US violated world's privacy with secret SWIFT checks
The US Treasury's Terrorist Finance Tracking programme had violated the privacy of up to 7,800 international financial institutions in its secret trawl through financial records held by the Belgian firm SWIFT
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Court reinstates markup law for Wisconsin gasoline
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated Wisconsin's 71-year-old minimum markup law on gasoline, a decision that could save some jobs but increase the cost of gas.
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Cost-shifting rises in poor economy
Average annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance grew just 3% this year for family coverage, but employees' share of those costs surged 14%, according to a survey released last week.
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Finance and Banking
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Act") became law. The U.S. Congress designed the Act to address what it perceived to be a vast number of failures that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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Gas drillers don’t reveal production
Majority of Marcellus well operators fail to meet production reporting deadline
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