health…

  • Director who oversaw nursing home inspectors testifying at Wettlaufer inquiry

    Director who oversaw nursing home inspectors testifying at Wettlaufer inquiry

    [ad_1] Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care inspectors who investigated the facilities where disgraced nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed residents are expected to testify at the public inquiry in St. Thomas this week.  Karen Simpson, who until recently was the director of the long-term care inspections branch with the ministry, is the first to testify.…

  • ER doc who treated 1 of Wettlaufer’s victims testifies at inquiry

    ER doc who treated 1 of Wettlaufer’s victims testifies at inquiry

    [ad_1] An emergency room doctor thought a coroner should investigate an elderly woman’s death because he thought it was likely caused by a medication error, the Wettlaufer inquiry heard Wednesday. Dr. Elizabeth Urbantke said she was concerned when Maureen Pickering, 79, was admitted to Woodstock General Hospital with severe hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, in March 2014.…

  • Chief Minister Michael Gunner says inquiry into Australia’s population growth should look at ways to shift people to Northern Australia

    Chief Minister Michael Gunner says inquiry into Australia’s population growth should look at ways to shift people to Northern Australia

    [ad_1] CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has welcomed a proposed inquiry into Australia’s population growth saying more should be done to encourage people to move North. Western Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urging a 12-month probe into population and migration, as infrastructure in southern cities struggles to keep pace…

  • Public inquiry to hear from Wettlaufer’s last employer before confession

    Public inquiry to hear from Wettlaufer’s last employer before confession

    [ad_1] It was the final straw for Elizabeth Wettlaufer — when she was asked to work with diabetic children, she didn’t trust herself, so she quit.  That was in 2016, while she was working with St. Elizabeth Home Health Care in Ontario’s Oxford County, according to her confession to police. Today, at the public inquiry into how she was…

  • Union under fire at Wettlaufer inquiry for defending problem nurse

    Union under fire at Wettlaufer inquiry for defending problem nurse

    [ad_1] Within hours of finding out Elizabeth Wettlaufer was suspended for making a medication error, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) filed a grievance on her behalf, a public inquiry heard Thursday.  There was no investigation about why Wettlaufer was being suspended or whether she had put patients at the Caressant Care nursing home in Woodstock, Ont.,…

  • Nurses’ union to face public inquiry grilling about Wettlaufer’s termination deal

    Nurses’ union to face public inquiry grilling about Wettlaufer’s termination deal

    [ad_1] The Ontario Nurses’ Association wanted a nurse fired for making multiple medication errors to get $10,000 and a “positive” letter of reference about her skills, the Wettlaufer inquiry heard yesterday.  Today, the inquiry will hear from Jill Allingham, the ONA labour relations officer who made that request.  The ONA was negotiating on behalf of Elizabeth Wettlaufer,…

  • Nurses union didn’t disclose Wettlaufer documents, public inquiry

    Nurses union didn’t disclose Wettlaufer documents, public inquiry

    [ad_1] The Ontario Nurses Association didn’t disclose key documents from its defence of Elizabeth Wettlaufer when she was fired from her job at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont., in 2014.   The union dropped the bombshell on Monday during the third week of the public inquiry into long-term care in Ontario.  “When she was first arrested, the union…

  • Former colleagues at public inquiry recount work life with nurse Wettlaufer

    Former colleagues at public inquiry recount work life with nurse Wettlaufer

    [ad_1] She used unsterile equipment to treat a patient.  She used inappropriate language with co-workers and residents of the nursing home where she worked.  She took great interest in palliative care cases and was overheard whispering “it’s OK to die” to an elderly patient. That prompted one co-worker to call her an “angel of death.”   Former colleagues of Woodstock,…

  • Wettlaufer was called ‘angel of death’ by colleague, public inquiry hears

    Wettlaufer was called ‘angel of death’ by colleague, public inquiry hears

    [ad_1] Elizabeth Wettlaufer was referred to as an “angel of death’ while she worked at a Woodstock, Ont., nursing home, a former colleague told a public inquiry on Wednesday.  “Bethe would spend a lot of time with palliative patients, and someone overheard her telling a patient, ‘It’s OK to die,’” nurse Karen Routledge said.  “I didn’t think that…

  • Caressant Care nurses expected to testify at Wettlaufer inquiry

    Caressant Care nurses expected to testify at Wettlaufer inquiry

    [ad_1] Two registered nurses at the Caressant Care nursing home in Woodstock, Ont. are expected to testify this week at the public inquiry into how nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was able to kill eight patients in southwestern Ontario and remain undetected for years. Previous testimony revealed that several of Wettlaufer’s colleagues at Caressant Care were concerned about her behaviour,…

  • Nursing home supervisor under scrutiny again at Wettlaufer inquiry

    Nursing home supervisor under scrutiny again at Wettlaufer inquiry

    [ad_1] The administrator of a Woodstock, Ont., nursing home where nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed seven patients will testify again today at a public inquiry into long-term care that began this week. Brenda Van Quaethem said Wednesday that Wettlafuer was friendly but also often late, took long breaks and made multiple medication errors.  But it was cheaper to give Wettlaufer…

  • Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s colleagues sounded alarm back in 2012, inquiry hears

    Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s colleagues sounded alarm back in 2012, inquiry hears

    [ad_1] Ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was the frequent subject of complaints from her colleagues at Caressant Care Home, in Woodstock, Ont., former administrator Brenda Van Quathem testified today at the Elgin County Courthouse. Van Quathem was the first to testify on the second day of a public inquiry into how Wettlaufer was able to kill eight nursing home patients and attempt…

