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EPA Sued by 11 States to Enforce Standards Limiting Soot

New York, California and nine other states sued to enforce clean air standards after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to meet a deadline to limit soot pollution.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Barret Capital fined, forced to close

Toronto-based commodities broker Barret Capital Management Inc. has agreed to pay a total of $225,000 in penalties and costs as part of a settlement with regulators

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

Slain Student Leaves Prosecutor Targeting Son in Landay Novel

What would you do if your 14-year- old son was arrested for murder?

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Broker to launch electronic stock issuance

Rodman & Renshaw has acquired an investor relations firm as it seeks to launch an all-electronic platform for raising equity capital directly from investors

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Times )

Music industry warms to digital streaming

New-found support from artists and labels is helping some digital-music services to move from regional champions to global businesses

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Times )

Nearly a billion dollars in reserves ‘incorrectly’ booked, Nortel trial told

An exhaustive review by Nortel finance staff of the firm’s balance sheet in 2003 concluded that nearly a billion dollars worth of accounting reserves were 'incorrectly' booked, dating to as far

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

EU clears Google's Motorola bid

European antitrust regulators approve the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Politico)

Barrick pulls out of Russia

Barrick Gold Corp. is pulling out of Russia, with plans to sell its 20.4 per cent stake in Russian gold miner Highland Gold Mining Ltd.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (CBC)

MarketWatch First Take: Obama’s budget shows he’s no Keynesian

In his 2013 budget proposal released on Monday, President Barack Obama has now fully embraced austerity as the recipe for economic success. Obama is no longer a Keynesian.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (MarketWatch)

McDonald’s Phases Out Pig-Cruel Pens 11 Years After Chipotle

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant chain, will require its pork suppliers to get rid of gestation pens that animal-rights groups have long deemed cruel to pigs.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

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