Articles tagged with regulators
Tue, May 22, 2012
Exclusive: Regulators may review Morgan Stanley-Facebook allegations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's chairman said on Tuesday that regulators plan to review allegations that Morgan Stanley shared negative ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Regulators, investors turn up heat over Facebook IPO
By Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica
(Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said on Tuesday the issues around the initial public offering of ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
JPMorgan trade on regulators' radar in April: source
By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators first raised concerns in April about trading positions that led to a $2 billion-plus loss at JPMorgan ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Regulators at odds over longer CME grain cycle
By Tom Polansek
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jill Sommers, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said CME Group should be allowed to increase trading ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Analysis: Fed regulators in hot seat over JPMorgan loss
By Jonathan Spicer and Mark Felsenthal
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - JPMorgan's $2 billion-plus trading loss raises serious questions about ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Mexico regulators rule on $1 billion fine against Slim's Telcel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's competition watchdog said it had reached a decision on whether to uphold a fine of almost $1 billion against ...
Sun, April 29, 2012
Mexico regulators to vote on $1 billion fine vs tycoon Slim
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Regulators are due to vote on Monday on one of Mexico's biggest antitrust cases, a $1 billion ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Regulators pull back on swap dealer crackdown
By Alexandra Alper and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators limited the number of market players that will be slapped with a pricey "swap ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Regulators pull back on swap dealer crackdown
By Alexandra Alper and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators have tightened the group of market players that will be slapped with a pricey ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
U.S. regulators approve Cheniere LNG export plant
By Edward McAllister and Ayesha Rascoe
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Monday approved the country's first liquefied natural gas export plant in nearly ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Insight: Energy regulators in new push to quash manipulation
By Scott DiSavino and Jonathan Leff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emboldened energy market regulators are mounting an aggressive new campaign to stamp out a once-common ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
U.S. seeks voluntary antibiotic limits in livestock
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday urged food producers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics in livestock for non-medical uses as ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
TripAdvisor complains about Google to EU regulators
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Online travel agency TripAdvisor has asked EU antitrust regulators to halt what it calls anti-competitive practices by Google ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Expedia files Google complaint to EU regulators
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Online travel agency Expedia on Friday accused Google of breaching EU rules with a formal complaint to EU ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Senate confirms top bank regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama's picks for key spots at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
U.S. regulators push for online "do not track" system
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are pressuring Internet companies to put in place by the end of the year a "Do ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
State regulators close two banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State regulators on Friday closed two banks, one in Georgia and the other in Illinois, bringing the total number of bank failures ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Bank regulators agree more leeway on liquidity rule: sources
(Reuters) - Global regulators are expected to allow banks greater flexibility to meet new short-term liquidity rules, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Regulators probe Google privacy breach: report
By Liana B. Baker
(Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission is examining whether Google deceived consumers by planting so-called Internet cookies in Apple's Web ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Safety regulators open probe on Ford Taurus
(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into an estimated 360,000 Ford Motor Co Taurus sedans for a potential problem with ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Safety regulators open probe on Ford Taurus
(Reuters) - Safety regulators have opened an investigation into an estimated 360,000 Ford Motor Co
Fri, March 09, 2012
Regulator approves Cap One: HSBC deal
(Reuters) - Bank regulators approved Capital One Financials acquisition of HSBC's $30 billion U.S. credit card business, the Office of the Comptroller of ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Regulators dispute finding of cancer-causing soda
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said soft drinks from PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co posed no health risk, contrary to a ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
US regulators dispute finding of cancer-causing soda
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said soft drinks from PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co posed no health risk, contrary to a ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Regulators seek input on cell phone interruptions
