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Insurers Among Firms Turning to Off-Beat Securitizations To Boost Investment Yield
Record low interest rates have helped investors rediscover a taste for bonds backed by everything from pizza to movie royalties, even though strong demand for these offbeat assets has already trimmed ...Congress Wants Role As Obama Pushes Trade Agenda
The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants of Asia and Europe. To make that a reality, ...
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U.S. SEC Nominee White Promises ‘Unrelenting’ Enforcement
Mary Jo White, the nominee to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, plans to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that she will bring a "bold and unrelenting" enforcement program to the agency if ...Wisconsin Woman Loses Privacy Lawsuit Vs. Google
A federal appeals court has dismissed a Wisconsin woman's lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging that it was using her name to generate revenue through online advertising. Beverly Stayart, of Elkhorn, ...
Brockovich Takes On Louisiana Sinkhole Case
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich says Assumption Parish residents whose homes are threatened by a huge sinkhole should sue the owners of a failed salt dome cavern believed to have caused the ...
Wells Media Adding P/C Insurance Focused Content, Sponsors For Carrier Management
As Wells Media Group continues to add quality content to its recently launched website, CarrierManagement.com, focusing on a target audience of property/casualty insurance industry executives, the ...
With Cuts Looming, U.S. Farm Groups Seek Lower-Cost Crop Subsidies
U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion ...Japan’s Clean-Up from 2011 Tsunami, Nuclear Accident Lagging
Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs—and perhaps most ...