Its stance is even tighter than the majority independence requirements placed on most New York Stock Exchange-listed or Nasdaq-traded U.S. companies.
But in a recent letter to Congress, the commission said that the current definition of independence was not tight enough.
As India celebrated 55 years of independence today amid tight security against threats of Islamic militant attacks, it accused its neighbor and rival, Pakistan, of having "double standards" in its fight against terrorism.
However, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Sir Craig Reedie, believes Scotland would first need to gain membership of the United Nations and the Scottish government's timetable for independence was too tight for this to happen before the Games.
(I would include overtly tight monetary policy, the increasing "independence" of central banks, the abandonment of state-led development strategies and industrial policies, and indiscriminate opening to trade, as among the policies that contributed to the slowdown).
Stephen Noon, chief strategist for Yes Scotland, identifies a shift in thinking among undecideds in recent months from bigger picture questions about independence to a tighter focus on what it would mean in their own lives, in terms of jobs and family budgets.
Last year when the federal government in Ottawa passed a "clarity bill" with tighter rules for any future independence referendum, Mr. Bouchard protested long and loud.
In a rare display of independence among otherwise tight-lipped current and former Googlers, Mr. Bowman laid out on his blog the reasons for his abrupt exit, creating a bit of a commotion in the technology blogosphere.
The compartmentalization of these effects reflects what has been called phenotypic integration to imply tight connections between traits or phenotypic independence to refer to connections that are readily uncoupled (discussed in [ 13]).
Companies like Facebook and Google's parent, Alphabet, have multiple classes of shares, which gives their founders tight control over their companies and guarantee independence.