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deliberate disruption of mobile phone service last year by transit police in San Francisco has prompted federal communications ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Regulators crack down on telemarketing pitches
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telemarketers will have to get written consent before placing automated calls to consumers under new rules U.S. communications ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
U.S. bank regulators roll fines into mortgage pact
By Dave Clarke
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve announced on Thursday it has reached an agreement with five U.S. banks on penalties totaling $766 ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy
By Claire Davenport
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Ex-UBS trader refused bail as bank probe deepens
By Sarah White and Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters) - Former UBS AG trader Kweku Adoboli, who is accused of unauthorized deals that cost the Swiss ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
EU regulators investigate Samsung over mobile patents
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are investigating whether Samsung Electronics breached antitrust rules by accusing rivals such as Apple of infringing ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
U.S. regulators upgrade Jeep Liberty airbag probe
(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have upgraded an investigation into almost 387,000 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles for potential inadvertent airbag deployment, increasing ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
Regulators weigh action on UBS $2 billion trading loss: report
ZURICH (Reuters) - Regulators in Britain and Switzerland may take steps against bank UBS
Sun, January 08, 2012
Global regulators signal leeway on new bank liquidity rules
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators vowed on Sunday to press ahead with tough new liquidity rules for banks from 2015, but in ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
CME faces regulatory probe on MF Global: sources
(Reuters) - The futures regulator has been investigating whether the CME Group did enough to safeguard customer money before the collapse of MF Global last ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
Regulators inching forward on Dodd-Frank rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have only met roughly a quarter of pre-2012 deadlines included in the controversial Dodd-Frank financial reform law, according to ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Breast implant scandal shows regulators in dark on risk
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
Regulators had not approved most PIP implants: lawyer
By Marc Joanny and Jean-François Rosnoblet
TOULON, France (Reuters) - The lawyer for the French company at the heart of an escalating global breast implant ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
U.S. regulators extend Volcker rule comment period
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators announced on Friday they will give the public and the banking industry 30 more days to comment on a proposed framework ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
CA sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
By Laird Harrison
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
By Laird Harrison
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Regulators sue former top Fannie, Freddie execs
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six former top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were sued by U.S. regulators on charges ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Exclusive: Regulators know where MF Global funds went
By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators now have a more complete picture of money transfers in the final days of bankrupt brokerage MF Global ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Falcone's lawyer on hot seat with regulators
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lawyer for Philip Falcone's hedge fund is finding herself in the hot seat with U.S ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Regulators could sanction Falcone over trading
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
(Reuters) - Philip Falcone, a hedge fund manager who became an overnight billionaire by betting on the collapse on the U.S ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
U.S., European antitrust regulators look at e-books
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking into allegations that the electronic book industry has violated antitrust law, a top Justice Department official said ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Federal regulators probe Miami stadium bonds
MIAMI (Reuters) - Federal securities regulators are investigating the public financing of Miami's new professional baseball stadium and have issued subpoenas to local governments ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
NY regulators: insurers improving life payouts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurance companies have paid out more than $52 million in claims since New York regulators asked them to explain how they ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Senators to probe regulators' role in MF Global
By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators plan to press regulators on Thursday on whether they were asleep at ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Senators to probe regulators' role in MF Global
By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators plan to press regulators on Thursday on whether they were asleep at the switch ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Exclusive: Regulators doubt MF Global shortfall estimate
By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators and law enforcement believe a bankruptcy trustee has overestimated the amount of customer funds missing at ...
