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AIG in multistate settlement over life policies
- Insurer American International Group Inc has agreed to an $11 million settlement with a group of states over its claims settlement practices for life insurance policies, Pennsylvania insurance authorities said on Monday.
Regulator intervenes in Conoco battle with MF Global trustee
CHICAGO - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday won court approval to intervene in a $205 million dispute between oil major ConocoPhillips and the bankruptcy trustee for MF Global Inc.
SEC adopts new risk management rules for clearing agencies
WASHINGTON - Securities regulators on Monday adopted rules designed to bolster risk management practices for clearing agencies.
CFTC fines Morgan Stanley $200,000 over supervision charges
WASHINGTON - Commodities regulators ordered Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that the brokerage failed to diligently supervise employees that handle customer accounts.
Former Chicago prosecutor Fitzgerald joins Skadden
- Patrick Fitzgerald, the former U.S. Attorney in Chicago whose high-profile prosecutions have included corruption cases against two Illinois governors and an aide to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, is joining the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
CFTC eases foreign regulators' access to swaps data
WASHINGTON - The futures regulator approved a plan on Monday to make it easier for foreign regulators to access U.S. swaps data.
Capital reforms do not work for small banks: New York regulator
WASHINGTON - New York's top state bank regulator called on Washington on Monday to spare community banks from the most complex parts of new rules requiring more capital to withstand financial shocks.
Blackstone executive calls collusion suits "malarkey"
- Lawsuits alleging private equity firms colluded in dealmaking are a "bunch of malarkey" and may be politically motivated, the president of Blackstone Group LP said on Thursday.
Three ex-GE bankers sent to prison for rigging muni bids
NEW YORK - Three former bankers at a unit of General Electric Co were each sentenced on Thursday to several years in prison for conspiring to rig bids to invest municipal bond proceeds.
JPMorgan apologizes to power regulator for misleading information
NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co apologized to the U.S. energy regulator on Thursday for providing misleading information about California electricity markets, saying it was inadvertent.
- Financial: UPDATE 3-David Lerner's firm ordered to pay $12 mln to customers
- Technology: Brazil's Rousseff to press for lower fees for card users-report
- Healthcare: Health officials knew of problem steroids in 2002-US House panel
- Consumer: US FDA says 5 deaths may be related to Monster Energy drink
- Energy: UPDATE 3-ADM's $2.8 bln GrainCorp bid seen flushing out more offers
- Industrials: UPDATE 3-Meningitis probe could hit hospital drug supplies-U.S.
- M&A;: FNB Corp to buy Annapolis Bancorp for $49 mln in stock
- Bankruptcy: US regulator intervenes in Conoco battle with MF Global trustee
- IPOs: DryShips open to selling drilling unit Ocean Rig - COO
- Private Capital: UPDATE 1-Chinese firm makes $850 mln bid for Australia's Discovery Metals
- Hedge Funds: Schroders macro hedge fund bets against Bunds
Kill switches may be too difficult to implement despite new call by CFTC member, expert says
"If there is another flash crash where people are damaged (they lose money) due to a rogue cheetah, I think there need to be steep consequences."
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- UCI backs Armstrong ban |
- Russia condemns United States for human rights record
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- Syria rebels pessimistic on mediator's ceasefire plan |
- Russia's jailed punk rock band members sent to prison camps