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The European Commission published the members and remit of a group of experts that will examine whether banks should build internal firewalls to protect taxpayers and customers when failure of one part of a lender threatens to cascade throughout the company.
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President Barack Obama is promoting his administration’s energy and economic policies in response to Republican criticism over rising gasoline prices in the battleground state of Florida today.
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Eastman Kodak Co.’s newest patent- infringement complaint against Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. will be reviewed by a federal trade agency with the power to block imports of products that infringe U.S. patents.
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BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are liable for Clean Water Act violations, a judge ruled, allowing the U.S. to seek fines of as much as $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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Mattel Inc. has won dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit by MGA Entertainment Inc., the toymaker that sought $1 billion in damages alleging Mattel violated antitrust laws in a dispute over Bratz dolls.
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The fate of President Barack Obama’s health-care law may hinge on the administration’s ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia, the pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative wing.
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Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile provider, should be prevented by federal regulators from buying airwaves from cable companies to avoid “excessive concentration” of spectrum, T-Mobile USA Inc. said.
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Citigroup Inc., which last week admitted breaking Federal Housing Administration rules and paid a fine, also violated regulations for home loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a whistle-blower’s complaint.
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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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