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MARKETS

 Global Stocks Surge 
 on Credit-Market Moves 

New Treasury plans also boost market

Sep 19, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - World stocks jumped today on government measures to stop the credit-market meltdown and news that the US and the UK were getting tough on short sellers, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse climbed 15% after four days of decline in Europe, while Australia’s Macquarie surged 38% after the... More »

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stock market • Credit Suisse • Deutsche Bank • futures market • regulation • short selling • European stocks • HBOS

Mandatory Tests Key to Feds' New Crane Regulations

Operators will be made to pass qualification exams in wake of fatal accidents

Sep 18, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crane operators will be made to pass certification tests, the AP reports, as the US Department of Labor, reacting to a number of deadly crane accidents this year, moved to make written and performance assessments mandatory in every state. In the first update since 1971, the tests will measure safety... More »

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construction • government • regulation • crane accident • crane • construction crane

 Regs Still Lax for 
 Mexican Veggies 
 Heading North 

Many producers are privately certified, but enforcement is up to industry

Sep 14, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - How strong is food safety regulation after America's worst food-borne outbreak in a decade? A peek at a Mexican packing plant shows that rules are nearly nonexistent, the AP reports. The plant in northern Mexico, suspected of sparking the recent salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400, washes produce from certified... More »

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farming • Mexico • food safety • salmonella • regulation

SEC Wants US Firms to Switch to International Accounting

Multinationals would change first under plan

Aug 27, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to require US companies to switch to international accounting rules, the Wall Street Journal reports. The body voted today to seek public comment on a plan for the transition, which would stagger requirements. Large multinational firms would be expected to voluntarily switch in... More »

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globalization • business • SEC • accounting • corporations • Christopher Cox • regulation • multinationalism

OPINION

$1K iPhone App? Get Control of Your Store, Apple

It 'shouldn’t be a place where a bunch of outlaws can run amok,' blogger pleads

Aug 6, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though the $1,000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application that so enrages Don Reisinger seems to have disappeared from Apple’s store since his original Mashable post this morning, his call for the giant to impose some order on would-be price-gougers stands. “There’s nothing stopping other developers... More »

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wealth • iPhone • Apple • software • luxury goods • regulation • iPhone applications

OPINION

Greenspan to Government: Hands Off

Market capitalism can ride out the crisis, writes former Fed boss

Aug 5, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The credit crisis is far from over, and more banks and financial institutions might require government bailouts along the way, Alan Greenspan acknowledges. The crunch will relax only when home prices, "the ultimate collateral support for much of the financial world’s mortgage-backed securities," begin to stabilize, the... More »

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Federal Reserve • economics • Alan Greenspan • capitalism • credit crisis • regulation • mortgage backed securities • bank regulation • financial crisis

Opinion

FCC Member: Leave the Internet Alone

Engineers, not politicians, should solve tech problems

Jul 28, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest crisis for the internet is the gridlock caused by bandwidth-clogging P2P software. But don’t worry, says FCC commissioner Robert McDowell. This has happened before. As far back as 1987, engineers have been solving the net’s bandwidth problems. It’s been a triumph of anti-regulation, and there’... More »

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Internet • FCC • net neutrality • regulation • P2P • bandwidth

Feds Push to Ease Workplace Toxin Regs

Labor Dept. seeks to loosen oversight; union decries 'midnight' move

Jul 23, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Department of Labor is rushing to push through policy that would make it more difficult to regulate workers’ exposure to toxins, the Washington Post reports. The proposal was never publicly disclosed, as required by law, but rather surfaced on the website of the White House Office of Management and... More »

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work • unions • manufacturing • Department of Labor • regulation • workplace safety • toxins

ANALYSIS

 US Smacked by
 the Invisible Hand 

Americans are moving away from faith in free market

Jul 16, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are we losing confidence in market mechanisms? Years of unfettered free markets contributed to the current gloomy economic situation, and even the market-championing White House has lurched into government regulation of the financial world, the Los Angeles Times reports. With housing prices falling and oil prices rising, “the message... More »

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housing market • regulation • oil price • free markets • economy • bank regulation • speculators • oil prices

ANALYSIS

Fierce Lobbying Deflected Warnings on Fannie, Freddie

Mortgage giants deflected calls for stricter capital requirements

Jul 14, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, critics have warned that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s special status as government-sponsored enterprises allowed them to shoulder risk far beyond their minimal capitalization requirements, the Washington Post reports. The firms have used their unique position in the financial system, and high-intensity lobbying efforts, to quash any... More »

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investors • Alan Greenspan • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • credit crisis • regulation • financial crisis

