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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Hailo didn't last long (" Hailo Shuts Down: How Taxi Drivers Sabotaged a Golden Opportunity and Handed Uber and Lyft the Keys ," Frommers, 2014). And they lowered the ostensible cost of the trip through venture capital subsidization, driving traditional taxi companies out of business.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For years they haven't been reporting data by bus line--there are six. Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership. So they evade real scrutiny.

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Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act: An Initial Analysis of Short-Term Trends

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Signed into law on June 14th, 2019, HSTPA expanded protections for New York renters, and sharply limited the opportunity for regulated rents to rise at rates higher than the Rent Guidelines Board’s (RGB) annual limits. We explored the immediate effects of the law change by comparing sale prices in the first three quarters after HSTPA.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Mr Zelensky has since strengthened this system by installing a new council composed partly of retired American and European judges to regulate judicial conduct. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014. Corruption was endemic, from the bribes demanded by traffic cops to the kickbacks needed to secure government contracts.

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Country codes: The global dynamics of domain hosting

Open Access Government - Technology News

in 2014 earned the country a $970 million profit, enabling it to join the UN thanks to all the royalties from its domain name registrations. It further emphasised the power of governments and organisations to exert control over domain names to enforce content regulations and censorship. country code. Ironically, only 49.3

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Launching the CSP with AWS CSS worked closely with AWS from the outset of the CSP project launch in 2014. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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