Bernanke: Act now on financial overhaul Oct 24, 2009
Now is the time for policymakers to take action to prevent future crises. The Fed's chief urged Congress to pass legislation overhauling the financial system to prevent anotherbanking, credit crisis,CNBC's Steve Liesman reports. (MSNBC -- Business)
Bernanke urges Congress to expand bank control Oct 24, 2009
WASHINGTON --- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prodded Congress on Friday to enact legislation overhauling America's financial regulatory system to prevent a repeat of the banking and credit debacles that had thrust the country into crisis. "With the financial turmoil abating, now is the time for policymakers to take action to reduce the probability and severity of any future crises," Mr. Bernanke said in remarks to a Fed conference in Chatham, Mass. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Jet passes destination by 150 miles Oct 24, 2009
Web Search powered by YAHOO. Investigators have yet to determine a cause. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Bernanke Urges Congress To Act Now On Overhaul Oct 24, 2009
Bernanke Wants Legislation That Will Prevent Another Banking, Credit Crisis. JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer. (Click2Houston, TX)
Kindle Firm Amazon Had A Sizzling Q3 As Sales Soar 28% Oct 23, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic. Despite the concerns of the telecommunications industry and the agency's two Republicans, the Federal Communications. (Investors Business Daily)
Washington Federal Q4 income: $9.6M Oct 23, 2009
Washington Federal Q4 income: $9 ... Washington Federal Q4 income: $9 ... For fiscal 2009 the Seattle company (NASDAQ: WSFL), which operates Washington Federal Savings, reported net income of $40. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
HUD counseling funds tripled despite criticism Oct 23, 2009
By Matt Kelley, USA TODAY WASHINGTON Federal funding for a housing counseling program carried out by local non-profit groups such as has more than tripled since 2002, even though it has been criticized by government auditors for failing to show results. President Obama's budget calls for a 54% increase next year $100 million in all for the program, which helps people buy or refinance a home, prevent a foreclosure or find rental housing. (USA Today -- News)
U.S.: Drastic changes in Arctic seen Oct 23, 2009
U.S.: Drastic changes in Arctic seen - Climate Change- msnbc. U.S. issues Arctic report, cites drastic changes. (MSNBC -- Environment)
FCC set to start pursuing net neutrality rules Oct 23, 2009
FCC set to start pursuing net neutrality rules - Tech and gadgets- msnbc. FCC set to start pursuing net neutrality rules. (MSNBC -- Crime)
FCC votes to begin crafting `net neutrality' rules Oct 23, 2009
FCC's next step is to craft rules, vote expected to come by next summer. MSN Tech and Gadgets. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Housing Rules To Add Protections For Gays Oct 23, 2009
Live Cameras, Conditions. Nationwide Study Planned To Determine Extent Of Discrimination. (Click2Houston, TX)
SEC proposes tighter oversight of 'dark pool' trading systems Oct 22, 2009
By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON Federal regulators are proposing tighter oversight for so-called "dark pools," trading systems that don't publicly provide price quotes and compete with major stock exchanges. The voted Wednesday to propose new rules that would require more stock quotes in the "dark pool" systems to be publicly displayed. (USA Today -- Money)
Coquille woman admits to Project Graduation theft (1102) Oct 22, 2009
The FBI has said she also is a person of interest in three other bank robberies, including one at Washington Federal Savings Bank in Lincoln City in September 2008. She has not been charged in those cases. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
SEC proposes changes for dark pools Oct 22, 2009
SEC proposes changes for dark pools - Stocks & economy- msnbc. SEC proposes changes for dark pools. (MSNBC -- Business)
Bernanke warns U.S., China on 'imbalances' Oct 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Posted on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sleep disorder may be contributing to accidents Oct 21, 2009
Screening urged for truck and bus drivers, pilots, train engineers, sailors. updated 7:11 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2009. (MSNBC -- Health)
State Department staffer accused of bribery Oct 21, 2009
Web Search powered by YAHOO. WASHINGTON - Federal authorities have arrested a State Department employee suspected of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks on contracts for Iraq reconstruction work. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Business Highlights Oct 20, 2009
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Feds Won't Arrest Pot-Smoking Patients Oct 20, 2009
New Guidelines To Be Issued. POSTED: 6:47 am PDT October 19, 2009UPDATED: 6:51 am PDT October 19, 2009. (KSBW 8, CA)
Feds back off medical marijuana users Oct 20, 2009
By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy Oct 19, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 8:53 AM - 6:36 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lawsuit Seeks to Halt U.S. Swine Flu Shots Oct 17, 2009
Lawyers for the group filed a temporary restraining order in a Washington federal court against government medical regulators they claim rushed H1N1 vaccines to the public without adequately testing their safety and efficacy. "None of the vaccines against H1N1 have been properly tested," attorney Jim Turner, one of half a dozen lawyers working on the case, told AFP.. (Newsmax)
