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Facebook, Wall Street banks under fire from lawmakers and lawyers
WASHINGTON — Already grappling with regulatory reviews of its troubled initial public offering, Facebook Inc. and the Wall Street banks that shepherded the deal are now under fire from lawmakers and lawyers.
Two congressional committees said...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Lawyers, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Social Media
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Congressional committees looking into Facebook IPO problems
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Two congressional committees are looking into the troubled initial public offering of Facebook Inc., aides said Wednesday. The Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee are both conducting preliminary inquiries, though...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Lawyers, Politics, Media Industry, Justice System
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U.S. orders tariffs on Chinese solar panels
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration ordered tariffs of 31% and higher on solar panels imported from China, escalating a simmering trade dispute with China over a case that has sharply divided American interests in the growing clean-energy...
Tags: Republican Party, Credit and Debt, Trade Dispute, Trade Policy, China
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JPMorgan Chase loss will be scrutinized, SEC's Mary Schapiro says
WASHINGTON -- Regulators are looking into the $2-billion trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday as lawmakers and analysts said the bank's revelation would increase pressure for tighter...
Tags: Business Institutions, Federal Reserve, Justice System, Barney Frank, Jamie Dimon
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Outside groups flood swing states with ads targeting candidates
WASHINGTON — A hard-hitting commercial blasting President Obama's stimulus spending as a "failure" flooded television sets last week in eight swing states that will be decisive in November's presidential election. It was not the product of...
Tags: Republican Party, Timothy M. Kaine, Companies and Corporations, Karl Rove, Advertising
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AFL-CIO forms a 'super PAC' focused on union organization
A "super PAC" created by an influential labor organization will focus its efforts on motivating voters on the ground, rather than financing television commercials. "It’s not going to be about FEC deadlines, television ads or the usual super PAC...
Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Federal Election Commission, Employees
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GOP blocks vote on Richard Cordray to head consumer bureau [Updated]
Money & CompanyRepublicans on Thursday blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.... -
'Super PACs' are showing their power
Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves.
In Ohio,...Tags: Rick Perry, Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Ron Paul, Richard Nixon
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Obama bypassing Senate to appoint Richard Cordray consumer chief
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.President Obama will appoint former Ohio Atty. Gen. Richard Cordray on Wednesday to be the first director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, making a controversial decision to install Cordray while the Senate is in brief recess to avoid...Tags: Republican Party, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Mitch McConnell, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Theodore Roosevelt
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Xi Jinping confronted on human rights in Capitol Hill meeting
A potentially tense exchange between Republican Sen. John McCain and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday provided a glimpse into the personal political skills of heir apparent to China's presidency.
Xi was holding a private meeting with nearly...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Buddhism, Politics, China
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How to retire Dennis Kucinich or Marcy Kaptur: Put both Dems in the same Ohio district
Top of the TicketMarcy Kaptur has 11 House terms; Dennis Kucinich has eight. One of them will retire after 2012.... -
Safety of dissolvable tobacco products disputed
Tobacco company rep David Howard waxes enthusiastic when he talks about a new product his employer, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., has developed: a pellet of finely cured tobacco, binders and flavoring that dissolves in the mouth in 10 minutes.
Under test...Tags: Education, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Purdue University, Behavioral Conditions
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