Law and Regulations
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SAC said it may not be able to provider investors with frequent updates regarding the government insider-trading probe but there will be "more clarity" soon.
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CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton told CNBC he believes his agency will be able to regulate the relationship between Bloomberg's trading business on its terminals and its news arm.
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The head of Societe Generale's Russian unit Rosbank faced up to seven years in jail for bribery on Thursday after Russian investigators released a film of him with cash piled on his desk.
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Lawyers for JPMorgan Chase have demanded that Bloomberg hand over five years' worth of employee logs, as the bank considers whether to take legal action against the news and data group, the FT reports.
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President Obama said IRS conduct targeting conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny was "inexcusable" and that acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is out.
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House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner suggesting jail time over the IRS's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
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European authorities raided the offices of Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices.
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Bitcoin has come onto the radar of the UK government, with officials gathering in London on Monday to discuss the security threats and tax concerns posed by the digital currency. The FT reports.
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The top Republican lawmaker in charge of oversight of the IRS set a hearing to probe the agency's admission that it gave extra scrutiny to conservative "Tea Party" groups.
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More home sales and higher home prices are adding up to bigger incomes for members of the nearly two million realtor industry.
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CBOE won a long-running court battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on two key stock market indexes.
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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae has now been turning a profit for more than a year, and the chief beneficiary of that profit is the federal government.
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Philip Falcone and his hedge fund Harbinger Capital have reached an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that would require the firm to pay $18 million.
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Senior officials at the CFTC are discussing whether Bitcoin, the controversial cybercurrency, might fall under their regulatory watch.
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Bond insurer MBIA and Bank of America have reached a settlement in an ongoing legal dispute, and BofA will pay MBIA $1.6 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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There's a potentially huge marketplace being born for second-hand digital content, but can it can survive the challenges to its existence.
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Was it a JPMorgan strategic leak? Or an attempt by regulators to make the bank look bad?
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expanded its probe into the car loan industry by issuing subpoenas to auto lenders over the sale of financial products like extended warranties, the WSJ reported.
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The FDA has lowered the age limit for Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive to 15. The pill will be available without a prescription and stocked on store shelves.
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The iconic Empire State Building has been at the center of battles for control by larger-than-life figures. A new one is coming to a head. The NY Times reports.