Mine Safety Agency Wins Order Over Unsafe Massey Mine in Kentucky January 6, 2011 Federal mine safety officials have won a settlement with Massey Energy that requires the firm to immediately take safety measures...
White House Oil Spill Report: Firms’ Decisions Saved Money, Raised Risk January 5, 2011 By Ayesha Rascoe BP and its partners made a series of cost-cutting decisions that ultimately contributed to the oil spill that ravaged the...
House Republicans Aim to Repeal Healthcare Law January 4, 2011 By Thomas Ferraro Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to pass a bill next week to repeal President Barack Obama’s overhaul...
How to Fix Nation’s Flood Insurance Program December 31, 2010 By Jimi Grande The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation’s flood insurance...
How to Fix Nation’s Flood Insurance Program December 30, 2010 By Jimi Grande The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation’s flood insurance...
Democratic Congress Productive But Unpopular December 23, 2010 Perhaps never before has a U.S. Congress done more and been liked less than the one controlled by President Barack...
New York Suit Against Ernst & Young Fills Regulatory Gap December 23, 2010 By Scot J. Paltrow In choosing Ernst & Young as his target in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse, New York Attorney General...
President Obama Expected to Sign Food Safety Overhaul Bill December 22, 2010 By Christopher Doering The ailing U.S. food safety system moved closer Tuesday toward its biggest overhaul in more than 70 years after the...
Health Insurers Face New Scrutiny Over Price Hikes December 22, 2010 By Susan Heavey U.S. health insurance companies that want to increase premiums by 10 percent or more next year would face tougher government...
U.S. Treasury’s AIG Fix-It Man Ready for Next Assignment December 21, 2010 By David Lawder and Paritosh Bansal Jim Millstein is no stranger to troubled companies. With a long career as a bankruptcy lawyer and former head of...