Tracy company recalling meat, poultry products Oct 17, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Lawsuit seeks to halt H1N1 flu vaccination campaign in US Oct 16, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. So you have immediately a new problem you don't have with a killed vaccine," Turner told AFP. Officials at the National Institutes of Health have said that trials of H1N1 flu vaccine began in August and delivered results last month, showing that the vaccine was well tolerated and produced a robust immune response in older children and adults in good health with just a single dose. But Turner insisted that "the FDA did not do the proper testing to show... (Channelnewsasia.com)
FDA warns Procter & Gamble for adding vitamin C to Nyquil Oct 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Breaking News/Updates. (Honolulu Advertiser)
FDIC: Commercial real estate a challenge Oct 15, 2009
FDIC's Bair: Commercial real estate a challenge. The most prominent area of risk for banks, regulator says. (MSNBC -- Business)
FCC Chief Seeks Broad Open-Internet 'Rules'... Oct 14, 2009
FCC Chief Seeks Broad Open-Internet Rules - WSJ.com. WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages. (The Drudge Report)
FCC to Investigate Google Voice Oct 13, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T that Google's messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter Friday to Google requesting information about its Voice service, which lets people sign up for one number that can route incoming calls to cell, office or home phones. (Fox News)
Calendar of Major Business Events for Wednesday Oct 13, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve releases minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meeting of Sept. 22-23. WASHINGTON Commerce Department releases retail sales for September, 8:30 a.m.. (ABC News -- Wire)
US launches probe of Google Voice Oct 10, 2009
WASHINGTON: Federal regulators will look into complaints by ATthat Google Inc's free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. The Federal Communications Commission on Friday sent a letter to Google requesting information about its Voice service, which lets people sign up for one number that can route incoming calls to cell, office or home phones. (India Times)
FCC Expected to Open Probe of Google Voice Service Oct 10, 2009
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City to purchase chamber building Oct 9, 2009
Biz bits 100909 - The Augusta Chronicle. Biz bits From Staff and Wire Reports Friday, October 09, 2009. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Fed boss sees no rush to boost interest rates Oct 9, 2009
Bernanke: Lending rate will probably stay the same for extended period. Jim Young / REUTERSThe Fed's key bank lending rate is now at a record low near zero and will probably stay there for an "extended period," Ben Bernanke said Thursday. (MSNBC -- Business)
Airlines Ordered To Test, Disinfect Onboard Water Oct 7, 2009
Live Cameras, Conditions. Officials Seek To Remedy Bacteria Contamination. (Click2Houston, TX)
Business Events Scheduled for the Coming Week Oct 3, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for August, 3 p.m.; House Financial Services Committee hearing on the over-the-counter derivative market; Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on whether the Supreme Court has misinterpreted laws intended to protect workers from discrimination; Conference regarding settlement of Author's Guild lawsuit against Google over digitization of books for the Internet. PITTSBURGH Alcoa Inc. releases third-quarter financial results. (ABC News -- Wire)
9% jobless rate could linger, Bernanke says Oct 2, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Bernanke subdued on consumer protection role Oct 2, 2009
He says Fed didnt do job it should have, but improvements are being made. CNBC's Steve Liesman parses Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in front of Congress about financial regulatory reform. (MSNBC -- Business)
FDA questions safety of Glaxo kidney cancer drug Oct 2, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal regulators said Thursday an experimental kidney cancer drug from GlaxoSmithKline may cause liver problems, potentially outweighing its ability to slow the disease. London-based Glaxo wants the Food and Drug Administration to approve its pazopanib pills for advanced kidney cancer, a rare but deadly form of the disease. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Fed's Bernanke endorses council of financial regulators Oct 2, 2009
By Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke adopted a new tone Thursday over a key plank of the Obama administration's plan for financial regulation reform, saying new oversight powers proposed for the central bank should be shared with other regulators. Bernanke told a congressional panel that a new council of financial regulators, not just the Federal Reserve, should monitor systemic risk in the economy. (USA Today -- Money)
Task force created to combat al Qaida in Afghan prisons Oct 2, 2009
""This allows the enemy to radicalize them far beyond their pre-capture orientation," McChrystal wrote.The Bagram detention center is also under assault from lawyers in the U.S. In April, a federal district judge in Washington ruled that non-Afghan prisoners there were entitled to the same rights to sue for their freedom in American courts as prisoners being held at Guantanamo.The Obama administration appealed the ruling and in September said it was issuing new due process guidelines for... (Fresno Bee)
Fed chief: Empower regulators Oct 1, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says federal regulators should be responsible for ensuring that the financial institutions they oversee don't become so big and unwieldy that their failure could bring down the economy. In testimony prepared for a House hearing on Thursday, obtained in advance by The Associated Press, Bernanke said Congress should establish a council of regulators to monitor large, influential firms like insurance giant AIG.. (The Clarion-Ledger)
RELATED: More on the proposal for banks to prepay fees Sep 30, 2009
