Government Regulation

Government Regulation Articles

Friday morning, Dollar Tree revealed some details of the FTC's investigation into its proposed acquisition of Family Dollar Stores.
When it comes to oil production, no other state is in the same ballpark as Texas. The state produced more than 3 million barrels a day in September.
ThinkstockThere are more than 300 million smokers in China and another 740 million Chinese who are exposed to second-hand smoke each year. The government is looking to reduce those numbers by banning...
The U.S. Senate is holding two days of hearings related to the activities of big Wall Street banks in the commodity markets.
The White House has released the start of President Obama's plan for what is being called a free and open Internet.
In the first six months of 2014, global governments requested data for nearly 50,000 user accounts from Facebook.
Citigroup announced after the close that it is lowering its previously reported third-quarter 2014 financial results.
24/7 Wall St. was not really interested in the Ocwen's earnings, but how much the company would earmark to deal with charges and any potential settlement(s).
Reports have broken that Ocwen Financial backdated letters being sent out to homeowners regarding loan modifications and the like.
Legislation banning Tesla from selling its cars to consumers in Michigan has been approved by legislators and now awaits only a signature from the governor.
The EPA on Thursday released results of a review of three neonicotinoid pesticides that are used for insect control on U.S. soybean crops.
The EPA on Wednesday granted approval to Dow Chemical for the use of its Enlist Duo-brand herbicide.
Herbalife has banned U.S. distributors from hosting their own websites and hired some big guns to buttress its public image.
Morgan Stanley, in effect, has been told by one government agency to sell its oil-trading assets, and then prohibited from selling those assets by a different federal agency.
A group called the Modern Markets Initiative has introduced "a framework designed to guide the critical, ongoing review of (our) financial marketplace and its impact on investors."