market abuse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The announcement comes more than a year after the Italian Competition Authority closed an investigation into alleged market abuse by Booking.com after the company offered to make changes that addressed officials’ competition concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
He added the absence of any infringement decisions under EU or UK competition law meant it would be down to the claimant to prove the market abuse it was alleging was actually taking place.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
“They usually lead to bigger companies trying to monopolize certain routes and regions. Monopolies or duopolies in turn usually lead to market abuse, price gouging and deteriorating quality of services.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
MiCA will be the first comprehensive regime for crypto-assets in the world and will contain strong measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation, added Ernest Urtasun, a Green Party lawmaker in the parliament.
From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2022
Daniel Hawke, an attorney with Arnold & Porter and a former chief of the S.E.C.’s market abuse division, said the agency’s trying to stop a product launch “sounds aggressive.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
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