And, citing the same economic factors, a top regulator admitted today that those costs are also rising.

That could mean speedier reviews, but in the short run lead to an exodus of top regulators from the agency.

In Nevada, top regulators are banned from taking a job with a gambling operation for one year.

Other major phone companies, meanwhile, failed to resolve similar issues despite a weekend of intense negotiations involving top regulators and senior executives.

But top federal and state regulators say McWane has taken this idea to the extreme.

Those advocates have given the top regulators considerable pause.

Meeting outside Paris last month, top regulators from the seven largest industrialized nations began laying plans for international safety standards.

And by dramatically increasing its pay scales, the board has attracted top regulators from other agencies who have led an overhaul of the system.

But the nation's top regulators blasted her the same day.

Telmex and top regulators agree that Mexico has opened itself to telecommunications competition at unusual speed.