By Paul Wiseman and Pallavi Gogoi, USA TODAY WASHINGTON Federal regulators, expecting bank failures to cost $100 billion through 2013, on Tuesday said they planned to make banks prepay three years of fees to protect depositors. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. () says its deposit insurance fund will be depleted as of today, drained by $25 billion worth of bank failures this year and $17. (USA Today -- Money)
FDIC: Bank Failures To Cost Around $100B Sep 30, 2009
FDIC Says Bank Failures To Cost Around $100B - Money News Story - KPRC Houston. Live Cameras, Conditions. (Click2Houston, TX)
Bernanke: Consumer loan program still needed Sep 26, 2009
Fed chair cites ongoing need to spark lending to consumers, businesses. Fed Chairman Bernanke discusses the economy and minority businesses at the Congressional Black Caucus. (MSNBC -- Business)
Bailouts for smaller banks considered Sep 26, 2009
By Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON Federal regulators and lawmakers are weighing a round of bailouts for U.S. banks that were deemed too small or too risky to qualify for earlier aid. Representatives from the Treasury Department. (USA Today -- Money)
FDA panel backs reformulated OxyContin pill Sep 25, 2009
Sept. 24, 2009 03:11 PM AP. WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers on Thursday recommended approval for a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse. (AZCentral -- Business)
FDA: New OxyContin would be harder to abuse Sep 25, 2009
Panel backs reformulated version of the popular painkiller. Do health care reform headlines leave you saying huh. (MSNBC -- Health)
FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin Sep 23, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill. Purdue Pharma LP has touted the new pill's plastic-like coating, which is designed to make the drug harder to crush and snort or inject. (Yahoo News)
Schools slow to get alerts on food safety Sep 22, 2009
by Peter Eisler and Blake Morrison - Sept. 22, 2009 12:00 AM USA Today TODAY. WASHINGTON - Federal agencies that supply food for 31 million schoolchildren fail to ensure that tainted products are pulled quickly from cafeterias, a federal audit found. (AZCentral -- News)
Schools late to get alerts Sep 22, 2009
By Peter Eisler and Blake Morrison, USA TODAY WASHINGTON Federal agencies that supply food for 31 million schoolchildren fail to ensure that tainted products are pulled quickly from cafeterias, a federal audit obtained by USA TODAY finds. The delays raise the risk of children being sickened by contaminated food, according to the audit by Congress' Government Accountability Office. (USA Today)
Fed expected to hold steady to back fragile recovery Sep 20, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. They can be relieved the recovery is more clearly here and acknowledge it but there is no reason for the Fed to do anything different. (Channelnewsasia.com)
FCC to unveil open Internet rules Sep 19, 2009
Chairman expected to reveal new guidelines in a speech Monday. MSN Tech and Gadgets. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Washington Federal raises $330M, shares upgraded Sep 18, 2009
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DA seeks tougher sentencing in theft case Sep 18, 2009
Sherbondy faces one federal charge in connection with the Feb. 24 heist of a Roseburg Wells Fargo Bank, and she is a person of interest in three other bank robberies, including one at Washington Federal Savings Bank in Lincoln City in September 2008. She has not been charged in those cases. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Authorities crack down on 2 mortgage aid firms Sep 18, 2009
Firms allegedly promised homeowners help, posed as government agencies. BusinessWeek weighed historical data to forecastthe median price ofhomes in majormetro areas in 2012. (MSNBC -- Business)
Bernanke: Recession 'likely over' Sep 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Posted on: Wednesday, September 16, 2009. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Bernanke: Recession 'Very Likely Over' Sep 16, 2009
Bernanke: Recession 'Very Likely Over. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill on May 5 Susan Walsh / AP. (Time.com)
Fed chief: It's over (I think) Sep 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Search stories on N&O.com. (News & Observer)
Small businesses told to prepare for swine flu Sep 15, 2009
Owners should be prepared to operate with fewer workers as it spreads. 14: The U.S. government offers advice for small businesses if they are hit by the swine flu. (MSNBC -- Business)
Feds urge vigilance on Sept. 11 anniversary Sep 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009. Breaking News/Updates. (Honolulu Advertiser)
FDA backs new cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix Sep 10, 2009
Shot to prevent HPV is safe for females age 10-25, panel says. Sexploration By Brian Alexander. (MSNBC -- Health)
SEC defends $33M settlement with B of A Sep 10, 2009
Banking giant in legal dispute over Merrill Lynch bonuses. More from The Big Money. (MSNBC -- Business)
Iraq fraud inquiry focuses on retired Army colonel Sep 9, 2009
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Glaxo's cancer vaccine inches toward approval Sep 6, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal regulators said Friday that a GlaxoSmithKline vaccine prevents the leading cause of cervical cancer in women, bringing the company one step closer to competing with Merck's blockbuster Gardasil, which has controlled the U.S. market for three years. In documents posted online, the Food and Drug Administration said Cervarix Glaxo's vaccine against human papilloma virus or HPV successfully blocked the two leading strains of the virus nearly 93 percent of the time. (Yahoo News)
Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty Sep 4, 2009
WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2. 3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