Thu, November 24, 2011
Quebec hearing lifts Maple's hopes on TMX takeover
By Louise Egan and Leila Lemghalef
MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian consortium aiming to buy the operator of the country's largest exchanges said the ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Bank profits rise as regulators fret about Europe
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank earnings reached a more than four-year high in the third quarter, but regulators are warning that ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
BofA warned by regulators to get stronger: report
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators have informed Bank of America's
Tue, October 11, 2011
U.S. reveals Volcker rule's murky ban on Wall St bets
By Dave Clarke and Alexandra Alper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators unveiled a ban on Wall Street banks' trading for their own profit, but ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
Regulators not swayed by bank capital complaints
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global banks aggressive push to scale back or postpone new capital rules for the world's largest banks is ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Schmidt says Google has not cooked search results
By Diane Bartz and Malathi Nayak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc has not cooked its search results to favor its own products and listings, Executive ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Global regulators deepen anti-market abuse ties
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators have revised their rules so they can more easily track down commodity market abuses that cut across ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Regulators raid Google's South Korea office: source
By Diane Bartz and Alexei Oreskovic
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Antitrust officials in South Korea raided Google Inc's Seoul offices on Tuesday, according ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Fed orders Goldman to review foreclosures
By Lauren Tara LaCapra
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve ordered Goldman Sachs Group Inc to hire a consultant to review practices of a ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
U.S. blames utility, regulators for pipeline blast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators on Tuesday blamed a utility's lax approach to pipeline safety and weak government oversight for a California natural gas explosion ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Fed and other regulators need policing: economist
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Global financial regulators are likely to impede growth rather than foster it unless they are better policed, an economist warned ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Regulators to require minimum derivatives data
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks must report a minimum set of data on their derivatives trades from the end of next year to ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Regulators close 64th U.S. bank this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators closed the 64th bank in the U.S. so far this year on Friday, shutting down First National Bank of Olathe ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Regulators link reviews of AT&T's transactions
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's $1.9 billion offer for some of Qualcomm Inc's wireless licenses will be tied to a simultaneous review of AT&T's $39 billion proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA, U.S. communications regulators said in a letter sent late on Monday.
The Federal Communications Commission, citing the many related issues, dropped the agency's informal 180-day timeline for review of the Qualcomm deal. The move could significantly delay completion of the smaller Qualcomm deal because the review of AT&T's bid for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile is expected to span at least into the first quarter of 2012.
Qualcomm said swift action on its deal was in line with the FCC's goal to free up more airwaves for mobile broadband use. The company said the deal would not only re-purpose unused spectrum for wireless Internet services, but it would also allow it to invest and deploy more spectrum efficient technology.
"The FCC should approve the pending AT&T-Qualcomm spectrum sale now because of the clear benefits to the public from the sale that stand on their own and are totally unrelated to the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger," Dean Brenner, vice president of government affairs for Qualcomm, said in a statement.
But the FCC said it was concerned about AT&T amassing spectrum across the country, especially in overlapping areas, among other issues.
"We have concluded that the best way to determine whether either or both of the proposed transactions serve the public interest is to consider them in a coordinated manner at this time," the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said in a letter to AT&T and Qualcomm.
The decision does not prevent the agency from considering the deals separately at a later date.
The FCC is weighing whether the proposed merger with T-Mobile is in the public interest, while the Justice Department is conducting an antitrust review.
If approved as proposed, the merger would concentrate 80 percent of the U.S. wireless market in just two companies: AT&T/T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc.
AT&T argues the purchase of T-Mobile will help it expand faster service to more customers. Critics charge that less competition will increase prices and limit consumer choice.
Public interest groups, including the Consumers Union, Free Press, the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge and the New America Foundation, asked the FCC in April to link the reviews of AT&T's transactions, saying the deals would "further empower an already dominant wireless carrier to leverage its control over devices, backhaul, and consumers in ways that stifle competition."
Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood said: "We hope the FCC takes into account the serious harm that will be done to innovation, competition and consumers by both acquisitions and rejects these transactions outright."
AT&T has said U.S. government remedies to free up more U.S. airwaves for wireless services are not coming fast enough and were an important driver behind its plans to acquire T-Mobile.
AT&T estimates it will carry the equivalent of the volume of all the mobile traffic it handled last year in just the first six or seven weeks of 2015, as explosive demand continues for wireless devices such as Apple Inc's iPhone.
A spectrum shortage would mean clogged networks, more dropped calls and slower connection speeds for wireless customers.
