BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Moratorium
- a period of delay, for example, additional time agreed by a creditor and a debtor for recovery of a debt
Wiktionary Definition for: Moratorium
- #An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
- #A suspension of an ongoing activity
- Ex: ''a moratorium on cloning for research''
Additional Resources
- Moratorium renewal may leave door open to Web tax.(state sales taxation of Internet-based sales)(Brief Article)
- With the current moratorium on Internet taxation set to expire in October, some members of Congress are seeking ways to extend the moratorium yet leave the door open for state and local authorities to collect sales taxes on e-commerce. Several conf With the current...
- Research articles 2001-06-21
- Bond going on moratorium until 1995. (MGM/UA Home Video stops distribution of James Bond videocassettes while searching for business partner for new motion picture series)
- Diamonds are forever, but James Bond videocassettes will be on moratorium as of April 20 while MGM/UA Home Video seeks a consumer-goods partner for a fresh rollout of the series. The moratorium does not apply to laserdiscs. ...
- Research articles 1994-04-08
- The Senate was poised to vote on Internet tax legislation, following House passage of a measure last month that would extend the moratorium on new and discriminatory online taxes for two years. (D.C. Briefs).
- The Senate was poised to vote on Internet tax legislation, following House passage of a measure last month that would extend the moratorium on new and discriminatory online taxes for two years. The Internet tax moratorium that was in place expired The Senate...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- Closed-end funds try to get SEC moratorium lifted; Say that ban on plans avoiding discounts tilts playing field.(News)
- Byline: David Hoffman PHILADELPHIA - A moratorium imposed by the SEC two years ago is causing closed-end funds to compete on an uneven playing field, some industry experts say. The moratorium keeps closed-end funds from adopting...
- Research articles 2006-07-17
- Aetna to lift moratorium on Calif. business. (Aetna Life and Casualty Co.)
- AETNA TO LIFT MORATORIUM ON CALIF. BUSINESS Aetna Life and Casualty Co. has lifted a moratorium on property and casualty insurance policies in California and has resumed accepting new business in the state. The Hartford-based insurer initially maAETNA TO LIFT MORATORIUM...
- Research articles 1989-05-29
- GENETIC ENGINEERING: SWISS PARLIAMENT VOTES TO REJECT GM MORATORIUM.(Brief Article)
- EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has welcomed the June 12 decision by the Swiss Parliament to reject the moratorium on genetically-modified crops. The Lower House voted to reject the moratorium by a narrow margin of 77votes to 7 EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has...
- Research articles 2003-06-20
- Net-access tax moratorium advances. (In Congress).(a bill to extend a moratorium on Internet-access taxes moves through a House committee while a Senate panel considers similar legislation)
- WASHINGTON -- A bill to extend a moratorium on Internet-access taxes moved through a key House committee last Wednesday while a Senate panel started considering similar legislation. - First enacted in 1998 and renewed for two years in 2001, the cur WASHINGTON -- A...
- Research articles 2003-07-21
- Congress will extend net tax moratorium for two years.(moratorium on Internet access and electronic commerce tax)(Brief Article)
- Faced with expiration of its three-year moratorium on new Internet access and sales taxes. Congress is moving to extend the ban for two more years. But, in passing their extension bill, House sponsors made it clear they were leaving the door open f Faced...
- Research articles 2001-11-15
- Don't abandon EU GM moratorium listen to your citizens, not the biotech industry says FOE.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 October 2001-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Don't abandon EU GM moratorium listen to your citizens, not the biotech industry says FOE C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15102001 Friends of the Earth is calling on EU Member States to resist moves by...
- Research articles 2001-10-16
- Wisconsin Lawmakers Fail to Agree on Wetland Development Moratorium.
- By Dennis Chaptman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 21--MADISON, Wis.--Legislative agreement on a wetland development moratorium will wait until at least May, after the state Assembly passed a plan Tuesday that conflicts with a Senate-passed moratorium. The...
- Research articles 2001-03-21
- House leader introduces temporary internet tax moratorium bill.(United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary)
- Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation last week that would extend the current moratorium on taxes on Internet access for another four years. H.R. 3678, a companion bill to S. 1453, which was introduced in May by Sens. Tom Carper...
- Research articles 2007-10-08
- Canadian National Seeks Judicial Stay of U.S. Surface Transportation Board's Rail-Merger Moratorium
- Business Editors WASHINGTON, DC--BUSINESS WIRE--April 11, 2000 (TSE:CNR.) (NYSE:CNI) CN Also Petitions Court to Expedite Judicial Review of Moratorium Decision Canadian National Railway Company today filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stay a 15-month...
- Research articles 2000-04-11
- Agricultural groups challenge EU biotech crop moratorium. (News).(coalition urges Bush Administration to file World Trade Organization complaint)
- A COALITION of 26 agricultural groups is urging the Bush administration to file a World Trade Organization WTO complaint against the European Union's EU continuing moratorium against new approvals of biotech crops. "The EU's four-yea A COALITION of...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- Florida may extend moratorium on cancellations. (property insurance) (Late Breaking News)
- A day after Florida Governor Lawton Chiles expanded the call for a special legislative session, the state Senate passed a bill extending an insurance department moratorium on property insurance cancelations through the end of the 1993 hurricane seaso A day after Florida Governor Lawton Chiles expanded...
- Research articles 1993-05-31
- Busy August.(lobbyists work for bill that would impose moratorium on stricter clean air standards)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 ALTHOUGH CONGRESS IS IN RECESS, fierce lobbying is under way on a measure introduced by Rep. Ron KLINK (D, Pa.) that would declare a four-year moratorium on the Environmental Protection Agency's tougher new clean-air standards. The busine 00-00-0000 ALTHOUGH CONGRESS IS IN...
- Research articles 1997-08-18
- EU's moratorium on new GM crops could be challenged. (Markets).
- THE INCOMING chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is urging the White House to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization WTO over the European Union's EU moratorium on approvals of new genetically modified GM crops, which is thwa THE INCOMING chairman of...
- Research articles 2003-01-06
- Disney's 'live' library taken off moratorium. (Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection to release 'live-action' videos)
- Disney's |live' library taken off moratorium Walt Disney Home Video, the unquestioned leader in animation sell-through, is bringing its live-action library into the arena with a new emphasis and a new name: Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection. Disney's |live' library...
- Research articles 1991-11-22
- Zoellick says U.S. losing patience with EU over GM food moratorium - Robert Zoellick, genetically modified foods
- U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said March 3 that U.S. patience is running thin in the face of the European Union's failure to lift its moratorium on approvals of genetically modified food products. Zoellick said, however, that he is "eager" to see what progress the European Commission can make in...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- Biotech firms ease moratorium on planting GM crops in food regions - Brief Article
- Biotechnology companies in the United States are softening their self-imposed moratorium on planting certain types of crops in major food-producing regions. Under the moratorium, growers were banned from planting certain types of GM corn in the Midwest farm belt and from planting some types of rape plant on the Canadian...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- AFOA Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to Congress, Appealing for Help to Address Proposed Moratorium of Russian Adoptions
- NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Foundation for Orphans Abroad AFOA has launched a letter-writing campaign to the members of Congress to address through diplomatic channels the pending moratorium of Russian international adoptions; to bringNEW YORK, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Foundation for Orphans Abroad AFOA has...
- Research articles 2005-08-29
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