And Mr. Lawsky, who has a broader authority to penalize the bank for failing to keep accurate books and records, valued the bank's misconduct at $250 billion.
Additionally, the powers here being exercised derive from 8 Del.C. § 160(a), conferring broad authority upon a corporation to deal in its own stock.
It is not denied that Congress has given a very broad authority to the Attorney General to institute and conduct litigation in order to establish and safeguard government rights and properties.
But until she turns the whole matter over to a prosecutor with broad authority, Ms. Reno will continue to be seen as a law enforcement official who puts party loyalty above the law.
The split was evident when Mr. Dervis was appointed on March 2. Mr. Dervis was brought in by Mr. Ecevit with a promise of broad authority over the economy and was hailed as a savior whose international experience would help secure new aid.
At a time when Latin America lacks a popular unifying figure, Pope Francis has emerged as a leader with broad authority, someone who cuts across all the usual boundary lines.
And even if Americans hold ultimate power, Iraqis head a government with broad authority, and the resistance is taking notice, several experts say.
Despite intense efforts by the banking industry to water down the agency or kill it outright, Mr. Mierzwinski said the agency survived with broad authority, a strong financing stream and an independent director.
For example, he was a key figure in negotiations to create a panel that has broad authority to monitor the European economy and financial system and to sound the alarm if there are problems.
The effort comes as the government is starting to implement a new supply chain law that gives a newly-created Federal Acquisition Security Council broad authority to recommend barring companies from government networks if they appear to present cybersecurity or national security risks.
But a number of Communist Party insiders say that with the approach of the 18th Party Congress, scheduled to begin on Nov. 8 and the forum for China to usher in a new leadership team for the first time in a decade, Mr. Wang's chances of being named to a top job with broad authority over the economy appear to be dwindling by the day.
