Because of these regulatory restrictions on ownership, hedge funds have been exempted from mandatory registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which is generally intended to regulate investment funds sold to retail investors.

Because of this they are not opposed in principle to collectively held property if individual owners of the property consent to collective ownership by contract or other voluntary mutual agreement.

Because rate of automobile ownership is low, and formal government run public transit is sparse, informal buses and taxis abound in Malian urban centers.

Because the then recently reorganized Associated Press refused to sell its services to several of his papers, most of them evening dailies in competition with existing AP franchise holders, in 1907 Scripps merged three smaller syndicates under his ownership or control, the Publishers Press Association, the Scripps-McRae Press Association, and the Scripps News Association, to form United Press Associations, with headquarters in New York City.

Because the Act did not disturb existing private ownership of Indian reservation lands, it left reservations a checkerboard of tribal and fee land, which remains the case today.

Because it was difficult for people born in Asia to obtain U. S. citizenship until the 1960s, land ownership titles were held by their American-born children, who were full citizens.

Because the tent is considered to be under the ownership of a married woman ( and significantly, built during the marriage ceremony ), sedentary dwellings generally belong to men, reflecting a patriarchal shift in power dynamics.

Because New England claimed ownership west to the Hudson River a border dispute broke out.

Because of the town's relatively stable employment patterns since the 1860s, Roaring Spring has enjoyed a high degree of home ownership.

Because the Nazis deliberately took ' ownership ' of Wagner for their own propaganda purposes, it does not follow logically that one should interpret the composer's writings only in the context of Nazi policies.

Because the GLBA permitted banks to affiliate with insurance underwriters, Citigroup was able to retain ownership of the Travelers insurance underwriting business.

Because Usagi Yojimbo is a creator-owned comic and Stan Sakai has complete and sole ownership of the character, Miyamoto Usagi has been able to appear in occasional short stories published by companies other than the one currently publishing his series.

Because of bankruptcy, ownership changed hands, and the news organization fell under tighter control of the Japanese to become one of the most influential organizations to collaborate with the colonial government.

Because of its difficult history of ownership, some bits of the Square are still freehold, with individuals owning floors or sections of floors within the buildings.

Because the hobbyist must claim more ownership for adapting a complex system to the ever changing needs of the technical terrain, zeal and enthusiasm is common amongst the many different groups attracted to operating system development.

Because a life estate ceases to exist at the death of the measuring person's life, this temporary ownership agreement cannot be left to heirs ( intestate ) or devisees ( testate ), and the life estate cannot normally be inherited ( but see Life Estate pur autre vie, and Estate for Term of years ).

Because the CCPC rules require a minimum of 50 % Canadian ownership in the company performing R & D, foreign investors who would like to benefit from the larger 35 % tax credit must accept minority position in the company, which might not be desirable.

Because automobiles did not require rest, were faster than horse-drawn conveyances, and soon had a lower total cost of ownership, more people were routinely able to travel farther than in earlier times.

Because the transfer of ownership officially occurred at Sitka mean solar time ( time zones were not yet in use ), that was the date and time that Alaska changed from an Asian Julian date to an American Gregorian date.

Because of its private ownership, it has blue-background street signs instead of green, a recent occurrence within unincorporated Cobb County.

Because the Amistad Africans were illegally kidnapped from their homes in Africa, United States laws on slave ownership do not apply.

Because of ongoing disputes with RCA Victor Records over the ownership of Sedaka's original late 1950s / early 1960s hits, in 1991, Sedaka re-recorded those early recordings, note-for-note.

Because of the restriction on foreign ownership of television stations, GTV-9 was then sold to Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press, which already owned TCN-9 in Sydney, resulting in the formation of the country's first commercially owned television network.

Because CHRO was carried by cable television companies in the Ottawa market, this was deemed an ownership conflict for Baton, who already owned Ottawa's CJOH, and would therefore have a de facto twinstick in competition with the CBC's CBOT.

Because these wildlife trading fees often represent a significant source of these CITES offices ' operational budgets, the structure of CITES creates a direct conflict of interest between these offices and the resources they manage.

Because of their highly ordered and repetitive structure, crystals give diffraction patterns of sharp Bragg reflection spots, and are ideal for analyzing the structure of solids.

Because of the specialized and rare circumstances required for a biological structure to fossilize, only a very small percentage of all life-forms that have ever existed can be expected to be represented in discoveries, and each discovery represents only a snapshot of the process of evolution.

Because of differences in molecular structure, the empirical formula remains different between hydrocarbons ; in linear, or " straight-run " alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, the amount of bonded hydrogen lessens in alkenes and alkynes due to the " self-bonding " or catenation of carbon preventing entire saturation of the hydrocarbon by the formation of double or triple bonds.

Because abstract algebra studies sets endowed with operations that generate interesting structure or properties on the set, functions which preserve the operations are especially important.

Because of motivation's role in influencing workplace behavior and performance, it is key for organizations to understand and to structure the work environment to encourage productive behaviors and discourage those that are unproductive.

Because ion implantation causes damage to the crystal structure of the target which is often unwanted, ion implantation processing is often followed by a thermal annealing.

Because of their chemical structure, phyllosilicates typically have flexible, elastic, transparent layers that are electrical insulators and can be split into very thin flakes.

Because extensive European contact began so late in the country's history, the traditional social structure carried over into modern times with little change.

Because the muon is a lepton, the atomic energy levels of muonium can be calculated with great precision from quantum electrodynamics ( QED ), unlike the case of hydrogen, where the precision is limited by uncertainies related to the internal structure of the proton.

Because the mountain is so large, with complex structure at its edges, allocating a height to the structure is difficult.

Because secondary structures are local, many regions of different secondary structure can be present in the same protein molecule.

Because phase boundaries relate to changes in the organization of matter, such as a change from liquid to solid or a more subtle change from one crystal structure to another, this latter usage is similar to the use of " phase " as a synonym for state of matter.

Because of their commitment to radical egalitarianism, most early radical feminist groups operated initially without any formal internal structure.

Because the purpose of a roof is to protect people and their possessions from climatic elements, the insulating properties of a roof are a consideration in its structure and the choice of roofing material.

Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions.

Because of the hardness of individual grains, uniformity of grain size and friability of their structure, some types of sandstone are excellent materials from which to make grindstones, for sharpening blades and other implements.

Because of the way these activities structure the economic framework, Habermas felt that the state cannot be looked at as passively responding to economic class interests.

Because seismic waves commonly propagate efficiently and interact with internal structure, they provide high-resolution noninvasive methods for studying Earth's interior.

Because of the structure of the programmes and its unique global status, the University has an academic calendar that enables bringing on board the most highly acclaimed academicians and practitioners from around the world.

Because of the similarities between the Meta-Object Facility M0-model and UML structure models, Meta-Object Facility metamodels are usually modeled as UML class diagrams.

Because of their highly repetitive, multivalent structure, virus-like particles are typically more immunogenic than subunit vaccines ( described below ).

Because of its non-linear structure, the villanelle resists narrative development.