Panels Studying Banking Reform Seek More Studies

IHT Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:49:00 AM CET | info

By suggesting further examination at every turn, Congress is delaying tough regulatory decisions....

Condom adverts before watershed as abortion commercials are considered

TheScotsman Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:52:00 AM CET | info

CONDOMS are to be advertised more freely while there will be a crackdown on ads for violent video games, in the largest shake-up of advertising regulations in 40 years....

Congressional Democrats Propose New Financial Regulations

voanews Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:59:00 AM CET | info

Senate Banking Committee chair proposes expanding Federal Reserve powers to police big banks...

Foes line up against financial regulation plan

msnbc Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:55:00 AM CET | info

U.S financial institutions and their allies mobilized lobbyists and fueled their media campaigns Tuesday in a swift response to a Democratic plan to rein in Wall Street....

Enforcement officers, journalists locked in

thestar Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:38:00 AM CET | info

REMBAU: Enraged with the appearance of enforcement officers at a factory for slaughtering and processing chickens, a man believed to be the factory owner, locked in the officers at the premises in Pedas Halal Park here yesterday....

Hawaii senators scuttle HMO tax

HonululuAdvetrtiser Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:21:00 AM CET | info

HONOLULU — A proposed tax on Hawaii health insurance premiums has been killed. The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee shelved the bill Tuesday, a few days after Gov. Linda Lingle highlighted it as a measure that would have raised Hawaii's cost of living....

1 percentage point increase in GET backed by Hawaii Senate committees

HonululuAdvetrtiser Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:21:00 AM CET | info

Two state Senate committees today advanced a general-excise tax increase to help with the state's budget deficit, arguing that a hike in the broad-based tax was more equitable than targeted tax increases on businesses that would likely be passed on to consumers....

(AHN) Mexican Lawmakers Blame U.S. For Consulate Worker Murders

AHN Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:48:00 PM CET | info

Mexican lawmakers are saying the United States should share the blame for the murders of three U.S. consulate workers Saturday in the border town of Juarez. - (AHN)...

Dangerous seed monopolies (3/16/2010)

africafiles Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:42:00 PM CET | info

Dangerous seed monopolies http://www.swissaid.ch/wEnglish/entwicklungspolitik/Biologische_Vielfalt/ 2010_02_15_saatgutmonopole.php For thousands of years, it has been farmers who have preserved, improved and grown seeds. Next to land itself, seeds are their most important capital....

NPA enters talks on road crime

iol Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:39:00 PM CET | info

The Department of Transport and the National Prosecuting Authority are discussing the prosecution of more road offences after a series of fatal crashes in recent weeks....

AA - SA roads most dangerous

news24 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:54:00 PM CET | info

South African roads are fast becoming known as the most dangerous in the world, says the AA....

FDA Orders Two Companies to Stop Marketing Unapproved Nitroglycerin Tablets

finanznachrichten-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:33:00 PM CET | info

SILVER SPRING, Md., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today ordered Glenmark Generics of Mahwah, N.J., and Konec ......

New directives to banks on ATM soon, Sanusi

vanguardngr Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:32:00 PM CET | info

THE Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has disclosed that the apex bank has concluded arrangements to unveil a definite directive to guide financial institutions that provide Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) services to consumers....

Arent Fox Announces New White Collar Defense Partners in Washington, DC, Los Angeles and New York

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:32:00 PM CET | info

WASHINGTON, LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Arent Fox LLP announced today a major expansion of its white collar defense practice with the addition ......

GOP Decries "Slaughter Solution" Health Care Vote

CBSnews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:29:00 PM CET | info

Republican Leaders Are Decrying Procedural Maneuver Which Would Pass Senate Health Care Bill and "Fix It" Bill in One Vote...

Finding A Home For The Homeless' Belongings

NPRnews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:28:00 PM CET | info

Cities have taken various approaches to dealing with property left out in public by the homeless. Many seize and destroy it, but some are trying to find ways to store and protect it....

When tweets can make you a jailbird

newschannel5 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:22:00 PM CET | info

Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was......

Council bans ice cream vans from trading outside schools because they 'encourage unhealthy eating'

dailymail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:50:00 PM CET | info

Bureaucrats at Hillingdon council have declared that vans which park outside schools will be impounded under new rules....

Facebook knocks Google off top spot as U.S users flock to social network

dailymail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:45:00 PM CET | info

Facebook has overtaken the search giant Google to become the most visited website in America....

The FBI: is using Facebook in the fight against crime

guardian Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:25:00 PM CET | info

Agents taught how to extract information from social networking sites in US government study obtained by advocacy group Any criminals dumb enough to brag about their exploits on social networking sites have now been warned: the next Facebook "friend" who contacts you may be an FBI agent....

5 ways to widen Islamic finance's acceptability

btimescom Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:52:00 PM CET | info

ISLAMIC finance is now in the third stage of its development that requires the broadening of its acceptability and growing the market, Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah said. The first stage was to establish Islamic finance as a viable business, followed by a test of its stability, which was proven during the global financial crisis....

The Posting of Workers Directive: proposals for revision

ETUC Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:07:00 PM CET | info

The ETUC consequently has called for a Social Progress Protocol , to be attached to the Treaties, to make absolutely clear that all free movement provisions of the Treaty must be interpreted in a way which respects fundamental rights, and to embed this in the broader concept of social progress and.......

New 'friend' could be a Fed

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:02:00 PM CET | info

Federal agents have logged onto social networks to infiltrate, and sometimes communicate, with suspects...

TransUnion Credit Risk Index Plateaus, Suggesting Improved Consumer Risk Conditions for the U.S.

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:01:00 PM CET | info

CHICAGO, IL -- 03/16/10 -- TransUnion reported that during the fourth quarter of 2009 the Credit Risk Index (CRI) indicated that risk conditions in the U.S. are beginning to moderate. The Credit Risk Index is a statistic developed to measure the c.....

State Department cites RP anti-narcotics drive

manilatimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:40:00 PM CET | info

BY JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA Reporter THE State Department has cited accomplishments of the government’s anti-narcotics agencies in 2009....

Prime Minister Nasser Strikes Deal With Bahrain PM

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:31:00 PM CET | info

KUWAIT CITY, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh the Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah last week signed five landmark agreements with His Royal Highness Prime......

Dodd Limits on Enforcement and Rulemaking Authority Would Hamstring Consumer Financial Protection Regulator

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:31:00 PM CET | info

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog's Washington Director, Carmen Balber, made the following comments on consumer protection in financ......

EU approves Greek austerity plan, leaves rescue to leaders - Summary

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:31:00 PM CET | info

Brussels - European Union finance ministers Tuesday approved the Greek government's draconian austerity plan, but appeared at odds over how the bloc should help Athens in case of crisis. The issue is now expected to overshadow the next EU summit due ......