Agency Rulemaking

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently, there has been substantial growth in mutual funds utilizing managed-futures-based strategies. The number of distinct managed futures mutual funds doubled to 24 in 2011, according to Morningstar Inc. The funds...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

The Federal Trade Commission plans to both update its investigative process and clarify how it handles allegations of attorney misconduct, the agency has announced, seeking public comment on both issues. The proposed changes...

Fueled in part by an increase in age and disability discrimination claims, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record-high 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal 2011, the agency announced this week....

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) on Monday said it has filed its preliminary statement of issues as ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the D/C...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) on Monday said it has filed its preliminary statement of issues as ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the D/C...

The federal sex offender registration statute did not require a sex offender convicted before passage of the law to register before the U.S. Attorney General promulgated a rule making registration requirements applicable to...

Regulations Governing the Performance of Actuarial Services Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; Correction AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. ACTION: Correction to final regulations. SUMMARY: This document...

Section 45D.-New Markets Tax Credit 26 CFR 1.45D-I: New markets tax credit. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1 Targeted Populations Under Section 45D(e)(2) AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury....

The state's largest green group is seeking changes to a handful of bills in the Indiana General Assembly that it says could strip funding and oversight for environmental protection. One such measure opposed...

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for Debt Instruments and Options AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking...

Price comparison sites, or aggregators, are one of the recession's winners; ever more cash-strapped consumers are drawn to the sites by the promise of savings to be found on personal insurance products. Their...

GLENDALE, Calif. -- PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB) announced today the tax treatment of the Company's 2011 dividends. For the tax year ended December 31, 2011, 100.0% of distributions for the common stock...

After years in which the federal government warned doctors about the antitrust risks in sharing billing data or cooperating for financial reasons, it is now encouraging them to band together in clinical initiatives....

A strike of commercial building service workers was averted when union leaders and the Realty Advisor)' Board (RAB) recently reached a tentative agreement, which covers more than 22,000 workers. It was an agreement...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of the following three prime money market funds (MMFs) managed by the Dreyfus Corporation: --Dreyfus Cash Management at 'AAAmmf'; --Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of the following two government money market funds (MMFs) managed by the Dreyfus Corporation: --Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Treasury Fund at 'AAAmmf'; --Dreyfus Institutional Reserves...

Historical Data and First-Hand Accounts of Change in FX, US Treasuries and Institutional Equities Demonstrates How Technology and Regulation, or Lack Thereof, Will Cause Swaps Liquidity to Fragment NEW YORK & LONDON --...