1.   According to Japanese law, regulators could shut down the brokerage for as much as six months.

2.   For instance, regulators temporarily shut down all research at Duke University in North Carolina after finding pervasive gaps in protections for patients of all ages.

3.   Japanese regulators shut them both down today.

4.   Last month, regulators shut a finance company that was operating with a negative net worth.

5.   Regulators shut some units and the company closed others.

6.   Sometimes, state regulators shut down an operation in one state only to see it move to another.

7.   Japanese financial regulators shut down a small regional bank Thursday after determining that it was on the edge of collapsing under a mound of bad debt.

8.   Japanese financial regulators shut down a small regional bank Thursday after determining that it was on the verge of collapsing under a mound of bad debt.

9.   Regulators in August shut down a Web site run by pro-democracy activists on a Beijing service provider.