But they emphasized that regulators must take "a leadership role."

We urge regulators to take a hard look at the companies' proposal before leaving the field in the hands of a single player.

In coming months, regulators will take actions affecting how these companies unite.

Why has the regulator taken so long to air concerns about investment risk?

But the two regulators took a different tone when asked about the future direction of their investigation.

The regulators "have taken everything that I have, my family has."

Lawmakers and regulators took years to iron out the process, which is still going on.

For 48 years Federal regulators took those words to mean that credit union members needed to share an employer or other single "common bond."

French regulators, meanwhile, have taken a markedly more parochial approach.

But neither regulators nor investigators have taken action until now.