(Reporting by Jasmin Melvin; editing by Andre Grenon)
Mon, August 08, 2011
Safety regulators open probes on Ford, VW cars
DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto safety regulators have opened preliminary investigations into new Ford Motor Co Mustangs with manual transmissions for possible shifting problems and diesel ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
Regulators send subpoenas to high-frequency traders: report
(Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator has sent subpoenas to high-frequency trading firms in relation to last year's "flash crash" probe, the Wall ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Analysis: Bruised regulators brace for Dodd-Frank court fights
By Sarah N. Lynch and Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are scrambling to bulletproof dozens of financial reforms after a court last ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Regulators to keep closer tabs on chemical used in bombings
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security proposed new security measures on Tuesday to monitor sales of ammonium nitrate, a chemical ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
Analysis: Groupon growth lures rivals and regulators
By Alistair Barr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's rapid growth has attracted rivals and regulators, a twin threat to the largest online daily ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Ex-trader admits threatening to kill regulators
By Jennifer Golson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former commodities trader pleaded guilty on Monday to threatening to kill more than 40 financial regulators, including ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Regulators combat unauthorized phone bill fees
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telephone companies would have to make third-party charges on landline phone bills clear and distinct to help people detect ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Financial regulators face budget limits in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission would be denied a dramatic funding increase for the 2012 fiscal year under a bill released on ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Regulators moves to delay swaps crackdown, bolster banks
By Christopher Doering and Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators threw a temporary bridge across the increasingly awkward gap between the idea of ...
Mon, May 16, 2011
Nasdaq, ICE withdraw NYSE bid, cite regulators
By Phil Wahba and Paritosh Bansal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and IntercontinentalExchange withdrew their hostile $11.3 billion bid for rival ...
Thu, May 12, 2011
Regulators press on with Wall Street crackdown
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad crackdown on Wall Street is churning forward, even as regulators assured a Senate panel on Thursday they ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Medical firm closes amid probe by Colorado regulators
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A medical imaging company has shuttered its doors in Colorado after regulators ordered it to stop performing X-rays and ...
Thu, May 05, 2011
Bernanke: regulators focused on system risks
By Ann Saphir
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In the wake of the financial crisis, regulators are strengthening their ability to spot fault lines in the financial ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
Swaps players beg regulators for clarity
By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street banks and major market players said they are equipped to comply with derivatives ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Ford F-150 recall greatly expanded: safety regulators
By John Crawley and Bernie Woodall
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and U.S. safety regulators have agreed to a greatly expanded recall ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Regulators probe whether banks colluded in Libor: report
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators are probing whether some major banks colluded to manipulate a global benchmark interest rate before and during the financial crisis ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Bank regulators in pact with mortgage lenders
By Dave Clarke and Joe Rauch
WASHINGTON/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators announced pacts with the largest home lenders over allegations ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Bank regulators reach settlements with mortgage lenders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators announced settlements on Wednesday with the largest home lenders over allegations of shoddy foreclosure practices, but the pacts did not ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Global regulators can't be complacent: Fed's Dudley
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Requiring systemically important banks to hold extra capital is one of many steps regulators must take to make the global financial ...
Fri, April 08, 2011
Regulators may ease share issue rules: report
(Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators may ease constraints on share issues by private companies, making it easier for start-ups to raise money, the Wall ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Nuclear regulators probe fault at Alabama reactor
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tennessee Valley Authority officials met nuclear regulators on Monday to explain the failure last year of a key valve ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Our atom plants safe, U.S. and Europe regulators say
VIENNA (Reuters) - Nuclear power plants in the United States and Europe are safe, regulators said on Monday, promising to look at ways to strengthen ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Bank regulators propose swap rules
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy companies, airlines and other end-users would be mostly exempt from having to put up costly collateral when using ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Regulators to vote on mortgage securities rules: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks will be forced to keep some risk when they securitize all but the most conservatively written mortgages under rules that ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Utility Regulators to be Asked For Wind Turbine Siting Rules
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s utility regulators will be asked for a second time to draft rules for locating high-tech windmills.
