Government

CDC Issues Warning Of Deadly New SARS-like Virus

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday warned state and local health officials about potential infections from a deadly virus previously unseen in humans that has now ...

PCAOB Criticizes PwC On Quality Control

The U.S. regulator of corporate auditors criticized PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday for not doing enough to ensure that its audits were properly carried out, in a rare public reprimand of a major ...

EU Fines Microsoft $731M

The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros ($731 million) on Wednesday for failing to offer users a choice of web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other ...

Ex-DEP Boss: Buy Out Flood-Prone NJ Homes

As lawmakers consider a package of bills to help the state recover from Superstorm Sandy, a former state environmental protection commissioner says the storm provided a golden opportunity to buy out ...

Banks Urge U.S. Judge To Throw Out LIBOR Lawsuits

Banks facing a barrage of lawsuits from customers accusing them of interest-rate rigging argued on Tuesday that the cases should be dismissed, saying there is no evidence of antitrust or other ...