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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed questions about the specific plans for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility before the US Senate Committee on Appropriations ...

European members of the Group of 20 (G20) financial policy body said Sunday that tighter regulation of the financial industry and liberal trade policies are necessary to help the global economy recover from its recent downturn....

William L. Richards, Jr., SJD : "The legislative effort to nationalize designated German financial institutions has triggered terminology of expropriation of shareholder interest. Perhaps it is a better characterization to suggest this is our first glimmer into...

In a landmark intellectual property decision Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 9-3 that a business concept for hedging risk in the field of commodities trading was too vague for...

Officials for Bank of America announced Monday that they have agreed to an $8.4 billion settlement in response to allegations by 11 state attorneys general that subsidiary Countrywide Financial engaged in deceptive business...

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday dismissed a shareholder suit against government-sponsored lender Fannie Mae for alleged wrongdoing by the board of directors. Shareholders accused the board of...

The US Senate in a special Saturday session passed by 72-13 the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 , designed to address problems from the country's so-called "sub-prime mortgage collapse." The Act provides for...

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) said during a Committee hearing Friday that providing inducements to those who hold liens was the only practical legislative solution to the country's so-called "sub-prime mortgage collapse," and...

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 , a bill designed to address problems from the country's so-called "sub-prime mortgage collapse." The Act provides for government...

The Federal Reserve Board on Monday approved new rules for home mortgage loans designed to reduce unfair lending practices and increase consumer protection. The new rule amends the Truth in Lending Act to...