Government
‘Systemically Important’ AIG Hunts for Board Member with Regulatory Experience
American International Group Inc.'s board is looking for a new director with regulatory experience, as the insurer readies for the government to classify it as big enough to merit greater scrutiny, ...
Insurers, Banks See Trade Deals As Way to Weaken Dodd-Frank
U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. While ...
U.S. Needs Stronger Action Against Trade Secret Theft by China: Commission
Theft of trade secrets, chiefly by China, costs the U.S. economy $300 billion a year and must be fought with sanctions as tough as those used against terrorism and drug trafficking, an advisory panel ...
Fed Officials Dampen Talk of Imminent Cut in Bond Buying
Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the U.S. central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation ...
Oklahoma Tornado Damage Likely to Exceed Joplin
The damage from Monday's tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John ...
Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers
Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in have continued to ...
China Offers India a ‘Handshake Across the Himalayas’ to Ease Border Tension
India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. ...
Supreme Court to Hear SOX Mutual Fund Whistleblower Case
In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as ...