The Legislature’s ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Banks can keep embassy accounts: U.S. regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial regulators have clarified that banks can provide services to foreign diplomatic missions and still comply with anti-money laundering laws after several ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Regulators looking at ways to cap big banks: source
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global banking regulators are discussing how to use extra capital cushions as a means of stopping very big lenders ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
Nevada regulators back Caesars' Internet gambling gambit
By Timothy Pratt
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nevada regulators have approved the first marketing agreement between a Las Vegas hotel and casino company and an ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
U.S. regulators seek bank employees as witnesses in Libor probe: report
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators have asked Citigroup <C.N>, Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE>, Bank of America <BAC.N> and JPMorgan Chase <JPM.N> to ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Regulators blame banks for credit union losses: report
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators are blaming some of the biggest Wall Street firms for the collapse of five wholesale credit unions and are threatening ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
New city, tone as U.S. regulators sell bank reforms
By Dave Clarke
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Fresh off a tense exchange with a ballroom full of community bankers, U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
Regulators battle Wall Street for brains, money
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long outgunned by Wall Street's big brains and big budgets, U.S. financial regulators are hoping to close ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Penalty fees down under card law, regulators say
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Credit card users are paying fewer penalty fees and rate hikes are more infrequent a year after sweeping rule ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
U.S. and EU regulators eye Apple subscription plan
By Yinka Adegoke and Foo Yun Chee
NEW YORK/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. and European regulators are keeping tabs on Apple Inc's plans ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Global regulators split over derivatives trading
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators are split over which electronic platforms can trade derivatives to improve transparency, raising the prospect of banks ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Antitrust regulators look at new Apple service: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators are looking at Apple Inc's new subscription service for media companies to sell content on its ...
Sun, February 06, 2011
Regulators seek to foil moves to undermine pay reform
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators began their most forceful attempt yet to clamp down on bank bonuses since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, and ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Regulators look at why cold shut Texas power plants
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators will investigate why more than 50 power generating units in Texas failed due cold weather on Wednesday, forcing the state ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
NY manager indicted for threats to regulators
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury formally charged a money manager who was arrested two weeks ago over allegations ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Safety regulators look into Ford Fusion wheels
DETROIT (Reuters) - Safety regulators said on Tuesday that they have opened a preliminary investigation into a potential problem with wheel studs on 2010 Ford ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
U.S. accuses man of threatening regulators
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors unsealed a complaint on Friday accusing a New York man of threatening to kill 47 current and former officials ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Regulators want $2.5 billion from bank executives
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banking regulators have authorized lawsuits against 109 bank officials so far as they seek to recover at least $2 ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
New York plans to merge banking, insurance regulators
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to improve regulation of Wall Street with a smaller state government that would merge the ...
Wed, December 29, 2010
Home foreclosures jump in 3rd quarter: regulators
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home foreclosures jumped in the third quarter and banks' efforts to keep borrowers in their homes dropped ...
Mon, December 20, 2010
Regulators target bankers' cash compensation: report
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators may force big financial firms to award half or more of their executive pay in the form of stock or ...
Mon, December 20, 2010
Analysis: Wall Street to regulators: No need to rush
By Ann Saphir and Dave Clarke
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. regulators race to write rules that will put Wall Street reform legislation ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Basel regulators give some countries extra leeway
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators said on Thursday that banks in low debt countries like Australia and Denmark will get more leeway ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Regulators carve into bank profits and trading bets
By Dave Clarke and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rules that have the potential to slash banks' debit card profits and stop traders from excessive ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Bank regulators back new capital plan
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank holding companies would not be allowed to dip below the strict capital standards of their federally insured bank ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Regulators eye Stanford brokers in probe: report
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have notified some brokers who worked for indicted financier Allen Stanford that they may face civil fraud charges, the ...
Fri, December 10, 2010
Aviation regulators step-up Boeing 757 inspections: report
BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. aviation regulators are drafting enhanced inspection mandates to step up their examinations of more than 600 Boeing Co's <BA ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
Regulators part curtain on swaps and hedge funds
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators moved on Friday to bring more transparency to the sprawling derivatives market, hedge funds and ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Regulators warn on "blackout in a can" drinks
By Martinne Geller
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned makers of alcoholic energy drinks often called "blackout in a can" that their products ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
Regulators allege Massey Kentucky safety violations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mine safety regulators have gone to court for the first time to force Massey Energy to address safety violations ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Foreclosure mess may hurt housing, regulators warn
By Dave Clarke and Al Yoon
WASHINGTON/ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said fixing the foreclosure paperwork mess will take time and could weaken ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Regulators reviewing foreclosure practices: Bernanke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators will issue a report next month on foreclosure practices at large financial institutions, following allegations that lenders cut ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
Regulators close seven more banks in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Friday that U.S. regulators closed seven more banks, bringing the total so far this ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
Regulators to recommend abolishing mandatory ratings
SEOUL (Reuters) - Financial regulators will recommend to the Group of 20 leading economies that they abolish, wherever possible, mandatory credit ratings for institutions or ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
Regulators advancing joint foreclosure review
By Dave Clarke
BOSTON (Reuters) - Regulators are teaming up and advancing their review of banks' and mortgage servicers' foreclosure practices to determine whether individual ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
Regulators sound caution on bank bail-in proposal
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Pre-arranged "bail ins" of banks offer a promising solution to the problem of how to shore up troubled lenders ...
