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Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP advised General Electric Co. on its proposed purchase of Lufkin Industries Inc. for about $3.3 billion. Lufkin’s legal adviser was Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
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U.S. lenders would be required to offer the option of home loans without points or fees under a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau designed to allow borrowers to better compare prices.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission should ban derivatives brokers from investing client funds in anything other than U.S. debt, commissioner Bart Chilton said.
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Jennifer Cavallaro’s Twitter feed usually deals with matters like the free-range egg salad she serves at her Beehive Café in Bristol, Rhode Island. On May 17, 2010, she blasted a different message to her followers.
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Elizabeth Warren’s admirers often refer to her as a grandmother from Oklahoma. This is technically true. It’s also what you might call posturing.
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Forrest Fontana and his Boston-based investment firm agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle U.S. regulator claims they violated anti-manipulation rules.
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Campaign politics were already whipping Washington into frenzy. A split Congress shunned compromise on financial rules or fixes for the economy.
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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee approved legislation exempting interaffiliate swaps from clearing and trading regulations required under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved higher limits for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, bypassing the objections of Republicans who said the increase could threaten the agency’s stability.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s board will consider proposing alternatives to credit ratings for debt and securitization positions at a meeting in Washington next week.
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