Sentence examples for commissioner blocked from inspiring English sources

Mr. Anderson said Karel Van Miert, a former competition commissioner, blocked nine mergers during the 1990s, and that Mario Monti, another former commissioner, blocked eight deals in the years after 2000.

He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 after the NBA commissioner blocked a deal that would have sent him to New Orleans, and went back to the Clippers in 2012, where his career effectively ended the next year.

In August three of the SEC's five commissioners blocked Schapiro's attempt to publish new rules for public comment.

The Federal Election Commission ended another abysmal year with its three Republican commissioners blocking an attempt to unmask the secret donors flooding the 2012 hustings with unlimited special-interest money.

No other state insurance commissioner had blocked such a sale, but Ms. Sebelius argued that it would result in higher premiums for Kansans.

She also came to national attention in 1994 when, as state insurance commissioner, she blocked the sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield to an out-of-state company because it would have raised premiums too much.

Its three Republican commissioners have blocked any moves toward further disclosure.

In July, on the advice of Europe's competition commissioner, Mario Monti, the commission blocked General Electric's proposed merger with Honeywell, even though American antitrust officials had waved the deal through.

Few analysts had expected that Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, would block the Google-DoubleClick deal outright.

Opponents went on the offensive, forming H.O.V. -- Honor Our Vote -- and filing a petition with the state education commissioner to block football before the first whistle.

That does not mean the commission is not powerful: the EU competition commissioner can block mergers and fine multinational companies staggering sums computer chip maker Intel was fined a record €1.06bn (then £852m) for anti-competitive practices.