Wed, September 29, 2010
Lawmakers urge regulators to avoid infighting
By Dave Clarke and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers warned regulators not to let infighting or intimidation get in the way of their new ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
Financial regulators to trot out reform plans
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators racing to implement new financial market policing powers will appear together before a Senate committee this ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Bank regulators delay "too big to fail" reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banking regulators on Monday put off proposing how the government would use its new authority to dismantle large, collapsing financial companies, saying ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Regulators shut 2 banks in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators closed two more troubled U.S. banks on Friday, bringing the tally this year to 127.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Regulators say banks on board with pay rules
By Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday said they doubted financial companies would try to skirt new rules designed to crack ...
Sat, September 18, 2010
California regulators ask PG&E for gas pipeline details
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California utility regulators asked Pacific Gas & Electric Co to provide a list of potential weak spots in the company's natural ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Regulators close five small banks
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed three small banks in Georgia, one in Wisconsin, one in Ohio and one in New Jersey ...
Sun, September 12, 2010
Global regulators agree tougher Basel III bank rules
By Natsuko Waki and Catherine Bosley
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global regulators, seeking to prevent any repeat of the international credit crisis, agreed on Sunday ...
Fri, September 10, 2010
Regulators probe fund-of-funds firms in sweep
By Emily Chasan and Rachelle Younglai
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators are probing "fund-of-funds" firms that channel investors' money into hedge funds, looking ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
U.S. regulators probe Hyundai Sonata steering
By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into claims that Hyundai Motor Co's Sonata sedan may ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Muni regulators to further limit political donations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are set to take another step in limiting the influence that municipal bond brokers and dealers have over the ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Regulators close ShoreBank in Chicago
By Nick Carey
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday seized notable Chicago-based community development bank ShoreBank after Wall Street backers failed to rescue ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Regulators issue alert on retained asset accounts
BANGALORE (Reuters) - The organization of state insurance regulators issued a consumer alert about retained assets accounts (RAAs), days after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Regulators probe Goldman's notice about SEC case
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. and British regulators are investigating the timing of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's <GS.N> disclosure to them ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Regulators shut Ravenswood Bank of Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized Ravenswood Bank of Chicago on Friday, bringing the number of closures this year to 109 as the community ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Regulators to meet over new consumer bureau
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will convene a meeting Thursday with the top financial regulators to begin launching the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
FDIC says regulators closed 90th bank of year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday closed Home National Bank in Oklahoma and U.S.A. Bank in New York the Federal Deposit ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
EU regulators probe risks of blood pressure drugs
LONDON (Reuters) - European drugs regulators have launched an investigation into the possible increased risk of cancer in patients taking common blood pressure medicines known ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Regulators take step toward broadband rules
By John Poirier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Communications authorities on Thursday took a small but significant step toward regulating high-speed Internet in a bid to reclaim ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Regulators close Seattle bank, total now 82
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized Washington First International Bank in Seattle on Friday evening, bringing the total of failures so far this year ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Regulators urged to help develop antibiotics
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators need to provide a clear path for drug companies to develop new antibiotics and should consider ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Regulators seize three banks, year total at 81
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized three more troubled banks on Friday, including TierOne Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, ticking up the total so far ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
Regulators shut 5 banks as 2010 tally hits 78
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized five more troubled banks on Friday, including three banks owned by Bank of Florida Corp, bringing the tally ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Regulators may never pinpoint cause of market crash
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may never know what caused the recent market crash and still have not ...