  • Wettlaufer inquiry puts nursing homes under the spotlight

    Wettlaufer inquiry puts nursing homes under the spotlight

    [ad_1] The judge heading the inquiry into the actions of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who admitted to killing nursing home patients over a period of years, today started nine weeks of public hearings by saying they are about re-establishing trust in a system that failed Ontarians. Justice Eileen Gillese, facing a room full of the victims’ family members, health-care administrators…

  • Many Grenfell Tower residents told to ‘stay put’ didn’t survive fire, inquiry told

    Many Grenfell Tower residents told to ‘stay put’ didn’t survive fire, inquiry told

    [ad_1] Residents of London’s Grenfell Tower highrise were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the building, aided by flammable external cladding and a host of fire-safety failings, an expert report said Monday. Fire-safety engineer Barbara Lane said the fire department’s “stay put” policy had “effectively failed” barely a half-hour after…

  • Chris Caserta stewards inquiry after positive test to banned substance

    Chris Caserta stewards inquiry after positive test to banned substance

    [ad_1] APPRENTICE jockey Chris Caserta will front a stewards inquiry at Racing Victoria headquarters on Wednesday after testing positive to a banned substance. Caserta, who has been stood down from all riding and horse handling duties since May 16, failed a test taken at Cranbourne trials on May 7. GOLD MEDALS EYES ANOTHER BIG JUMPS…

  • ANZ scraps sales bonuses for financial planners as inquiry shakes up sector

    ANZ scraps sales bonuses for financial planners as inquiry shakes up sector

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ.AX) said it would stop paying financial planners bonuses for selling its products, the first of the country’s top lenders to change business practices amid a powerful inquiry into misconduct in the sector. FILE PHOTO: An ANZ bank logo is pictured in Sydney, Australia…

  • Australia vows crackdown on corporate misconduct as bank inquiry claims AMP scalp

    Australia vows crackdown on corporate misconduct as bank inquiry claims AMP scalp

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian inquiry into financial sector misconduct claimed its first scalp on Friday as the chief executive of the country’s largest wealth manager stepped down over revelations of board-level deception and misappropriation of funds. FILE PHOTO: Craig Meller, the CEO of AMP, briefs the media on the company’s full year results…

  • Kraken cryptocurrency exchange says it will not comply with New York inquiry

    Kraken cryptocurrency exchange says it will not comply with New York inquiry

    [ad_1] The head of one major cryptocurrency exchange will not comply with the New York Attorney General’s request for information. “The resource diversion for this production is massive. This is going to completely blow up our roadmap!” Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell said in a statement he shared via Twitter on Wednesday. “Then I…

  • Lost home, fees for the dead – Australia banking inquiry hears testimony

    Lost home, fees for the dead – Australia banking inquiry hears testimony

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian inquiry into the financial services sector heard tearful testimony on Thursday from a nurse who lost her home after taking advice from a major lender, and that the country’s biggest bank knowingly charged dead clients for counsel. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past a Westpac Bank branch in central…

  • Australia’s AMP misled corporate watchdog for almost a decade: inquiry hears

    Australia’s AMP misled corporate watchdog for almost a decade: inquiry hears

    [ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s largest wealth manager AMP Ltd (AMP.AX) lied to the country’s corporate watchdog for almost a decade to cover its widespread practice of charging customers for services it did not provide, an inquiry heard on Tuesday. The logo of AMP Ltd, Australia’s biggest retail wealth manager, adorns their head office located…

  • Britain says Russian proposal for joint inquiry into ex-spy’s poisoning is ‘perverse’

    Britain says Russian proposal for joint inquiry into ex-spy’s poisoning is ‘perverse’

    [ad_1] Russia’s proposal for a joint inquiry into the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in England is “perverse,” Britain’s delegation at the global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday during an emergency meeting requested by Moscow. Moscow convened the watchdog’s decision-making executive to counter accusations by Britain that it was behind the March 4 poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with…

  • Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC sheds $1,000 as MPs launch cryptocurrency inquiry | City & Business | Finance

    Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC sheds $1,000 as MPs launch cryptocurrency inquiry | City & Business | Finance

    [ad_1] 8.00am MORNING HEADLINES Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of all things cryptocurrency, including price, regulation, innovation and financial crime. Bitcoin has fallen overnight to $10,627, a sharp drop on the $11,714 high it reached on Tuesday. The news comes as MPs launch an inquiry into cryptocurrencies and the technology behind them. Nicky Morgan,…

  • British lawmakers are launching an inquiry into cryptocurrencies

    British lawmakers are launching an inquiry into cryptocurrencies

    [ad_1] Britain’s cross-party Treasury Select Committee of lawmakers on Thursday said it is launching an inquiry into digital currencies, as well as the underlying distributed ledger technology. The probe will focus on the opportunities and risks posed to consumers, businesses and the government by the rising popularity of cryptocurrencies, the committee said in a statement.…

  • CRTC rejects call for public inquiry into aggressive telecom sales practices – Business

    CRTC rejects call for public inquiry into aggressive telecom sales practices – Business

    [ad_1] A consumer group is protesting the CRTC’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into numerous claims of aggressive and misleading sales practices by some of Canada’s major telecoms. The telecom regulator says there’s no need for an inquiry. But the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a non-profit agency based in Ottawa, says the decision hurts consumers. “CRTC…