If banks are able to persuade regulators and investors that the last of their loan problems are behind them, their stock prices will rise.

He persuaded regulators to account for natural gas contracts under the mark-to-market method.

And yet in each case, defense lawyers persuaded regulators to label the most flagrant violations unclassified.

"There is a possible positive impact in persuading regulators to adopt accelerated depreciation," he said.

It appears that only a large-scale public outcry can persuade airlines or regulators to reconsider.

Their job is to persuade Congressional members, or regulators, to vote in favor of their sponsors.

But will activist shareholders persuade regulators they do not deserve the power even before efforts to give it to them are completed?

Using the cherry-picking argument, Empire has repeatedly persuaded regulators to grant it steep rate increases.

Insurance companies have, however, persuaded regulators to change some parts of the proposed rules.

They said they were hoping to persuade regulators that existing data demonstrated an acceptably low risk.