Fri, May 21, 2010
U.S. regulators approve Google/AdMob deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it was closing its investigation of the Google/AdMob deal after finding that it was ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Companies, regulators team up for drug testing
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators, scientists at 17 companies and academic researchers have teamed up in a new international ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
U.S. regulators to reassert powers over broadband
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators, whose authority over broadband was put in doubt by a recent court ruling, will announce on Thursday that it will reassert ...
Mon, May 03, 2010
Regulators mull antitrust look at Apple: source
By Gabriel Madway
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Regulators are considering an inquiry into whether Apple Inc violates antitrust law by requiring that its programing tools ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
U.S. regulators seize three Puerto Rico banks
By Karey Wutkowski and Dan Wilchins
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized three Puerto Rican banks on Friday and sold their deposits ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
Regulators seize bank linked to Senate candidate
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Regulators on Friday seized a Chicago bank owned by the family of the Democratic nominee running for the Senate ...
Mon, April 19, 2010
Aircraft enginemakers, regulators study ash impact
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co <GE.N> and other aircraft engine makers and regulators are studying the possibility of formulating limits ...
Fri, April 16, 2010
Regulators seize eight banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday seized eight banks with assets totaling more than $6 billion, raising the tally this year to 51 ...
Fri, April 16, 2010
Bair: Regulators clashed ahead of WaMu crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Friday said that for years before Washington Mutual became the biggest bank bust ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Panel says regulators sparred while WaMu burned
By Dan Margolies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2008, just months before giant mortgage lender Washington Mutual Bank flamed out and became the ...
Tue, April 13, 2010
Special Report: Are regulators dropping the ball on biocrops?
By Carey Gillam
COLUMBIA, Missouri (Reuters) - Robert Kremer, a U.S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the ...
Sat, April 10, 2010
U.S. regulators consider 2nd fine against Toyota
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators may seek a second penalty against Toyota Motor Corp for knowingly delaying a massive recall over defective accelerator ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Regulators looking at antibacterial in soap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it was reviewing the safety of triclosan, a widely used antibacterial agent ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
State regulators take over part of Ambac's book
By Dan Wilchins and Elinor Comlay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - State regulators said they are taking control of roughly $64 billion of the worst assets ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
Bank regulators may extend crisis-era guarantee
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators may extend a guarantee program set up at the peak of the financial crisis, fearing ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Toyota tells regulators weighing fix to 1.2 million Corollas
By Kevin Krolicki
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has told U.S. safety regulators that it is considering how to fix nearly 1.2 ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Regulators worry over cracks in financial reforms
By Huw Jones and John O'Donnell
LONDON/BRUSSELS - (Reuters) - Top officials warned policymakers on Wednesday to avoid hurting global efforts to toughen up ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Regulators to U.S. banks: tighten up on funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators jointly reminded financial institutions on Wednesday about the importance of managing their liquidity to avoid ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
Regulators tell banks to restrict dividends, buybacks: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shareholders may have to wait for months to retrieve capital after U.S. regulators told banks not to increase dividends or ...
Fri, March 05, 2010
Regulators close banks in four states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year ...
Fri, March 05, 2010
Regulators close Centennial Bank in Utah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators on Friday closed Centennial Bank of Odgen, Utah, bringing the number of failed banks so far this year ...
Fri, March 05, 2010
Regulators close banks in Illinois, Maryland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators closed Bank of Illinois of Normal, Illinois and Waterfield Bank of Germantown, Maryland on Friday as deteriorating loans ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Regulators report 27 percent jump in problem banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of "problem" U.S. banks jumped 27 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009 to 702, the highest level since ...
Mon, February 22, 2010
Congress Finds Documents Critical of Toyota, Regulators
WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Corp routinely dismissed the possibility that faulty electronics could cause unintended acceleration. That's according to preliminary findings from the Congressional ...
Tue, February 09, 2010
Toyota pledges more responsiveness to U.S. regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> President Akio Toyoda wrote in an article published on Tuesday that he has promised the top U ...
