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The Obama administration unveiled an initiative to give consumers more control over their personal information online, calling on Internet companies such as Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. to develop common privacy standards.
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In making my case for continued housing weakness, I’ve emphasized the negative effect of excess inventories on house sales, prices, new construction and just about every other aspect of residential real estate.
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The Indiana Election Commission is being asked to determine whether U.S. Senator Richard Lugar is a resident of the state and deserving of a place on this year’s ballot.
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Google Inc.’s new privacy policy was criticized by the National Association of Attorneys General as failing to give consumers choices about pooling their data.
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The collapse in housing and the 33 percent plunge in house prices since 2006 are favoring renting over homeownership. This trend will dominate the housing market for the next four or five years, and put additional pressure on a weak economy.
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The highest court in Massachusetts is poised to rule as soon as this month on a foreclosure case that could lead to a surge in claims from home owners seeking to overturn seizures.
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John Kinnucan, the Broadband Research LLC founder who said he refused to secretly record a money manager in a U.S. probe of insider trading, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, the FBI said.
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State and federal officials will aggressively investigate misconduct in the bundling of mortgages into securities following a settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses, the New York and Delaware attorneys general said.
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The Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington are a lot alike, with similar populations of workers from the U.S. capital, incomes above the national average and unemployment rates below the norm.
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UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, sought immunity from prosecution by Canadian regulators probing a potential conspiracy to rig the price of derivatives globally, three people with knowledge of the inquiry said.
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