OPINION

Fannie/Freddie: It's Bad, but It Could Be Worse

Regulation helped stave off real disaster, writes Krugman

Jul 14, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The government's move to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has led to new fears about the state of the American economy—but don't worry too much, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. Fannie and Freddie are problematic institutions, but compared to the actions of big banks... More »

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subprime mortgages • mortgage • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • regulation • economy • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Fannie/Freddie Troubles Signal Sea Change in Gov't Role

Feds now effectively the only lender in town

Jul 14, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The teetering of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has underscored a major shift in US finance, writes Peter S. Goodman in the New York Times—once simply another guarantor, the government has effectively become the only lender in town "for millions of Americans engaged in the largest transactions of... More »

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subprime mortgages • Alan Greenspan • credit crisis • regulation • loan • free markets • economy • government backing • financial crisis

Feds Plan to Allow Foreign Accounting Rules

Critics slam 'outsourcing' of financial protections

Jul 5, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials are proposing to loosen accounting regulations, allowing American companies to shift to international standards that offer more latitude in reporting earnings, the New York Times reports. The move would make businesses more competitive, the administration argues, but it would also effectively exempt them from the investor-protection measures instigated... More »

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finance • SEC • Sarbanes Oxley • accounting • regulation • securities

ANALYSIS

Ex-CEO Revives Dreaded 'R' Word for Airlines

Re-regulation is only way, Bob Crandall says

Jun 14, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who brought frequent-flyer and hub-and-spoke to airlines has a plan to fix the industry—with the dreaded "R" word as its centerpiece, Wired reports. Yes, former American CEO Bob Crandall wants the government to re-regulate: "It's time to acknowledge that airlines are more like utilities than... More »

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airline industry • American Airlines • regulation • Bob Crandall

analysis

Yahoo and Google: It's All Up to Yang

CEO must pave way
for struggling company as investors look on

Jun 13, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Yahoo and Google prepare for a new search-ad deal, it’s all up to CEO Jerry Yang, writes Charles Cooper for CNET. Will Yang be the next Steve Jobs, pulling a struggling company back to the spotlight—or will he fade like his Yahoo predecessors? The afreement "may... More »

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Yahoo • Google • investors • antitrust • Jerry Yang • regulation • search advertising

 Heparin Victims Testify on Hill 

Man outraged that drug was approved for sale

Apr 29, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relatives of some of the 81 Americans whose deaths have been linked to tainted heparin told a Congressional subcommittee about their experiences today, Reuters reports. An Ohio man wept as he told lawmakers his wife and son, who had a genetic kidney disease, died within a month after being given... More »

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Congress • drug safety • regulation • Heparin • Baxter International • blood thinner • contaminated drugs

OPINION

 Market 'Fix' Just
 Feeds the Beast 

Bush denies need for regulations, Krugman writes in NYT

Mar 31, 08 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Treasury plan unveiled today will never rein in free-wheeling markets because it isn't intended to, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times. President Bush, who for 7 years has slashed at regulations, ignores how well they harness deposit-taking banks. And he denies that "non-depository" banks like Bear... More »

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Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • Bear Stearns • regulation • George W. Bush

Paulson Unveils Regulatory Reforms: No Quick Fix

Focus of plan including new oversight for Fed extends beyond current woes

Mar 31, 08 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The "transformative" changes Henry Paulson has in mind for the regulation of the US economy will take years to implement, the Treasury Secretary said today. The plan would greatly increase the Fed's oversight powers, regulate the insurance industry for the first time, and add federal oversight of the mortgage... More »

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Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • insurance • economic reform • SEC • regulation • economy • investment banks

Appeals Court Strikes Down NY's Passenger 'Bill of Rights'

Federal deregulation law takes precedence

Mar 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York law, known as the airline “passenger bill of rights,” was rejected today by a US appeals court, Bloomberg reports. The measure required airlines to provide food and water when their delayed plane has sat on the tarmac for more than three hours. The court said... More »

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New York • airline industry • airline • regulation • consumer advocacy • Air Transport Association • airline passenger's bill of rights

'Regulation' No Longer a Dirty Word in DC

Wall St. woes, toy and food scares have pols of all stripes on board

Mar 24, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Regulation" is becoming less of a dirty word in Washington in the wake of the mortgage meltdown, woes on Wall Street, and scares over tainted food and toys. Many Democrats and even some Republicans want a shift from voluntary industry standards in vogue since the Reagan administration. "We're... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • pet food recall • food contamination • SEC • Christopher Cox • credit crisis • regulation • toy recalls • lobbyists • House Energy and Commerce Committee • subprime crisis • Glenn Hubbard

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