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An executive with a medium-sized state-owned bank said he saw no evidence of any relaxation in the clampdown.

The law-and-order clampdown that was at the heart of his victory in last April's general election is in trouble on two fronts.

That's when entities like Koryo, that are not propagandists or advocates for the North's political system, get swept up in the clampdown.

"Nobody can be confident in this market over the short term when there's a clampdown like this going on, " Mr Howie says.

Chinese firms listed in the U. S. have made headlines in recent months amid allegations of fraud and a clampdown by regulators.

By contrast, banks that focus on traditional lending are likely to be less affected by much of the regulatory clampdown, the report says.

If the perception takes hold of a clampdown on foreign coverage of the disaster and its aftermath, China could start to lose sympathy.

Another is the unpredictable nature of policymaking (as shown by Germany's unilateral clampdown on short sales last week).

But this clampdown seems to have been mild.

The clampdown is part of an aggressive push by the Wall Street bank to reduce administration and non-payroll expenses.

Reform is certainly needed, yet, for all the excesses and instability of finance, a complete clampdown would be a mistake.

The position is reminiscent of his threat to walk away from the London summit in April unless the G20 agreed to a clampdown on tax havens.

Given the scale of its government-directed lending binge, China's economy is vulnerable to a sudden clampdown by bureaucrats.

Yet even though a third of the apartments were still unsold, there have been no buyers since the government announced its April clampdown.

Following the military coup, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.

A clampdown on unproven and potentially unsafe stem cell research is being called for by an expert group.

Instead, banks will likely bear the brunt through increased reserve requirements and a prolonged clampdown on lending.

Yet, as Dragonomics argued last week, Beijing appears pretty determined to follow through in its latest property clampdown.

A savage clampdown on the US consumer might have thrown the world into recession.

The regime tried to fudge the election results. Protests and an attempted clampdown in the capital, Addis Ababa, followed.

In reality, this unprecedented clampdown is unlikely to help Beijing's damage-control efforts.

The security clampdown for the Olympics has actually added to the party atmosphere in Beijing village, in the north of Hebei province.

That will mean not just a budgetary clampdown but also a rise in the base rate from its emergency low.

Justice is served, more than two years after the nationwide clampdown on gambling and match-fixing.

Yet some analysts believe Beijing is using the security threat as cover for a clampdown on a broad range of other groups.

The Chinese government has multiple motives for imposing such a radical clampdown.

It will take more than a dubious target dubiously implemented to convince sceptics that Beijing is really serious about a clampdown.

But provincial leaders are expected to interpret this as a clampdown, doing whatever is needed.

He has promised a clampdown on big businesses, which he says exploit government complacency to evade taxes.

That may be less true since the global security clampdown that followed the attacks on the US on September 11 2001, says Mr Kingston.

The second way in which the permanent bureaucracy could be emboldened is by a mooted clampdown on lobbyists.

China's clampdown on the free flow of information has often smacked of protectionism.

The government is set to outlaw credit card cheques in a major clampdown on high-risk lending to be outlined later today.

Near where he stands, the charred remains of a small rare earths pit are witness to the clampdown.

The case is the first of its kind in Britain and could pave the way for the biggest clampdown on online piracy yet.

The aim of such behaviour is presumably to convince regulators to focus the coming clampdown on the weakest banks.

Cubans rely on the grey economy and some worry how far such a clampdown might go.

A clampdown on a prominent web firm could startle investors and prompt a broader sell-off, as could a financial scandal.

Paradoxically, our era of close international integration has prompted a clampdown on immigration.

If the multilateral clampdown on tax havens is a yardstick, the bonus bandwagon could gain further momentum.

A clampdown on tax-dodging includes new information-sharing agreements with Belize, Dominica and Grenada.

Dozens of Chinese lawyers, activists, and others disappeared or were detained by authorities in the clampdown.

More generally, the global clampdown on tax evasion requires Swiss private banks to reinvent themselves.

European governments have announced a clampdown on using derivatives to bet against sovereign debt.

A clampdown is coming in credit derivatives; America's Department of Justice has joined those probing that market.

Many analysts say the clampdown is intended to silence debate before a Communist Party congress in January.

The clampdown makes it extremely difficult to gauge the sect's continuing support in China, but the anniversary will be a test of it.

Tourism, a pillar of the Tibetan economy, has been devastated by the clampdown .

Finally, a clampdown on tax evasion has also to be enforced.

But the full impact of Beijing's planned clampdown remains to be seen.

In January, Guangdong's government announced a clampdown on old and polluting factories.

Even with a welfare clampdown of this magnitude, another 3. 6% of GDP will be needed.

Despite a clampdown, corruption remains a formidable problem.

Housing prices soared days after it eased its property clampdown at the time.

The countries shall strengthen clampdown on gunrunning.

But in his previous job as budget minister, he led a high-profile clampdown on tax evasion.

The clampdown on loans made off the books or outside the banking system remains in force.

He also announced a clampdown on illegal Roma camps, and the expulsion of illegal Roma immigrants.

The timing of the clampdown is not accidental.

There is little sign that Mr Hu is planning to extend this campaign into that kind of general clampdown on liberal thinking.

Both the acceleration and the subsequent clampdown were directed from the centre.

At the time, Mr Woerth was budget minister and led a clampdown on tax evasion.

A clampdown on deficits would intensify the deflationary forces in the economy and would lead to a new and more intense recession.

So, it isn't just the holier-than-highbrow who should be envious of China's clampdown.

An oil shock or political turmoil could easily bring a cultural clampdown.

He is seeking a system of global financial regulation, including a clampdown on traders, speculation and tax havens.

The more entrenched the recovery, the earlier a fiscal clampdown can begin.

If today's pattern holds, a pre-Olympic clampdown in the weeks and months before the Games is likely.

The findings were expected to fuel fierce debate in the US and add support to the government's clampdown on bonuses.

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The other big question is the effect of so severe a fiscal clampdown on the economy.

but even though there is a growing push for a clampdown , the resistance to change is strong.

But that was before the latest satellite clampdown.

The government said late last year that nearly 800 people had been arrested in a clampdown on fake drugs and unsafe food.

The effect of this kind of clampdown has been to hurt a fledgling financial sector and dampen enthusiasm for financial innovation.

A spate of other arrests last year suggests a wider clampdown.

The clampdown has worked: last year only 26, 000 applications were made.

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others say the clampdown started after the Beslan school siege in September 2004;