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With no plan from Congress or the Obama administration to shutter Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the companies’ regulator told Congress yesterday it will expand its oversight with a strategic plan to develop new systems and standards for home loans.
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The U.S. dropped the biggest prosecution of individuals accused of foreign bribery after two trials in the case ended with three acquittals and seven mistrials.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is betting on the sharpest revenue increase since 2007 to help finance his personal and business income-tax cuts and the biggest pension contribution in the state’s history.
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The biggest U.S. prosecution of individuals accused of foreign bribery was dropped after the government failed to win convictions of 10 people who went to trial among the 22 charged in the case.
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Proponents of California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling by two of its members that struck down the measure this month.
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A Cardinal Health Inc. distribution facility in Florida posed a public safety threat by shipping heavy volumes of prescription painkiller oxycodone to pharmacies, according to the U.S. government.
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The U.S. asked a court to dismiss the biggest prosecution of individuals accused of foreign bribery after two trials in the case ended with acquittals and hung juries.
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A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer was freed after his conviction for stealing the bank’s high-speed trading code was reversed by a U.S. appeals court.
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Maryland’s House of Delegates passed a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, moving the state closer to becoming the eighth to permit same-sex nuptials.
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Governor Chris Christie fulfilled his pledge to veto a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in New Jersey, setting up an override fight between the Republican and Democrats who control the Legislature.
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