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New Global Banking Rules: How Will the US Make It Stick?
U.S. banking agencies have already endorsed the tougher capital requirements, but regulators haven't always followed through with implementing these global accords.
Wyoming Fracking Rules Would Disclose Drilling Chemicals
New rules place Wyoming at the forefront of the national push to disclose chemicals used in <a href="http://www.propublica.org/special/hydraulic-fracturing-national">hydraulic fracturing</a>. Residents in drilling areas have complained about contamination of their wells that they believe is from fracking.
Report: Federal Disaster Response Plans Shortchange Worker Safety
In the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill, a series of health complaints among cleanup workers led to widespread concerns about the adequacy of the safety training, protective equipment and chemical exposure monitoring provided by the government and BP. A new report by the Center for Progressive Reform contends that many of these problems stemmed from insufficient attention to worker safety in the government’s disaster response plans.
Colombian Paramilitaries Extradited to U.S., Where Cases Are Sealed
Colombian paramilitary leaders have been extradited to the U.S., where their cases are sealed, angering those who hoped to find what happened to family members in two decades of violence.
Pentagon Spokesman Wrong on Purple Heart
An error, though soon corrected, shows confusion about medals for soldiers with brain trauma.
EPA’s Letters to Fracking Companies Request Information, With a Legal Threat
An EPA request for detailed information from nine drilling companies about hydrofracking fluids includes a veiled threat to take legal action. And it requests the names and titles of the people providing the information.
Administration Takes Steps That Will Reduce Deportation Risk for Many Undocumented Immigrants
As the Obama administration tries to increase the number of criminals it deports, it's lowering the risk of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants who've lived in the country for long periods without committing crimes.
FDA Acts to Restrict GE’s Omniscan MRI Drug, and Two Others
In a setback for GE Healthcare, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced new labeling requirements that ban use of the contrast agent Omniscan and two other drugs in patients with severe kidney disease, who could be at risk of a crippling and fatal disease.
Gulf Compensation Chief Retreats From Promises to Speed Claims Process
Just two weeks into the Gulf oil spill claims process, payout czar Ken Feinberg admits the promises of payments within 48 hours or seven days are unrealistic, and apologizes for letting people down.
More Citigroup Execs Knew of Subprime Exposure, but SEC Says Its Settlement Is 'Adequate'
Despite acknowledging that more Citigroup executives knew about the company's subprime exposure, the SEC argues that its settlement -- charging two execs and fining Citi $75 million -- was "fair, reasonable, adequate."
Have You Worked Processing Gulf Spill Damage Claims?
If you are working (or previously worked) for BP, the GCCF, Worley, ESIS, BrownGreer, the Garden City Group or any of the other subcontractors or temp agencies that have helped with the claims process, we want to hear about your experience.
Gulf Compensation Czar Apologizes for Falling Short of Goals
Gulf spill paymaster Ken Feinberg apologizes for the kinks in the claims process.