Wed, January 27, 2010
Banks, regulators agree need for global response
By Krista Hughes and Martin Howell
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Leading bankers seeking to quell a political backlash over their role in the financial crisis ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
U.S. regulators pressed to speed up BPA decision
By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should immediately ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A in food ...
Thu, January 14, 2010
U.S. state regulators slam feds over financial crisis
By Dan Margolies and Steve Eder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State regulators criticized their federal counterparts for letting the mortgage crisis spiral out of control and ...
Thu, January 07, 2010
U.S. regulators warn banks on interest rate risk
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday urged banks to protect themselves against hikes in interest rates, which could threaten the ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
U.S. regulators undecided on Ticketmaster deal: sources
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has a team of litigators prepared to oppose the merger of ticketing giant Ticketmaster ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
Bank regulators divided on securitization plan
By Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday approved an initial proposal to jump-start the securitization market and strengthen standards to ...
Fri, December 11, 2009
Regulators shut three more banks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. regulators closed Republic Federal Bank, N.A., SolutionsBank and Valley Capital Bank on Friday, bringing the total number of ...
Mon, December 07, 2009
U.S. regulators look at privacy of consumer data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With companies able to collect and store vast amounts of data about consumers for very little money, the Federal Trade Commission held ...
Wed, December 02, 2009
Need stronger regulators for swaps: Senate chair
By Charles Abbott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two major U.S. financial market regulators need additional authority to oversee over-the-counter derivatives, the Senate Agriculture Committee ...
Sun, November 29, 2009
Regulators list systemic risk institutions: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty global financial institutions have been selected for cross-border supervision exercises by regulators, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Compiled under the ...
Tue, November 17, 2009
EU regulators urge U.S. to implement G20 measures
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European regulators on Tuesday urged the United States and Europe to push through measures agreed by the G20 nations aimed at avoiding ...
Fri, November 13, 2009
U.S. regulators squeeze banks on future tax assets
By Dan Wilchins
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are looking hard at banks' expected future tax benefits and the result for some financial ...
Fri, November 06, 2009
Regulators close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th ...
Thu, November 05, 2009
U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it was mulling whether changes are needed to regulations governing access to telephone ...
Tue, October 27, 2009
Facebook challenges financial regulators: FINRA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn raise "serious new challenges" for financial regulators, the head of the largest U.S ...
Sun, October 25, 2009
Sony optic drives probed by anti-trust regulators
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> said on Monday its optic disc drive business is under investigation for possible antitrust violations, and its U ...
Tue, October 20, 2009
Bank regulators vote to end debt program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators voted on Tuesday to end a government program that guarantees some debt issued by banks, but also to set ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Regulators close San Joaquin Bank in California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California bank regulators closed San Joaquin Bank of Bakersfield, Calif., the latest U.S. bank to fail this year.
The Federal Deposit ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Market regulators urge tougher enforcement
By Charles Abbott and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities and futures regulators asked Congress on Friday for more authority to police their ...
Mon, September 28, 2009
Opera urges EU regulators not to rush Microsoft case
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Norwegian browser maker Opera urged European Union antitrust regulators on Monday not to rush to close its antitrust ...
Fri, September 25, 2009
U.S. large-loan bank losses triple to $53 billion: regulators
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators say that the level of losses from syndicated loans facing banks and other financial institutions tripled to $53 billion in ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
U.S. lawmakers rebuff regulators' pleas to keep powers
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday dismissed bank regulators' calls to preserve their consumer protection duties, saying their dismal track ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
U.S. regulators propose ban on "flash" trading
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators proposed on Thursday a ban on flash orders that stock exchanges send to a select ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
Former NY Gov Spitzer: Regulate the regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who drove a crackdown on Wall Street before being brought down by scandal, said U.S ...
Fri, September 11, 2009
U.S. regulators close Corus Bank, to sell assets later
By Karey Wutkowski and Steve Eder
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators seized Corus Bank on Friday in the fourth-largest bank failure this ...
Fri, September 04, 2009
Five banks closed by U.S. regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed four Midwestern banks and one in Arizona on Friday, bringing to 89 the number of U.S. banks to ...
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