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Facebook shares dropped sharply Monday morning following a statement from the FTC that it has begun an investigation into the company's privacy policies.
After successfully killing a proposed regulation that would have required airlines to disclose all the fees they charge, the industry is now trying to make it even more difficult to find out how much...
A Wednesday lease sale covering 77 million acres of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico drew few bids and not much cash.
A new study from J.D. Power and the Miller Canfield law firm surveys consumers' opinions on liability laws as they relate to self-driving cars.
Smoking seems to be the next hot topic with the FDA, with the agency considering banning or restricting menthol and other flavors from tobacco products.
If there is one state that comes to mind with high taxes and higher regulations that go above and beyond federal ones, it would be California. It turns out that even the golden state can sometimes...
A federal committee has chastised Broadcom for its maneuvering to dodge the committee's review of the company's hostile takeover of Qualcomm. It could all turn on the politics.
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin just hit another hurdle in their effort to be broadly distributed currencies for transactions. Will individual investors be less likely to invest?
Regulators have blocked a deal for Broadcom to buy Qualcomm, BlackBerry has brought patent lawsuits against several companies, investors have killed a deal to buy the Weinstein Company for the second...
The U.S. government agency that ordered Qualcomm to delay its shareholders meeting has released a letter citing its reasons for ordering the delay.
A U.S. government committee has ordered Qualcomm to delay its shareholders' meeting, an order the company certainly sought when it requested a review of Broadcom's hostile takeover offer.
If there is one thing that can create an instant unilateral gain in a sector, government protection can do just that.
The FDIC has released its bank industry earnings report for 2017, and profits would have been stronger than in 2016 without the impact of tax reform and the charges taken.
The SEC earlier this week released new guidance related to disclosure of cybersecurity attacks and how companies should deal with them, including prohibiting insider stock sales before the attacks...
The new FCC rules that loosen regulations on internet service providers and threaten net neutrality went into effect Thursday. Opponents of the change now have 60-days to fight the change.